Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography by Ryan Smith

Prices, Packages, and Information

I'm trying to get more weddings and events for this Jan-Feb time frame. If you have even a small wedding contact me and I'll see if I can work something out for you.
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My style of wedding photography in Myrtle Beach

Most importantly I love what I do and I try to offer the best personal service and amazing images. Most brides today are looking for a mix of photojournalist and traditional style photography, Myrtle Beach is the perfect place for this. I concentrate less on poses and more on capturing the perfect moments. While I will set up traditional formal portraits, I take hundreds of candid shots of the event as it happens, documenting the event and the emotions of the day. When I do pose a couple I concentrate on relaxed, candid and fun shots using the location well. I use modern photography techniques and top of the line Nikon equipment that I think you will appreciate when looking at my galleries.

Local Small Business Service . . .

Owning my own local Myrtle Beach photography business I'm able to offer a unique level of personal service. Because I work for myself and this is my full time job, I will go the extra mile to make my clients happy, the reputation of my business relies upon it. Ryan Smith Photography is a licensed and insured retail business with the state of SC, for full information about myself and this business click here.

My philosophy for a finished product . . .

I notice overly processed images on many photographer's websites, the more stylized and processed an image is, the more chance it will look dated in a few years. Instead of relying on Photoshop filters, mixing textures, vignettes and strange color effects, I prefer clear, crisp and clean color and black and white images that can only be done with Nikon's best lenses and a expert understanding of lighting and flash. However a reasonable amount of artistic and general touchup Photoshop work and special effects on all prints or albums sides included at no charge.

If you are interested in how I backup and protect your images check out my recent blog post here.

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Wedding Photography Package Information and Pricing

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General Information About All Packages

I recommend that you please read below and view common wedding questions for a collection of helpful information such as how to set up an appointment, wedding suggestions, Digital Copy information and much more. Standard deposit is $200, see previously mentioned link for more details.

How does online proofing work?

To view example client galleries click "client gallery samples" in the menu at the top of the page.

Digital Image Copies Resolution and Information:

Please take a look at the link below to answer nearly all the common questions I receive about getting digital copies of your pictures. I use a new service called Dropbox that makes it easy to get your digital copies quickly and easily, and even share them with family. Please find out more below.

Digital Copy Information

What is a sheet?

One sheet can be one 8x10, two 5x7's, three 4x6's or 8 wallets (One Pose Per Sheet)
Additional sheets added to any package - $25 each - Sheets are Pre Cut into standard Photo Sizes

What is an Album Side?

This can be from 1 to 4 images in different layouts, please see Album Design Tab above.

All Myrtle Beach wedding photography packages include ...

  • Reasonable amount of requested Photoshop touchups.
  • Photojournalist style photography, I take hundreds of candid shots documenting the event.
  • I actually prefer working solo at weddings, if you desire a second photographer please see common questions.
  • Typically I take around 1000 shots which I narrow down some for your gallery to make selection easier.
  • Anything else you desire, just let me know, I'm very flexible and am glad to try new things.

SC State Sales Tax of 8% will be added to all purchases.
Album Shipping is $15, Shipping for prints is $9. Shipments to Canada extra, normally around $25.
Due to an increase in my cost, credit card payments will be charged 3% additional.

Myrtle Beach City Wedding Laws

Please note: Even though I have a Myrtle Beach city business license, they do not allow professional photography on the actual beach sand within the city limits. The wedding venues will not mention this to you unless you ask, the hotel owned property is fine but you cannot go into the sand. If I'm caught taking pictures in MB city limits it's a $500 fine. Like many other photographers in the area, we are no longer taking the risk.  This is only in the Myrtle Beach city limits which are fairly small.  Areas in North Myrtle Beach like Kingston Plantation and also areas south of the Myrtle Beach State Park are fine for beach pictures. For some reason the Grande Dunes seems excluded from the normal MB city laws on this matter and beach photography is allowed there. 

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Photo Blog

Here you can find my thoughts on some of my major events along with really large size pictures. A great place to stay up to date on my work, especially weddings.

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Become a fan of Ryan Smith Photography on Facebook to keep up to date on important announcements as well as view my latest pictures and thoughts on photography.

Flickr

Flickr is where I got started sharing my images, and I still use it extensively as the storage for many of the galleries you see on this site. You can make comments on all my latest images here.

Google +

I haven't figured out what to do with Google + yet, but you can visit my page here.

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Note: To clear up possible confusion, I always print from and store the highest quality files, the digital copy resolution only effects what you will receive and make prints from yourself.

The Digital Copies are all the shots from your photo session or wedding that you see in your online gallery. The images will have been color corrected and look very nice but the only images that will receive specially requested Photoshop touchups (for example removing someone from the background) in their digital copy will be ones you've chosen also as prints or album selections.

How do you deliver the files to a client?
In most cases I use a service you may already be familiar with called Dropbox. Dropbox gives me many advantages in delivering your images to you quickly and easily online without having to wait for a disc in the mail. You can even share the link I send you with other family so they can download them as well. After ordering you will receive instructions explaining the simple process in more detail.

What are the resolution options?

Please note depending on your browser you might not see a difference in the images until you click on them. Your cursor should turn into a magnifying glass so you can zoom in. These will open in a new browser tab.

Standard Digital Copies
At least 800x600 resolution suitable for small prints, maximum of 4x6 depending on printing service, pc and small digital photo frame viewing and e-mail.

800x600 Example

High Resolution Digital Copies
At least 1600x1200 resolution suitable for up to 8x10 prints as well as high resolution large photo frames.

1600x1200 Example

Full Resolution Digital Copies
Original full resolution files suitable for enlargement printing and any other use desired.

Full Resolution Example

You are allowed to print as many images from the digital files as you like, there is no copyright protection or watermarks.  I will provide a copyright release form on request, normally this is not required for printing except at Wal-Mart. Please see this page on Smugmug.com for very good information on required resolution for a desired print size.