To be honest, it's not the money. I'm sure there are some people out there with my mindset. This sounds like a great deal for a student to make money. Like you said, there must be some beginner out there who wants to practice shooting weddings.
However, you're asking someone to take photos all day, and then hand all the RAW files to you. That, and they need to have done this before. That won't happen. If someone is actively looking to be hired as a wedding photographer, they're not going to take your offer because you don't pay enough with editing/post-processing, and they will INSIST on editing.
(A)For $1000, a pro photographer would laugh at you.
(B)For $1000, an inexperienced "pro" will still ask for more than $1000 and expect not to give you all the photos and sell some. You want all the photos so that you do as you wish with them --- print, reprint, super large sized prints, whatever. He won't play by your rules.
(C) For $1000, a down-right amateur student who has some photography knowledge but no experience at this sort of thing (ie: me ). He doesn't care if you get all the photos. I mean, who cares. He's just doing this to give it a go. He has no reputation, and will never have a rep because while he likes photography and knows about it, he's not doing this for a living. He's doing this because it's $1000 baby, and he's doing what he likes to do. Do what you want with the photos, and have the rights to them. What would he do with them even if he had the rights to them entirely?
You want someone like Person B for experience, but with Person C's mindset of doing this for fun and would take any job because hey, it's $1000 in the pocket. I don't think you'll find this. You're better off looking for someone like Person C right now.
Look for someone like Person C, and tell them that you'll pay him $500 to photograph the wedding, and pay him like $100 for each photograph that the couple wants printed, and then $50 for each reprint after that, in case a relative wants that same photo for him/herself.
Look for a student with photographic knowledge, but "wedding photography experience is not required." I think you might find that student.
However, you're asking someone to take photos all day, and then hand all the RAW files to you. That, and they need to have done this before. That won't happen. If someone is actively looking to be hired as a wedding photographer, they're not going to take your offer because you don't pay enough with editing/post-processing, and they will INSIST on editing.
(A)For $1000, a pro photographer would laugh at you.
(B)For $1000, an inexperienced "pro" will still ask for more than $1000 and expect not to give you all the photos and sell some. You want all the photos so that you do as you wish with them --- print, reprint, super large sized prints, whatever. He won't play by your rules.
(C) For $1000, a down-right amateur student who has some photography knowledge but no experience at this sort of thing (ie: me
). He doesn't care if you get all the photos. I mean, who cares. He's just doing this to give it a go. He has no reputation, and will never have a rep because while he likes photography and knows about it, he's not doing this for a living. He's doing this because it's $1000 baby, and he's doing what he likes to do. Do what you want with the photos, and have the rights to them. What would he do with them even if he had the rights to them entirely?You want someone like Person B for experience, but with Person C's mindset of doing this for fun and would take any job because hey, it's $1000 in the pocket. I don't think you'll find this. You're better off looking for someone like Person C right now.
Look for someone like Person C, and tell them that you'll pay him $500 to photograph the wedding, and pay him like $100 for each photograph that the couple wants printed, and then $50 for each reprint after that, in case a relative wants that same photo for him/herself.
Look for a student with photographic knowledge, but "wedding photography experience is not required." I think you might find that student.
