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Affordable wedding photographers in Sydney offer some of the best value photography packages in Australia. Due to high levels of competition cheap wedding photography is readily available in the Greater Sydney area, with inexpensive packages available from some incredibly talented photographers. 

In Sydney, budget wedding photography is typically available from two avenues. The first are professional and affordable wedding photographers who offer inexpensive wedding packages specifically for couples on a budget. The second are new entrants to the industry who offer cheap wedding packages in exchange for experience. 

The best affordable wedding photography in Sydney starts at $900 including 3 hours coverage and a downloadable collection of high resolution images. Below, you'll find small wedding photography packages as well as all day coverage at budget friendly prices.

Here are our top 12 affordable wedding photographers in Sydney. These amazing professionals produce some of the best wedding photography in Sydney and offer exceptional value for money with highly affordable wedding packages.

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Top 12 Affordable Wedding Photographers

1. Mr Wigley Photography

• Location: Redfern, NSW
• Service Area: Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands
• Images: Happy, colourful & natural
• Cost: $1,999+

Mr Wigley is one of the best value, cheapest wedding photographers in Sydney. The studio is run by award winning photographer Daz who delivers fun, happy photos of you rocking your wedding.

The signature 'Mr Wigley Experience' promised with each wedding involves no posing and no awkward smiles. You can expect colourful wedding photos filled with big smiles, candid ongoings and lots of joy.

Photography Packages

Mr Wigley's affordable wedding photography packages start at $1,999 for a half day coverage. All high resolution images are supplied and optional extras include a 2nd photographer, photo booth and album. 

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2. Anna Murray Photography

• Location: Bondi Beach
• Service Area: Greater Sydney
• Images: Intimate
• Price Guide: $900+

Anna Murray specialises in small weddings and elopements, offering exceptional high quality imagery at budget wedding photography prices. Anna loves small weddings because they suit her style of candid & intimate photography. She captures highly meaningful images focused on the people and relationships of importance to her couples.

Wedding Photography Packages

Anna's cheapest wedding package is $900 for a 2 hour elopement shoot on Sydney Harbour. All of Anna's small wedding packages are the best value for money in Sydney. You won't find better quality photography at these rates. 

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3. Ben Newnam Photography

• Location: Berowra, NSW
• Service Area: NSW
• Images: Layered depth
• Price Guide: $1,400+

Ben Newnam's wedding photos have a distinctive style that is vibrant, moody and luminous. He captures weddings candidly, particularly throughout the formal parts of the day and offers subtle direction for couple portraits where required.

Layered in depth, Ben's wedding photos have a relaxed and intimate vibe, are often cinematic and capture scenes that bring back memories and tell your story. Ben is highly experienced with multicultural weddings having captured many Indian, Chinese & Greek nuptials throughout Greater Sydney.

Wedding Photography Packages

Ben offers surprisingly inexpensive wedding packages starting from $1,400. His cheapest packages are for small, mid week weddings but are very well priced across the board.

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4. Lightheart Wedding Photos + Video

• Location: New Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, NSW 2193
• Years in Business: 8+
• Photo Packages: $1,999+
• Video Packages: $3,199
• 5 Star Reviews: 100+

The team at Lightheart offer cheap wedding photography and videography packages that deliver beautiful quality images and video in a very candid and natural style. This friendly in-house crew are highly experienced in capturing multicultural celebrations and are particularly familiar with the wedding traditions of Chinese, Vietnamese and Lebanese cultures.

Lightheart are based in Sydney's Inner West and regularly travel as far as the Hunter Valley, Southern Highlands and Blue Mountains to deliver their seamless end-to-end product.

Cheapest Photography Packages

Wedding photography packages start at $1,999 including 7 hours coverage and all images on USB. Affordable photo & video packages cost $5,899+ and include a cinematic wedding video that captures the storyline of your wedding day with a personalised soundtrack and original audio.

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5. Splendid Photos & Video

• Location: Leichhardt, NSW 2040
• Years in Business: 10+
• Photo Packages: $2,199+
• Video Packages: $3,249
• 5 Star Reviews: 300+

This award winning photography and videography studio comes with 10 years experience capturing beautiful weddings at Sydney's grandest wedding venues. The studio is a preferred supplier at many of the city's most prestigious venues including Doltone House, Ivy Ballroom, Crown Sydney and The Grounds of Alexandria.

Owner Jeff and his team largely take a fly-on-the-wall approach to wedding photography and capture the story of your day creatively as it naturally unfolds. You'll receive a magazine-worthy collection of candid wedding photos mixed with beautiful portraits.

Cheapest Photography Packages

Affordable wedding photography packages range from $2,199 - $3,799 or when combined with a wedding video start from $5,898. 

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6. Florent Vidal Wedding Photography

• Location: Randwick
• Service Area: Australia
• Images: Vibrant colour
• Cost: $1,990+

The easy going Frenchman Florent Vidal operates two well-priced wedding photography studios in Sydney and the Mid North Coast. Expect a collection of vibrant, portrait style wedding images produced in a rich saturation of colour.

Photography Packages

Wedding photography packages start at $1,990 including 3 hours coverage and range up to $5,490 with 10 hours coverage by two photographers. You'll receive a full set of high resolution photos with the option to add an album, prints and a wedding video.

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7. Partypies Weddings

• Location: Hornsby Heights, NSW
• Years in Business: 8+
• Photo Packages: $1,199+
• Video Packages: $1,299+

Partypies are among Sydney's most affordable wedding photographers with packages priced from $1,199 including 6 hours coverage. The tight-knit crew take a candid and unobtrusive approach to photographing weddings and bring a strong focus on capturing all the day's warmth, love and emotion.

Full day wedding packages start at $1,499 and come with a full set of all high resolution wedding images edited without obvious effects in a classic and timeless style.

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8. CJ Picture

• Location: Sydney CBD
• Service Area: International
• Images: Classic, candid, crisp
• Cost: $2,500+

CJ Picture is a husband and wife photography studio based in the Sydney CBD. The principle Jeff is an easy going & fun Chinese-speaking wedding photographer who produces a modern collection of high clarity wedding pictures. Expect a mix of candid & styled portrait photos in all natural colours. 

Photography Packages

Affordable wedding photo packages start at $2,500. Engagement shoots are an optional extra.

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9. Fuzzy Pear Studio

• Location: Sydney
• Service Area: NSW
• Images: Classic & vintage
• Cost: $2,800+

Alan and Daniel are an affordable wedding photography team who have been capturing Sydney weddings for 8+ years. They are particularly experienced with religious church ceremonies as well as cultural weddings including Asian and Indian celebrations. 

Photography Packages

The Fuzzy Pear Studio offer a cheap wedding package at $2,800 including 10 hours coverage. For larger, longer weddings you can opt for the $4,800 package which includes 14 hours coverage, a 2nd shooter and a 15″x10″ photo album. Optional extras include a wedding video and engagement shoot.

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10. Ballyhoo Photography

• Location: Sydney, NSW
• Service Area:
• Images: Light & airy
• Cost: $2,990+

Ballyhoo are a team of Sydney-based wedding photographers that offer a unique light, bright and slightly ethereal style of wedding photography at very well priced rates. For best value we recommend requesting principal photographer Dan Au to photograph your wedding.

Photography Packages

Wedding packages start at $2,990 for a full day's coverage including a set of high resolution photos. Optional extras include a wedding album, framed prints, in-house wedding video and an engagement shoot.

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11. Splash Weddings Sydney

• Location: Bondi
• Service Area: Greater Sydney
• Images: Classic portraiture
• Cost: $2,000+

Hamish Abraham offers affordable wedding photography & videography packages through his Sydney based studio Splash Weddings. He is regularly found at Western Sydney's biggest wedding venues capturing large ethnic & multicultural ceremonies and receptions. 

Photography Packages

Affordable wedding photo packages start at $2,000 and you can add video on enquiry. 

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12. Joel Quinn Photography

• Location: Cronulla
• Service Area: Sydney, Southern Highlands
• Images: Warm, crisp, authentic
• Cost: $2,500+

If you're looking for high end wedding photography in a budget price bracket, Joel Quinn offers smaller wedding packages that deliver just that. He is an easy going creative based in Southern Sydney and produces a quality mix of emotive candids and portraits. You don't usually find such emotive visual storytelling in this price range.

Hot tip for when you enquire - weddings in rainforests, the bush or farm settings will get Joel's attention as he's a big fan of nature weddings. 

Photography Packages

Joel's cheapest wedding photography package is $2,500 including 4 hours coverage. If you can stretch the budget to $4,500 you'll get him for 8 hours. 

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Cheap Wedding Photography

What exactly is cheap wedding photography? Some couples find it helpful to consider the value for money they’re getting in terms of an hourly rate. Some of the best wedding photographers in Sydney offer cheap packages of $2,500 including just 4 hours coverage. Cheaper wedding photographers will charge the same $2,500 fee but include 12 hours coverage. 

What’s a cheap wedding photography budget?

With a budget of $1,000, the cheapest wedding photography packages in Sydney will include 4 hours of coverage on your wedding day. With $2,000 to spend you’ll find budget wedding packages that include up to 8 hours photographic coverage. And if you’re looking for the best value for money, there are some fantastic Sydney wedding photographers with packages in the $2,500 - $3,500 price bracket.

Cheapest wedding photography packages in Sydney

For weddings on a tight budget, an option to consider is booking a ceremony + portraits photography package including just a few hours coverage. There are plenty of wedding photographers in Sydney that offer small wedding packages of only 2 or 3 hours and for intimate weddings & elopements, this may be all you need.

Deciding on a smaller photography package gives you a great choice of quality photographers in a more budget friendly price bracket.  You get the best of both worlds. 

Where to find cheap wedding photographers

Affordable wedding photographers are often newly started businesses.  In Sydney, there are more than 1,000 wedding photographers operating at any one time.  The market is highly saturated and extremely competitive. 

For new entrants into the market it can be difficult to find couples willing to entrust their wedding to them.  If photography isn’t your number one wedding priority, this could present an opportunity for you. There are always photographers looking for wedding experience who will offer you cheap, or sometimes even free wedding photos.

Because Sydney is such a competitive marketplace for wedding photographers you may find that long-time established businesses offer excellent value for money.  Especially during periods of growth in the industry.

As new entrants come into the market with their shiny new websites and fancy social media accounts, demand can drop for established players.  These businesses have survived many ebbs and flows in demand by offering a consistently good product and service at reasonable prices.  If you find yourself on the receiving end of an offer from one of these Sydney wedding photographers, it’s likely to be a deal well worth consideration.

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Rainforest Wedding Locations: Queensland | New South Wales 

Queensland is one of the world's best places for a rainforest wedding with more than 1 million hectares of tropical wilderness providing many beautiful spots to say "I do". From the Gold Coast Hinterland to the tropics north of Cairns, Queensland's 13,000km of stunning coastline delivers a unique choice of rainforest wedding locations. 

Queensland's most popular rainforest venues are located near the state's largest cities. Just 30 minutes drive of the Brisbane CBD are many outdoor wedding venues nestled within the world's largest sub tropical rainforests. Further north near Port Douglas the Daintree Rainforest has towering natural altars of majestic Palm Trees.

Rainforest wedding venues in Queensland are also located in remote world heritage regions including national parks that have yet to be fully explored. The Gondwana Rainforests that stretch from South East QLD into NSW pre-date Australia with tree species surviving from before the dinosaur era. Wedding venues in this UNESCO World Heritage area are typically highly affordable with basic but clean facilities.

In the many tropical islands that sit off the Queensland coast are yet more rainforest wedding sites in world class destinations. The beautiful islands surrounding the iconic Great Barrier Reef offer 4 and 5 star wedding venues immersed in, or overlooking picturesque tropical forests.

Here's a list of 10 amazing rainforest wedding venues in Queensland. They are the Sunshine State's most spectacular destinations for weddings in nature and include everything from foodie venues and nature retreats to private islands and 3 day wilderness destinations.

Top 10 Rainforest Wedding Venues in QLD

Daydream Island Resort & Living Reef

• Location: Daydream Island, Whitsundays, QLD
• Capacity: 2 - 300
• Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

Daydream Island Resort is a world class destination for tropical weddings on the Great Barrier Reef. The scenic Whitsundays island is just 30 minutes from the mainland by boat or helicopter and offers a lush green setting for rainforest weddings completely surrounded by the azure blue waters of the Coral Sea.

Facilities on the island include a double glass chapel overlooking the sea, a seaside infinity deck in a jungle-style setting, white sand beaches bordered by rainforest and poolside event spaces synonymous of a resort in the tropics. Daydream Island caters for intimate elopements for 2 guests to exclusive-use weddings with up to 300 people.

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Midginbil Eco Resort

• Location: 252 Midginbil Rd, Midginbil, NSW 2484
• Capacity: 70 - 150
• Accommodation: Sleeps 150+
• Wedding Packages: 3 Days/2 Nights

Midginbil Eco Resort is a secluded 3 day wedding destination located in sub-tropical rainforest just over the southern QLD border. The 400 acre resort is one of Australia's most fun places to get married with 3 day events including a welcome night on day one, wedding on day two and a recovery party on day three.

Resort facilities include a rustic reception barn, lawn area for tipis or a marquee, a communal dining room, games room, tennis & volleyball, a swimming pool, late night bonfire site and a range of accommodation including a unique village of safari tents that each have their own timber balconies with lush forest views. No curfew.

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Rainforest Gardens

• Location: 196 Mount View Road, Mount Cotton, QLD 4165
• Capacity: 150
• Accommodation: Sleeps 8
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

This private tropical oasis is located 30 minutes from Brisbane and with its secluded & intimate setting and stunning views to Moreton Bay is one of the best rainforest wedding venues in Queensland. Facilities within the 5 acres of up-kept rainforest include a one-of-a-kind amphitheatre that overlooks a private lagoon with a ceremony deck.

Next to the forest amphitheatre is an open-sided timber chapel that is a suitable spot for wedding ceremonies in wet weather, and there is a covered reception pavilion with open walls that takes in the extraordinary coastal views. Four chalets sleep up to 8 guests.

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Rainforest Lakes

• Location: 1030 Kennedy Highway, Kuranda, QLD 4881
• Capacity: 350
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

In sunny North Queensland just 30 minutes from Cairns is Rainforest Lakes, a versatile and picturesque destination for tropical weddings in the World Heritage Kuranda Rainforest. Ceremony venues include a lake-front beach, floating pier, a quaint rotunda immersed in a tropical fruit orchard and a rainforest clearing with a natural altar of towering palm trees.

This fairy tale wedding destination has three reception venues that seat 70, 150 & 350 guests respectively, plus for micro weddings there's an intimate rotunda suitable for up to 20 guests. All inclusive wedding packages start at $90 per person with BYO drinks. 

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Austinvilla Estate

• Location: 31 Austinville Road, Mudgeeraba, QLD 4213
• Capacity: 130
• Accommodation: Sleeps 90
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

Austinvilla Estate is a 111 acre resort-like property situated near Springbrook National Park and Natures Bridge in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The family-owned estate offers venue hire for exclusive-use weddings accommodating up to 90 guests in a tree house, cottages, bunk houses and an award winning bridal suite.

Rainforest wedding venues include an open-air ceremony pavilion that can be set up with an intimate forest backdrop facing one way, or expansive national park views facing the other, and an elegant reception venue with adjoining cocktail deck that overlooks the grounds and surrounding bushland. A meet & greet dinner and poolside recovery packages also available.

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Bundaleer Rainforest Gardens

• Location: 59 Bundaleer Street, Brookfield, QLD 4069
• Capacity: 30 - 160
• Wedding Packages: BYO

Bundaleer Rainforest Gardens is situated 18km from the Brisbane CBD and has two completely private rainforest wedding sites on either side of its four acres. On one side is a large white reception marquee with an adjoining cocktail lawn and ceremony deck. On the other side is a beautiful rustic treehouse that comes with a timber ceremony pavilion.

If you're looking for a nature wedding venue that offers a variety of lush green backdrops for photos, the gardens at Bundaleer certainly tick that box. The family owned property is completely immersed in lush rainforest and features a tranquil creek and waterfall, and landscape gardens with century old trees.

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Sine Cera Rainforest Retreat

• Location: 412-422 Main Creek Road, Cougal, NSW 2474
• Capacity: 100
• Accommodation: Sleeps 100
• Wedding Packages: DIY/BYO

Sine Cera Rainforest Retreat is a back to nature wedding venue set on 200 acres of undiscovered wilderness that has tree species dating back to the Gondwana age. One of Queensland's best kept secrets, the retreat is completely immersed in tropical forest with views over picturesque gullies and dramatic tree-lined ridges.

Sine Cera offers secluded, basic and affordable facilities for an authentic rainforest wedding. The reception hall has full kitchen facilities for your chosen caterer and you can BYO drinks.

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Coolibah Downs

• Location: 41 Mount Nathan Road, Mount Nathan, QLD 4211
• Capacity: 150
• Accommodation: Sleeps 31
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

This intimate rainforest retreat is situated on 10 private acres of secluded tropical gardens just 10 minutes from the Gold Coast CBD. The boutique estate is renowned for its picturesque photo opportunities with festoon-lit paved paths, rustic bridges and towering palms.

Wedding facilities at Coolibah Downs include a traditional style wedding chapel modernised with stone features, a silk lined marquee, an alfresco croquet lawn framed by ornamental Palm Trees and an outdoor rainforest venue on manicured lawns. All inclusive wedding packages come with optional accommodation in 3 dwellings including one with a swimming pool.

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The Acre

• Location: 55 Johns Road, Mudgeeraba, QLD 4213
• Capacity: 150
• Accommodation: Available nearby
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

The Acre at Boomerang Farm is a foodie-friendly location for rainforest weddings in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Enclosed within secluded gardens just 15 minutes from Broadbeach, the private property is headed by Michelin star celebrity chef Matt Kemp who's signature dishes include Mediterranean share plates, an Italian feasting menu and Mexican canapés.

The gorgeous ceremony venue is an evergreen deck bordered by rainforest that floats over a gentle stream. Reception venues include an authentic barn built in 1902 that seats up to 130 guests and has a romantic canopy of fairy-lights, or you can pitch a tipi on the manicured lawns. Boomerang Farm is managed by PLB Group, the owners of Osteria and Ancora.

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Cedar Creek Lodges

• Location: Cedar Creek Falls Road, Tamborine Mountain, QLD 4272
• Capacity: 50 - 300
• Accommodation: Sleeps everyone
• Wedding Packages: All inclusive

Cedar Creek Lodges at Thunderbird Park is a 114 hectare nature retreat set amongst towering palm groves beside Tamborine National Park. Architecturally designed lodges and cabins accommodate all wedding guests onsite and there are 6 award winning ceremony and reception venues nestled in sub tropical rainforest.

The amazing Rainforest Amphitheatre & Stage provides a serene natural setting for wedding ceremonies on the banks of Cedar Creek and is framed by jasmine-covered timber columns against a romantic backdrop of Piccabeen Palms. Other venues include a huge outdoor deck with a creekside bonfire, lush gardens, an elegant sanctuary and intimate colonial-era restaurant.

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These top 10 rainforest wedding venues are Queensland's most beautiful places to get married in nature. Surrounded by lush greenery under a canopy of ancient tree tops they offer a dramatic and atmospheric backdrop for your big day.

Most of Queensland's best rainforest venues have wedding ceremony and reception spaces all in the one place. Some of our recommended locations listed above also offer accommodation and other amenities onsite like swimming pools, tennis courts or hiking trails to explore.

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