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We are seeing similar issues of strong competition on prices in wedding photography but mostly in the lower end to mainstream client base - high end high profile weddings are not concerned about the cheapest price as much as they are concerned about the right service.
Proven creative Videography services with higher profile weddings is defining more often who wins a job.
Most are providing all video and stills on complimentary I Pads.
The guy i bought a D5 from is a high profile wedding photographer books in weddings domestically and is a shooter internationally at weddings,
domestically he brings in a couple of colleagues who are international wedding photographers mostly from Europe,
lets them stay in his apartment with him for 3 months till their visa runs out, they do shoots and holiday in between, then they reciprocate when he then travels to Europe for 1 to 3 months at a time, also doing shoots with them with free accommodation, it works out he can spend up 3 - 6 months of the year in 1 to 2 month stints at a time, all the time still booking jobs domestically.
His profile shows international high profile wedding shoots defining him as different, like wise for his associates...........he is booked out 18 months on average.
He uses some really creative videographers mostly using all Sony Gear.
Collectively he works from memory around 9 months of the year integrated with well-known experienced colleagues overseas
and he makes a very good living with his creative shared business model that mostly targets the upper end weddings.
Its something different clever actaully..........
Only an opinion