How Much Does a Wedding Photographer and Videographer Cost in Perth, Western Australia?
In Perth, Western Australia, professional wedding photography typically costs between $2,500 and $6,000, while luxury photographers generally start around $6,500 for photography alone.
Our packages have been designed to cover weddings of all sizes at a highly competitive rate. Whether you want to focus on photos or film, or have a full team capture every angle of your Perth wedding day, each package below lists exactly what’s included.
- 01Essentials — photo or video, 6 hours$3,750
- 02Memoir — photo or video, 8 hours$5,000
- 03Amore — photo and video with James Di Stefano and his team, 9 hours · $9,250
- 04Luxury — full-day photo and video with James and his Team, 12 hours$12,000
Every package includes a luxury online gallery for life and pre-wedding timeline support and planning.
What Perth Wedding Photographers Charge in 2026
WedAdvisor puts wedding photography in Perth, Western Australia at $2,500 to $6,000, with the average couple spending around $4,000. Easy Weddings’ annual survey comes in lower, with a Western Australian average of $3,332.
We believe the Easy Weddings average has been pulled down sharply in recent years by the rise of small weddings across Perth and Western Australia, such as courthouse ceremonies, where couples opt for cheaper photography or combined packages that sacrifice quality.
At the premium end, editorial photographers across Australia quote $6,500 to $12,000 for photography alone. That’s before videography is added.
The range is wide because of who is behind the camera. In my experience, many photographers at the lower end of the Perth market are new to the industry or shoot weddings part-time around another job. Some subcontract the wedding day to another photographer. Others send their editing to low-cost overseas companies. None of that shows up on a price list, so it’s important to ask about your photographer’s processes.
Two questions to ask before you book
- Will you personally be photographing our wedding, or could it be a subcontracted photographer?
- Who edits our photos and film: you, your in-house team, or an outsourced company?
How Perth Compares to Sydney, Melbourne and Overseas
Perth, Western Australia is one of the best-value places in Australia to marry with a high-end team. At the mid-tier, Sydney photographers quote $5,500 to $8,500 for 8 to 10 hours with a second shooter.
In the US, the average wedding photographer costs around US$3,500, roughly A$4,900 at current exchange rates. In Europe, the average cost of wedding photography is around €3,000, roughly A$4,800. Both sit well above the Perth, Western Australia average once converted to Australian dollars.
That means photography in Perth, Western Australia is extremely affordable compared with other states and countries. For couples looking to elope, Perth is an amazing place to book luxury photography at an affordable price. The coastline, the Swan Valley and Margaret River are all within reach.
Our Wedding Photography and Videography Packages
We’ve built four packages around different wedding sizes and priorities for couples marrying in Perth and across Western Australia. Every package includes a luxury online gallery for life and pre-wedding timeline support and planning (see our wedding photography timeline guide). If none of them fits your day, we’ll build you a custom quote.
Essentials
$3,750 · 6 hoursSix hours of photography or videography in Perth, Western Australia, with James Di Stefano as your lead photographer or videographer.
What’s included
- Photography: 500 to 800 edited images.
- Or videography: a 4 to 8-minute cinematic highlight film with your vows, best moments, drone footage and licensed music. You also get a ceremony film captured across three cameras and a drone, and a reception film of the speeches and first dance from two angles.
- A luxury online gallery for life, with an online print store and album designer built in.
- Pre-wedding timeline support and planning.
Smaller weddings that still want full-day coverage. It works if you have a small reception with few guests and a short ceremony. If the bride and groom are getting ready at the same location, we can usually cover both preparations within the six hours.
Why this package
- Six hours is perfect for full-day coverage of a small wedding in Perth, Western Australia.
- A stress-free timeline, compared with shorter coverage such as four hours.
- Pre-wedding timeline support and planning is included, so you don’t need to hire a planner at additional cost.
- Your luxury gallery is included for life, so you can easily view your photos with family and friends and relive the moments for generations to come. How you view your images is such a large part of the experience.
Memoir
$5,000 · 8 hoursEight hours of photography or videography, with James Di Stefano as your lead photographer or videographer.
What’s included
- Photography: 600 to 1,000 edited images.
- Or videography: a 4 to 8-minute cinematic highlight film, plus a ceremony film and a reception film.
- A luxury online gallery for life, with an online print store and album designer built in.
- $200 print store credit.
- Pre-wedding timeline support and planning.
Couples who want full-day coverage without missing any key moments. These couples are often getting ready at a separate location to their Perth ceremony, with travel between the two. Their ceremony runs around 45 minutes, and they have a larger reception with formalities such as a first dance. The most commonly booked time is 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Why this package
- Print credit is included because we believe photographs are best viewed as prints — it makes them so much more memorable.
- Your luxury gallery is included for life, so you can easily view your photos with family and friends and relive the moments for generations to come. How you view your images is such a large part of the experience.
Amore
Nine hours of photography and videography with James Di Stefano and his dedicated team.
What’s included
- Photography: 600 to 1,000 edited images.
- Videography: a 5 to 10-minute cinematic highlight film with your vows, best moments, drone footage and licensed music. You also get a ceremony film from three cameras and a drone, and a reception film of the speeches and first dance from two angles.
- A pre-wedding shoot.
- A luxury online gallery for life, with an online print store and album designer built in.
- $300 print store credit.
- Pre-wedding timeline support and planning.
Couples who want both photo and film from one coordinated team, so the day runs smoothly. It’s an incredible package and outstanding value for Perth couples who want everything captured, from their ceremony vows on film to their first dance in full.
Why this package
- An extra hour is built in for videography set-up before the ceremony, so the cameras are in place and your ceremony and vows are captured without any technical issues.
- The full ceremony, the reception speeches, the first dance and the other formalities are included, so you can relive these moments in full.
- The pre-wedding shoot is included so you can get a feel for being in front of the camera and arrive at the wedding day prepared.
- Your luxury gallery is included for life, so you can easily view your photos with family and friends and relive the moments for generations to come. How you view your images is such a large part of the experience.
Luxury
$12,000 · 12 hoursTwelve hours of photography and videography with a team of three: James Di Stefano as lead photographer, a dedicated videographer and a second shooter.
What’s included
- Photography: 800 to 1,200 edited images.
- Videography: an 8 to 15-minute cinematic highlight film with your vows, best moments, drone footage and licensed music. You also get a ceremony film from three cameras and a drone, and a reception film of the speeches and first dance from two angles.
- A pre-wedding shoot.
- A luxury online gallery for life, with an online print store and album designer built in.
- $600 print store credit.
- Pre-wedding timeline support and planning.
Large weddings across Perth and Western Australia with multiple locations to attend and a long ceremony. Twelve hours allows enough time to capture everything, from getting ready to the ceremony to the last dance.
Why this package
- We designed this package because we believe weddings are the biggest day of our couples’ lives, and they deserve to be captured in amazing quality so our couples can relive the moments for generations to come.
- Your luxury gallery is included for life, so you can easily view your photos with family and friends and relive the moments for generations to come. How you view your images is such a large part of the experience.
Why Luxury Wedding Photography Costs What It Does
The wedding day is only part of the work. Here’s where the rest of the investment goes for a Perth, Western Australia wedding.
What your investment covers
- You get the photographer you booked. Every wedding is led by James Di Stefano, with more than 10 years of experience photographing weddings in Perth. You won’t get a subcontracted freelancer.
- Professional gear, maintained and upgraded. Cameras, lenses, drones and audio equipment are regularly serviced and upgraded. Every wedding also gets its own gear prep before the day: batteries charged, cards cleared, and kit checked and packed for that venue.
- A gallery built for your family. Your photos are delivered in a luxury viewing gallery with AI face recognition, so guests can find every photo they appear in. An online print store and album designer are built into the gallery.
- Photos prepared for print. We calibrated our editing monitors with Fitzgerald Photo Imaging, a professional lab in North Perth, so your prints match what you see on screen. Your photos belong on the wall.
- Your files, kept safe. Every wedding is managed through a dedicated file management system from the moment the cards come out of the camera.
- A team of up to three. Our larger packages put a lead photographer, a videographer and a second shooter on site, so the key moments are covered from more than one angle.
- Post-production. On the day we capture up to 1,000 frames an hour. Every frame is culled, the strongest are selected, and those are edited into a curated gallery. A photo gallery takes 10 to 15 hours to edit, and a wedding film can take up to 30 hours. Alongside your highlight film, you receive a separate ceremony film and a reception film of the speeches and first dance.
Perth Wedding Photography Cost FAQs
How much does a wedding photographer cost in Perth, Western Australia?
Most couples in Perth, Western Australia spend between $2,500 and $6,000, according to WedAdvisor’s 2026 data.
Luxury photographers typically start around $6,500 for photography alone.
Is it cheaper to get married in Perth than in Sydney or Melbourne?
Generally, yes. Sydney mid-tier photographers quote $5,500 to $8,500 for 8 to 10 hours, while most Perth couples spend $2,500 to $6,000.
Overseas, the US average of US$3,500 and the European average of €3,000 both convert to more than the Perth average. This makes Perth an incredible place to elope for those thinking of having a wedding somewhere different, discrete, and full of natural beauty.
Should we book photography and videography from the same team?
One team means one timeline, one point of contact, and a photographer and videographer who plan the day together.
That creates a more seamless experience on the day.
Can you create a custom package?
Yes. If your wedding doesn’t fit one of our four packages, share your date, venue and guest numbers and we’ll build a quote around your day.
Let’s Plan Your Wedding Coverage
Every wedding runs differently. Tell me your date and venue, anywhere in Perth or Western Australia, and I’ll recommend the package that fits, or build a custom one.
