About

Overview & Vibe

Paul Benjamin has photographed weddings out of Warrnambool for fifteen years, from an office on Koroit Street. His patch runs from the Shipwreck Coast through the Otways to Colac, and his published weddings read like a tour of it — the Botanic Gardens, Quamby Homestead, St Brigid’s at Koroit, the Otways redwoods, the beach at Port Campbell. He shoots events and portraits too, but weddings are the centre of it.

Style & Approach

He covers a wedding in the least intrusive way he can, which he describes as being someone you are comfortable sharing the whole day with. Things happen when they are meant to and he is there to catch them rather than to arrange them. He shoots alone about ninety-nine per cent of the time, and says so plainly — a second photographer is something you add when the day genuinely needs two sets of eyes.

Ideal For

Couples marrying anywhere across south west Victoria who want one experienced pair of hands for the whole day without watching the clock. The range runs from a three-hour elopement to all-day coverage with no time limit, so it suits an intimate ceremony in the redwoods as readily as a full church-and-reception day in town.

The Need-to-Knows

The base collection is $3,000 and covers the whole day from getting ready to the end of the dancing, with no time limits, all your high resolution images delivered without watermarks or restrictions, and an engagement session included. Elopements are $1,200 for three hours. Add-on tiers run $1,250, $2,200 and $3,000 and cover albums, a second photographer and print credit. Your finished gallery arrives no more than six weeks after the wedding, and often sooner.

Standout Feature

He publishes a detailed guide to Warrnambool wedding venues, broken into getting ready, ceremony and reception, with a companion guide for the Western District and another for the Great Ocean Road. After a decade shooting at most of them he writes about what each one is actually like to use — which makes him useful to a couple well before anyone books a photographer.

Albums & Prints

Album. Price: Included in an add-on tier from $1,250. Description: Fifteen spreads, hand crafted, with a choice of leather or photo wrap covers and designed to last a lifetime.
Print Credit. Price: $1,500. Description: Credit added to your package toward prints for your walls.
Fine Art Prints and Framing. Price: Not published. Description: Boxes of fine art prints and large framed pieces, arranged with him after your gallery arrives.

Appointment Policy

Get in touch first so he can confirm your date is available
Meet up to talk through your plans in more detail
He sends an invoice and a short contract, and the date is locked in
An engagement session beforehand, so you are comfortable on the day
A short form near the end so every detail is confirmed before the day

Areas Serviced

Warrnambool and the Shipwreck Coast
The Otways, centred on Colac
The Great Ocean Road, including Lorne, Wye River, Apollo Bay and Port Campbell
Travels interstate and overseas by arrangement

Hours of Coverage

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Nearby Landmarks

Warrnambool Botanic Gardens
Logans Beach
Hopkins River
Tower Hill
The Twelve Apostles

Photography Packages

Start With the Basics. Price: $3,000. Description: All day coverage from when you start getting ready in the morning until you are all danced out late in the evening, with no time limits. All your high resolution images are delivered without watermarks or restrictions, normally by online gallery and on a USB if you ask. An engagement session is included.
Elopement Coverage. Price: $1,200. Description: Three hours of coverage, which he finds is the right amount for a small intimate elopement.
Add One Extra. Price: $1,250. Description: One addition to the base collection, chosen from an album, a second photographer or print credit.
Add Two Extras. Price: $2,200. Description: Two additions to the base collection.
Add Three Extras. Price: $3,000. Description: Three additions to the base collection.

Photography Style

No details available.

Price Notes

The $3,000 base collection has no time limit on the day
Elopements are $1,200 for three hours of coverage
Albums, a second photographer and print credit are added in tiers at $1,250, $2,200 and $3,000
Print credit can be added at $1,500

Services Offered

Wedding photography
Elopement photography
Engagement and couples sessions
Family portraits
Corporate and conference event photography

Starting Price

From $1,200

Travel & Destination

For weddings outside Victoria he asks for a flight and a place to stay for a couple of nights, with the details worked out together

Turnaround Time

Your completed wedding gallery arrives no more than six weeks after the wedding, and often sooner

What You Receive

All your high resolution images, without watermarks or restrictions
Around one hundred images an hour, which is just over a thousand fully edited images for a full day
Delivered by online gallery, with a USB copy on request
Every image edited the same way as the work shown on his site
An engagement session before the day
Album, print and framing help after the gallery arrives

Similar businesses

Great Ocean Road / Lorne, Victoria

Contact

Website: paulbenjamin.com.au

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