Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography Prices and Information
Ryan Smith Photography
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. Brides today are looking for a wedding photographer that does more than just traditional posed and formal photography. Myrtle Beach is the perfect place for exciting wedding photojournalist style work. I concentrate less on poses and more on capturing the perfect moments. While I will set up traditional family formal portraits, I take hundreds of candid lifestyle 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 outdoor shots such as on the beach. I use modern photography techniques that I think you will appreciate when looking at my galleries.
My style of photography is relaxed and fun, I'm always open to suggestions and ideas. I've had clients tell me it's the nicest experience they have had with a photographer, I hope I can make you feel the same way. To see reviews from my clients please check out my guestbook. Also if you search on Google or Yahoo local business listings for Myrtle Beach Wedding Photographer, you will see I'm the highest reviewed studio in the area. I've also had my work featured in articles in the local Grand Strand Bride magazine and recently the Home and Lifestyle magazine. Because this is my full time business, I have top of the line equipment, software and experience to make your images really stand out.
Local Small Business Service . . .
Owning my own small, local Myrtle Beach Photography business I'm able to offer a unique level of personal service. Because I work for myself I will go the extra mile to make my clients happy, the reputation of my business relies upon it. I will do my best to make sure you have your desires met or hopefully exceeded. Even though I have to turn a lot of work away, I prefer to keep my business small and do everything personally. I think looking at my galleries you will find I'm quite a unique photographer in this area.
For full information about myself and this business click here.
Unique Quality of Finished Product . . .
Instead of relying on Photoshop filters, 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. However a reasonable amount of artistic and general touchup Photoshop work and special effects on all prints or albums sides included at no charge. You won't see shots in my gallery with shiny faces, noticeable blemishes, drab dark color and other issues you might see on other sites. This is from an understanding of light and flash as well as post processing skill in Photoshop and other software.
About My Business . . .
Ryan Smith Photography of Myrtle Beach is a licensed retail business with the state of SC and I carry general liability and indemnity coverage insurance policies as we as being a member of the Professional Photographers of America Association. I offer my services in the entire Grand Strand, SC area. Your precious images are kept safe with multiple redundant backups including a Data Robotics Drobo and off site backup. I use high end professional Full Frame Nikon Digital SLR Cameras, Lenses and Flashes, more info here.
Wedding Photography Package Information and Pricing
click tabs below to navigate information- General Info
- Wedding Packages
- Family Prints/Albums
- Wedding Album Info & Design
- Specialty | Photo Books
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, Photo CD information and much more. Standard deposit is $200, see previously mentioned link for more details. Reading this before might save you a lot of time writing an e-mail.
How does online proofing work?
To view example client galleries click "client proofing sample" in the menu at the top of the page.
Photo CD Resolution and 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 - $20 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.
- Typically I take 1000-1500 shots for a full 6 hour service which I narrow down some for your gallery to make selection easier.
- All packages include images on a computer CD or DVD with copyright release for printing or sharing.
- Engagement or Bridal Photography Session included
at no charge if desired, prints are extra. Please see
portraits page for packages available.
Please Note: Free Engagement or Bridal session for new clients must be at least 3 months before wedding date. Free session cannot be during May, June or July because of scheduling issues. - Anything else you desire, just let me know, I'm very flexible and am glad to try new things.
For information about having a second photographer please see common questions.
SC State Sales Tax of 8% will be added to all purchases.
Album Shipping is $15, Shipping for prints is $8.99. Shipments
to Canada extra, normally around $25.
Due to an increase in my cost, credit card payments will
be charged 3% additional.
Click Tabs Below to Navigate Package Options
Deluxe Packages - 6 or more hours
Deluxe Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography Packages (6 Hours - $100 per hour additional)
All Packages include 6 Hours of Wedding Coverage, Album, and Digital Files that are free to copy and print. Normally between 1000-1500 shots are taken.
Please contact me if you would like a custom package or other options and I will be glad to work something out. Any package can be upgraded after the wedding proofs are viewed if desired. All packages include a reasonable amount of travel to different locations in the local Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand area. If you need me for 7 hours or more it's $100 per additional hour.
2011 Price Increase: Please note, starting in May 2011 all prices will increase by $100 to help cover increasing cost. Also after April 1st, 2011 I'm only booking Deluxe package 3-5 on Fri-Sun.
All packages include engagement or bridal portraits session.
Package 1 - $1200
20 Side 10x10 Layflat Book or 25 Sheets/ 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / Standard Photo CDPackage 2 - $1450
20 Side 10x10 Album or 30 Sheets/ 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 3 - $1600
30 Side 10x10 Album or 40 Sheets / 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 4 - $1750
30 Side 12x12 Album / 1 20x30 or 2 16x20 Enlargements / Full Resolution Photo CDPackage 5 - $1999
20 Page Book for engagement pictures (Please See Tab Above) 30 Side 12x12 Album / 1 20x30 or 2 16x20 Enlargements / Full Resolution Photo CDStandard Packages - 4 Hours
Standard Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography Packages (4 Hours)
All Packages include 4 Hours of Wedding Coverage, Album, and Digital Files on CD that are free to copy and print.
Please contact me if you would like a custom package or other options and I will be glad to work something out. Any package can be upgraded after the wedding proofs are viewed if desired. All packages include a reasonable amount of travel to different locations in the local Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand area.
All packages include engagement or bridal portraits session.
2011 Price Increase: Please note, starting in May 2011 all
prices will increase by $100 to help cover increasing cost. Also after April
1st, 2011 I'm only booking Deluxe package 3-5 on Fri-Sun.
Package 1 - $1100
20 Side 10x10 Layflat Book or 25 Sheets/ 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / Standard Photo CDPackage 2 - $1350
20 Side 10x10 Album or 30 Sheets/ 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 3 - $1500
30 Side 10x10 Album or 40 Sheets / 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 4 - $1650
30 Side 12x12 Album / 1 20x30 or 2 16x20 Enlargements / Full Resolution Photo CDSmall Packages - 2 Hours
Small Myrtle Beach Wedding Photography Packages (2 Hours)
All Packages include 2 Hours of Wedding Coverage, Album, and Digital Files on CD with Copyright Release
Please contact me if you would like a custom package or other options and I will be glad to work something out. Any package can be upgraded after the wedding proofs are viewed if desired. All packages include a reasonable amount of travel to different locations in the local Myrtle Beach, Grand Strand area.
All packages include engagement or bridal portraits session.
2011 Price Increase: Please note, starting in May 2011 all
prices will increase by $100 to help cover increasing cost. Also after
April 1st, 2011 I'm only booking Deluxe package 3-5 on Fri-Sun.
Package 1 - $1000
20 Side 10x10 Layflat Book or 25 Sheets / Standard Photo CDPackage 2 - $1200
20 Side 10x10 Album or 30 Sheets/ 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 3 - $1400
30 Side 10x10 Album or 40 Sheets / 16x20 Enlargement (20x30 Upgrade Add $25) / High Resolution Photo CDPackage 4 - $1550
30 Side 12x12 Album / 1 20x30 or 2 16x20 Enlargements / Full Resolution Photo CDWedding packages for family and friends
Standard Print Packages
Add a standard resolution Photo CD of all wedding images : $50.
Shipping is $8.99 on all packages.
Because of the work required in preparing an image, prints are only sold in sheets. 1-8x10, 2-5x7's, 3-4x6's or 8 wallets.
Individual Sheets - $20
Package 1 - $99.99 - 5 Sheets
Package 2 - $149.99 - 8 Sheets
Package 3 - $199.99 - 14 Sheets
Package 4 - $299.99 - 20 Sheets
Family Books and Albums
See tabs above for more information.
16 Side 8x8 (approx. 30 images) Layflat Wedding Album and Photo CD - $399
16 Side 10x10 (approx. 30 images) Layflat Wedding Album and Photo CD - $450
20 Side 10x10 (approx. 40 images) Layflat Photo Book (Fabric, Leather or Photo Cover) and Photo CD - $399
Enlargements
11x14 $40 | 16x20 $60 | 20x30 $80 | 24x30 $95I also offer standard enlargement mounting. Choose from three popular material options, foamcore, matboard and gatorboard, as well as varying thicknesses including single weight, double weight, 3/16 inch and 1/2 inch. Mounting varies from about $10 to $100 depending on size and type. Please request a quote if desired.
Canvas Gallery Wraps
11x14 $120
16x20 $150
20x24 $170
20x30 $200
24x30 $220
24x36 $250
Prices for 3/4 inch. Add $10 for 1-3/4 inch, request quote for 2-1/2 inch.
New: Album Design Order Form
I have designed an Excel spreadsheet order form that makes it easy to select images for your album. Please <click here> to download order form.
Please see the very bottom of this page for additional album upgrades and options such as front embossing or inside imprinting.
Album Information and Options
I provide Infinity hinged page style flush mount albums from Nations Photo Lab. These albums open up and lay flat so images can be spread across both pages and have no gutter for great panoramic images. I design the albums myself and use the lab to build the album. These are beautiful, high quality albums that may be different that what you have seen in the past. They are expensive to have made, which limits the prices of my packages. If you would like to see an album example please let me know and you can come by my home office and take a look, you can see a video from the printing service below.
Please note: This video is from my album printing service, not myself. It will just give you info about the albums themselves. I design the layout of the albums and I prefer modern clean layouts like described below that highlight the images themselves without backgrounds or weird blending of images.
To allow for greater design flexibility and avoid issues with landscape and portrait images, I'm now only doing 8x8, 10x10 and 12x12 albums.
Layout Information - Important Information for Album Design
A typical flush mount album allows for a variety of template layouts for each album side or page, view below. I prefer clean simple layouts that focus on the images and don't have background distractions. These are just samples, when I'm designing your album I will customize these quite extensively to fit in what you would like. If you really want to get detailed in designing your album you are welcome to use these templates to let me know how you would like each side laid out. Another option is that you can let me know exactly what images you want on each side using the spreadsheet above but let me pick the layout. Or if you want me to just design the album completely I recommend selecting about twice the number of images as there are sides to the album. For example a 20 side album pick about 40 images. That way I can make some full side, some 3 or 4 to a side, etc.

Below are some pictures of a standard 10x10 flush mount 20 side album. You can view it at my home office.














What you see here is the standard album which is very beautiful. Upgrades and options include . . .
Leather
- $35
Cameo - $30
Photo Wrap - $65
Acrylic - $75
Metallic - $75
Embossing - $6 per line
Imprinting - $6 per line
Please note if you are looking for information about wedding albums included with packages please click "Album Design" tab.
Specialty Items
I work with a variety of different printing services, primarily Nations Photo Lab and White House Custom Color. If you are interested in any specialty items not listed below please contact me for a custom quote.
Standard Enlargements
11x14 $40 | 16x20 $60 | 20x30 $80 | 24x30 $95I also offer standard enlargement mounting. Choose from three popular material options, foamcore, matboard and gatorboard, as well as varying thicknesses including single weight, double weight, 3/16 inch and 1/2 inch. Mounting varies from about $10 to $100 depending on size and type. Please request a quote if desired.
$399 | Includes Book and Full Resolution Photo CD.
10x10 20 Side Layflat
Standard or Reception Book Package (Included free with some wedding packages)
Example of 10x10 Layflat Book

Please note the layflat books I order are from WHCC, one of the top printing services for this type of product. They are really beautiful quality.
I have designed an Excel spreadsheet order form that makes it easy to select images for your album. Please <click here> to download order form.
This is something new I am offering. It's a fun book layout designed to be displayed at the reception for guest to sign and write in. It's a great way to display your engagement pictures as well as have treasured memories for after your wedding. Below is an example I designed for a recent client. By the way I'm obviously not a product photographer, the book looks a lot better in person, you can see it at my home office.
Reception Style Book
Below is another example of the same couple's engagement portraits in a simple and elegant 10x10 book design. Imagine the slides you see below as a two page spread as in the example book above, the first image is the front and back of the cover.
This is a direct quote from the client that reviewed the album I designed below. "We got our book yesterday evening and it looks great! Thanks so much and you really did a great job! Very classy looking and everyone who has seen it loves it!".
Standard Layflat Style Book or Album
Give your images an artistic painted look.
Have them printed on high quality canvas that is then stretched completely around the edges. Best of all, gallery wraps come ready to hang; complete with backing, mounting bracket and protective UV coating.
3/4 inch 1-3/4 inch 2-1/2 inch
11x14 $120
16x20 $150
20x24 $170
20x30 $200
24x30
$220
24x36 $250
Prices for 3/4 inch. Add $10 for 1-3/4 inch, request quote for 2-1/2 inch.

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