Wedding Photo + Video Bundle in Dubai — the most popular wedding booking

The bundle starts at AED 9,500 for full-day photography (AED 6,000) + 3-minute highlight reel (AED 3,500). The most common booking is AED 12,000: full-day photo (AED 6,000) + 8-minute reel (AED 6,000). Add-ons: drone (AED 1,500), same-day teaser (AED 4,500), 2nd photographer (AED 2,200/day), 2nd videographer (AED 2,500/day), printed album (AED 3,500 for 40 pages), premium retouching (AED 80/image).

When you book photo and video separately, each crew does its own venue walkthrough, has its own site fee (if charged by the venue), brings its own lighting kit, and runs its own setup time. The bundle shares all of that — one walkthrough, one site fee (the venue charges us once), one lighting kit, one setup. We pass the saving to you: typically 15–25% off the equivalent standalone bookings. We also save the venue time, which means the wedding planner is happier.

No — that's the whole point of the bundle. Before the wedding day we share the run-of-show and the shot list with both. On the day, the photographer positions for the still (slightly off-axis from the action), the videographer positions for the motion (closer to the action or on a slider). They are different disciplines with different framing instincts. The 60+ photo + video weddings we shoot every year run smoothly because the two lead creatives have worked together many times and know each other's blocking.

Common split — about 20% of photo + video bookings ask for this. The photographer covers the ceremony + family formals (4 hours), the videographer covers the reception (5 hours), both meet for the first dance. We scope this as a 'hybrid' booking and the price is the same as the equivalent bundle (AED 9,500–12,000). The split is fine because there's no overlap and no double coverage at any moment — every minute of the day is covered by exactly one camera.

Yes — AED 4,500 for the same-day teaser add-on. The teaser is a 30–90 second edit of the ceremony highlights delivered by 10pm on the wedding night. Two of our editors work in parallel: one on the teaser that evening, one on the full highlight reel for the 3–4 week post-production cycle. Same-day teaser is the most popular upgrade on photo + video bundles — about 40% of our Premium photo + video bookings include it.

Different turnaround times. Photos are delivered within 5–7 working days (the edited gallery). Videos are delivered within 3–4 weeks (3-min reel: 3 weeks; 8-min reel: 4 weeks). The reason: photo editing is faster because we're picking and colour-grading existing stills; video editing takes longer because we assemble, colour-grade, sound-design and license music for a 3–8 minute film. We send both deliveries to the same email and same online gallery so you don't have to track them separately.

Common restriction at some Dubai hotels (Atlantis, Burj Al Arab, One&Only Royal Mirage). Our photo + video bundle counts as one crew because the photographer and videographer are both Big Story staff on the same contract — they arrive together, set up together, and leave together. The venue sees one company, one insurance certificate, one contact number. This is much easier than trying to bring two separate companies, which some venues won't allow.