About

Overview & Vibe

Kate Lafferty is a wedding photographer based at Leongatha in South Gippsland, working across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast. Four wedding packages are published in full, from four hours through to ten, and every one of them lists what it costs and what arrives afterwards. She is also a school teacher, which is roughly the best training available for keeping a large group of people cheerful and moving.

Style & Approach

Her wedding packages are all documentary coverage, and she describes bringing a calm presence and a relaxed, storytelling approach so that you can enjoy the day rather than feel stuck in a photo shoot. Her own account of a wedding is cheerfully unromantic about the mechanics — family politics, surprise rain, the occasional rogue groomsman — and her answer to all of it is a calm head, a quick shutter and snacks in the camera bag.

Ideal For

Couples marrying across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast who want the whole cost visible before they enquire. The four packages scale cleanly from a short day to a long one, and every one of them carries the same inclusions, so the only decision is how many hours you want covered.

The Need-to-Knows

Wedding coverage runs from $2,500 for four hours to $4,400 for ten. Every package includes a pre-wedding consultation, an unlimited number of photographs, a sneak peek within 48 hours, an online gallery of high-resolution images to download, and $200 of printing credit at a professional lab. Galleries usually arrive within four weeks, or four to six in peak season. She does not supply unedited images.

Standout Feature

She is one of only five photographers in Australia working with the album maker Atkins, and designs each album herself from your photographs rather than dropping them into a template. Albums start at $300, and she makes the case for them plainly: your wedding deserves to exist in your hands, not just your camera roll.

Albums & Prints

Traditional Photo Album. Price: From $300. Description: Custom designed by her, professionally printed, with a curated selection of your images and the option to upgrade size, covers and page numbers.
Album Sizes. Price: From $285 for five spreads, rising to $480. Description: Sizes from 7 by 5 inches up to the largest, each with a per-spread price for extra pages from $15 to $35.
Wedding Albums With A Package. Price: On request. Description: Albums can be added to any wedding package.

Appointment Policy

Enquiries are made through the form on her site, choosing the session type.
Every wedding package begins with a pre-wedding consultation to shape a flexible schedule for the day.
Sessions are rescheduled rather than pushed through if the weather is poor or anyone is unwell.

Areas Serviced

Based at Leongatha in South Gippsland, Victoria.
Photographs weddings across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast.
Travels regularly to Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and throughout Victoria, where some locations attract a small travel fee.

Hours of Coverage

[4,10]

Nearby Landmarks

Her published weddings run across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast, with Chapter Barn, The Grove Gippsland, Dargo and Cowwarr among the places named in her writing.

Photography Packages

The Mini. Price: $2,500. Description: Up to four hours of coverage, with a pre-wedding consultation, an unlimited number of photographs, a sneak peek within 48 hours and an online gallery of high-resolution images to download.
The Day. Price: $2,999. Description: Up to six hours of coverage, with the same inclusions.
The Long Day. Price: $3,899. Description: Up to eight hours of coverage, with the same inclusions.
The Whole Thing. Price: $4,400. Description: Up to ten hours of coverage, with the same inclusions.

Photography Style

documentary
relaxed

Price Notes

Wedding coverage runs from $2,500 to $4,400 depending on hours.
Every wedding package includes $200 of printing credit at a professional lab.
Portrait work is priced separately: family sessions from $650, extended family sessions $850 and in-home newborn sessions $700.
Some locations outside South Gippsland and the Bass Coast attract a small travel fee.

Services Offered

Wedding Photography
Elopement Photography
Family Photography
Newborn Photography
Maternity Photography
Commercial Photography
Headshot Photography
Debutante Ball Photography

Starting Price

From $2,500

Travel & Destination

Weddings across South Gippsland and the Bass Coast carry no travel fee.
Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula and the rest of Victoria are travelled to regularly, with some locations attracting a small travel fee.
Destination weddings and unusual locations are quoted on request.

Turnaround Time

A sneak peek arrives within 48 hours of the wedding.
The full online gallery is usually delivered within four weeks, or four to six weeks during peak wedding season.

What You Receive

An Unlimited Number Of Photographs Captured On The Day
A Sneak Peek Within 48 Hours
An Online Gallery Of High-Resolution Images To Download
All Images Edited, Checked And Colour Corrected
Two Hundred Dollars Of Printing Credit At A Professional Lab
A Pre-Wedding Consultation To Shape A Flexible Schedule

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Gippsland, Victoria

Contact

Website: klphotography.com.au

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