How many wedding photos should I give to clients?

How many images do you give to clients or do you provide full editing or just the light room adjustments?

Taylor: I let them know at the start that files that end up in the album will be fully retouched, but beyond that, everything’s 97% on the way there – though it’s still definitely printable. But everything ordered for canvas or a large print definitely gets retouched.

Dave: Sometimes clients want their high-res. images immediately after the wedding, and I explain to them that after we’re done everyone’s prints and we deliver the album, that’s when we give them the high res. files. It’s just easier that way.

Taylor: I’m a little old school where the first thing they see is the album pre-design, and right after that I mail them the disk and tell them to let me know if there’s any other image numbers they need. I also give them the gallery number the same day I mail them out the disk. It’s a little more expensive, but it’s a trade-off because I still have my time. I also have an order cart for parents, but it’s not a main sales piece – that’s the wedding day.