Frequently asked questions

Combined packages start at Story · $7,450 for 8 hours with one photographer and one filmmaker. Legacy · $9,650 / 10 hours is the flagship. Everything · $12,500 / 12 hours is full coverage with extra crew at the peaks. One team, one plan, one point of contact.

Count from the first “getting ready” moment you care about to the last moment you still want held — usually speeches or the first dances, not 1 a.m. on the dance floor. Most Australian Saturdays need 9–10 hours. Six hours fits a ceremony-to-early-reception day. Eleven or twelve hours is for long cultural days, two ceremonies, or split locations. If you write us the rough run sheet, we will tell you honestly if you are over- or under-buying.

Yes — that is the brief. We do not build a magazine couple and ask you to inhabit it. We give you something real to do (walk, wait, talk to each other), then we stop talking. Most of the people in our galleries felt awkward at 9 a.m. and forgot us by 9:20.

If you can only choose one, choose photographs — they are what family print, frame, and send. If you can choose both, book them as one team. Two unrelated vendors on the same aisle often means stepped-on vows, mismatched colour, and a couple who can feel the tension. Photos hold the faces; film holds the voices. Together they are the day.

Yes. A relaxed 20-minute chat — phone or video — is the usual next step after you write. If you already know you want us, the enquiry form is enough and we still send a written plan within 24 hours. Call 0461 385 470, email Hello@christeestudios.com.au, or send a note on Instagram @christeestudios.

Yes. Melbourne and Victoria are home. We regularly work in Sydney and NSW, and in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. We come early and scout when we fly. Metro Melbourne travel is included; regional and interstate travel is written onto your plan before you pay a deposit — no surprise invoice after the first dance.

Peak Saturdays — Melbourne, Yarra Valley, Sydney, Hunter, Gold Coast — often lock 9–18 months ahead. Winter and midweek stay open longer. If your date is soon, still enquire. We keep a short last-minute list when a Saturday returns.

Sneak peek photographs within 48 hours. Full photo gallery in about 6–8 weeks (we allow up to 10 in a busy run). Films in about 8–12 weeks. Same-day edits are a separate add-on, not the default.

A 30% deposit locks your date. The balance is due two weeks before the wedding. Cancellations carry a 30% fee, because that date is no longer offered to anyone else. We will put this in writing on your plan so it is not a surprise.

Yes. Large families, two ceremonies, long formal lists, and days that do not follow a “standard Saturday” template are regular work for us. Tell us the rituals that cannot be missed and the relatives who must be in the frame. We plan the clock around those, not around a Pinterest timeline. (We do not need to turn your reception into a production show to take it seriously.)

Wedding photography packages start at $3,450 for The Gathering (6 hours). The Day is $4,650 for 9 hours — the one most couples book. The Heirloom is $6,250 for 11 hours with two photographers. Engagement portraits are $650 for 1.5–2 hours. Prices are in Australian dollars and listed on the photography packages page.

Film packages start at $3,950 for Highlight (6 hours, highlight + ceremony). Feature is $5,450 for 9 hours and adds speeches plus a short social cut. Cinema is $7,450 for 11–12 hours with a longer documentary and a second filmmaker at the peaks.