1.
What is the most you are willing to spend having your wedding photos taken?
a.
$500 to $1000
b.
$1001 to $2000
c.
$2001 to $5000
d.
$5001 to $15,000
2. What is the most you are willing to spend buying your wedding photos?
a.
$0 to $500
b.
$501 to $1,500
c.
$1,501 to $5,000
d.
$5,001 to $10,000
3. What is the most you are willing to spend sharing your wedding photos?
a.
$0 to $1000
b.
$1001 to $3000
c.
$3,001 to $10,000
d.
$10,001 to $20,000
4. How important is sharing your wedding photos with family and friends?
a.
Not at all important. Only my spouse and I need to see our wedding photos.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice if a few of my friends and family see a few of our wedding photos. It doesn’t matter if they are required to pay to do this.
c.
Very important. I care deeply that many of my friends and family see all of my wedding photos. This shouldn’t cost them much if anything and it should be easy for them.
d.
Extremely important. It is absolutely critical that all of friends and family see all of my wedding photos. This must not cost them anything and must be easy for them.
5. How important is it that you see pictures other people take at your wedding? (i.e. the wedding pictures guests take with their own cameras)
a.
Not at all important. This just doesn’t matter to me.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice to see the pictures my friends and family take at my wedding, but it is not critical.
c.
Very important. Of course I want to see the pictures my friends and family take at my wedding.
d.
Extremely important. It is absolutely critical that I see all of the pictures from my wedding.
6. How many of your friends and family won’t be able to make your wedding?
a.
None of them
b.
A few of them
c.
Many of them
d.
Most of them
7. How many of your friends and family live out of town?
a.
None of them
b.
A few of them
c.
Many of them
d.
Most of them
8. How important is getting pictures from your rehearsal dinner?
a.
Not at all important. This just doesn’t matter to me, or, I am not having a rehersal dinner.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice, but it is not critical.
c.
Very important. Of course I want pictures from my rehersal dinner.
d.
Extremely important. It is absolutely critical that I have pictures from my rehersal dinner.
9. How important is getting pictures from other events that you have planned before or after your wedding day?
a.
Not at all important. This just doesn’t matter to me, or, we don’t have any events like this planned.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice, but it is not critical.
c.
Very important. Of course I want pictures from these events.
d.
Extremely important. It is absolutely critical that I have pictures from these events.
10. How often do you manually setup an online photo and video sharing site, and successfully get many of your family and friends add photos and videos to it?
a.
I have never done this.
b.
I have tried to do this, but it didn’t work out.
c.
I have done this a few times successfully.
d.
I have done this many times successfully.
11. If you are planning to get a wedding photographer or an amateur photographer, how long will they be taking photos throughout your wedding weekend?
a.
1 to 2 hours
b.
3 to 4 hours
c.
4 to 6 hours
d.
6 to 8 hours
e.
Greater than 8 hours
12. How important are artistic wedding photos to you? (i.e.
photos that looks more like a piece of art rather than just a picture)
a.
Not at all important. I am quite casual.
b.
Somewhat important. I would like at least a few artistic wedding photos.
c.
Very important. I want a big part of my wedding photography to be artistic photos.
d.
Extremely important. It is critical that I have a lot of artistic wedding photos.
13. How important are candid wedding photos to you? (i.e.
fun casual pictures)
a.
Not at all important. If I can’t frame it, I don’t want it.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice to have some candid wedding photos.
c.
Very important. I want a big part of my wedding photography to be fun casual pictures.
d.
Extremely important. It is critical that I have a lot of fun casual pictures of my wedding.
14. How important are photos of your friends and family to you?
a.
Not at all important. I see them enough already.
b.
Somewhat important. It would be nice to have some pictures of my friends and family.
c.
Very important. I want a lot of my wedding photos to be of my friends and family.
d.
Extremely important. It is critical that I have a lot of pictures of my friends and family.
15. How comfortable are you and your guests with being photographed by a stranger (i.e. a wedding photographer or an amateur photographer)?
a.
Very uncomfortable. Even the thought makes me and my guests squirm.
b.
Uncomfortable. We could make it work for a couple of hours at most.
c.
Comfortable. I have no issues with someone I don’t know photographing us.
d.
Very Comfortable. This is not at all an issue for anyone at my wedding.
16. Are you getting a videographer?
a.
Yes
b.
No
17. How comfortable are you with one person being responsible for all of your wedding photos? Put differently, how comfortable are you with putting all of your wedding photography eggs in one basket?
a.
Very uncomfortable. What if the photographer gets sick or cancels?! That would be a disaster! I am not willing to take any risk when it comes to my wedding photos.
b.
Uncomfortable. It would be terrible if my wedding photography plans fell through, and I’d love to minimize the risk around my wedding photos.
c.
Comfortable. Everything comes with risk. I’ll deal with it.
d.
Very Comfortable. This is not an issue.
18. How quickly do you want to see or share your wedding photos?
a.
About a week after my wedding
b.
About two weeks after my wedding
c.
About a month after my wedding
d.
About two months after my wedding
19. Would ten of your guests enjoy helping photograph your wedding?
a.
Yes
b.
No
20. Could you get ten of your guests to help photograph your wedding?
a.
Yes
b.
No
21. Are you willing to pay travel costs for a photographer? Note: Skip this question if you are not having a destination wedding.
a.
Yes
b.
No
22. Do you think that your close friends and family will steal from your wedding?
a.
Yes
b.
No
23. Do you think that disposable wedding cameras look cheap?
a.
Yes
b.
No
24. How important are video testimonials from your wedding guests? Note: Video testimonials are short videos recorded by your wedding guests
at your wedding.)
a.
Not at all important. This just doesn’t matter to me.
b.
Somewhat important. This is a neat idea, but I wouldn’t be heartbroken if it didn’t happen.
c.
Very important. I love this idea and really want my friends and family to do it.
d.
Extremely important. This is a must have!
25. How much time do you want to spend on your wedding photography in general? Note: This includes meetings with photographers, selection of photos, distribution of photos, communicating with photographers, etc.
a.
As little as possible. I have enough to do already.
b.
4-8 hours. A meeting or two, a few emails and calls, and some time selecting photos is fine.
c.
8-12 hours. Three meetings, frequent emails and calls, and a few hours picking photos is fine.
d.
12-24 hours. A lot of meetings, emails, and calls, and a many hours selecting photos is fine.
