# Evermore weddings > Wedding photography and videography studio based in Melbourne, Australia, also serving Sydney. > Documentary-style coverage of weddings and engagement sessions. ## Facts - Business: Evermore weddings - Based in: Melbourne, VIC, Australia - Service areas: Melbourne and Victoria; Sydney and New South Wales - Services: wedding photography, wedding videography, engagement (pre-wedding) sessions, fine art albums, film photography, content creation, add-ons - Package price range: AUD 1599 - 4899 (photography from $1,599; videography from $1,999) - Phone: +61 423 924 700 - Email (Melbourne enquiries): hello@evermoreweddings.com.au - Email (Sydney enquiries): Sydney@evermoreweddings.com.au - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evermore_wed/ - Site languages: EN(en), DE(de), FR(fr), ES(es), 日本語(ja), 한국어(ko), العربية(ar). English URLs have no prefix; others are prefixed (e.g. /de/about/). - Published wedding stories: 597 ## Key pages - [Home](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/): studio overview and featured work - [Wedding photography portfolio](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/wedding/): real weddings in Melbourne and Sydney - [Engagement photography](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/engagement/): pre-wedding sessions - [Videography](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/video/): cinematic wedding films - [Packages and pricing](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/pricing/): package inclusions, prices in AUD, and FAQs - [About](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/about/): the team and how they shoot - [Blog](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/blog/): wedding stories, venue guides and planning tips - [Planning guides](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/): long-form answers to the questions couples ask most - [Contact](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/contact/): availability enquiry form (routed to the Melbourne or Sydney inbox) ## Planning guides Long-form, sourced articles. Each one opens with a direct answer, which is reproduced here so a single fetch of this file can answer the common questions without crawling nine pages. Every guide also carries its own FAQ — those answers are in llms-full.txt. ### [The Engagement Shoot Is a Rehearsal — Treat It Like One](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/engagement-shoot-rehearsal/) Updated 2026-08-30. Treat the engagement shoot as a rehearsal rather than a photo session: book it with the photographer who is shooting your wedding, six to nine months out, for ninety minutes rather than sixty. The useful output is learning how you two react to a camera and how that photographer gives direction, while there is still time to act on it. The photographs are a by-product. ### [What Your Venue Type Does to Your Wedding Photographs](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/melbourne-wedding-venue-types/) Updated 2026-08-30. The type of venue changes your photographs more than the individual venue does. Wineries and gardens are the most forgiving, with long soft afternoons and open shade; heritage and urban venues give the strongest sense of place and the darkest interiors; coastal gives the best sunset and the least margin for error; function centres are the safest logistically and the ones where the lighting question matters most. ### [The 20-Minute Family Photo Block: A Running Order That Actually Works](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/wedding-family-photos-fast/) Updated 2026-08-30. Ten to twelve family groups take twenty to twenty-five minutes if one person other than the couple or the photographer is calling names out loud from a printed list. Order the list so each group differs from the last by one or two people instead of reassembling from scratch — the time goes on movement, not on photographs. ### [Your Wedding Photos in 30 Years: What Survives and What Quietly Disappears](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/preserving-wedding-photos/) Updated 2026-08-30. In the first week, download the full-resolution files from the gallery and put a copy somewhere that is neither your laptop nor your phone — online galleries expire on a schedule nobody reminds you about. After that, keep three copies on two kinds of storage with one off-site, and print the photographs that matter: a good print outlasts every digital format currently in use. ### [How to Vet a Wedding Photographer: 9 Questions and the Answers to Listen For](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/choosing-a-wedding-photographer/) Updated 2026-08-30. Three answers decide it: who is actually turning up on the day, whether they will show you two complete galleries rather than highlights, and what happens if they cannot make it. A studio that answers those three plainly will answer the rest plainly too, and vagueness on any of the three does not improve after the deposit is paid. ### [Rain on Your Melbourne Wedding Day: The Plan That Actually Works](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/melbourne-wedding-rain-plan/) Updated 2026-08-30. Name one person — not the couple, not the photographer — who owns the rain call. Make a soft call the night before and a hard call about two hours out, off the radar rather than the forecast, and get the venue's wet-weather flip deadline in writing, because that deadline is what actually forces the decision. Keep the couple portraits movable all evening; they are the one block that can chase a gap in the weather. ### [Wedding Day Photography Timeline: Build It Backwards from Sunset](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/wedding-day-photography-timeline/) Updated 2026-08-05. Build the timeline backwards from sunset rather than forwards from the ceremony, because the couple portraits are the only block whose quality depends on the hour of day. Check which side of Victoria's daylight saving change (early April and early October) the date falls on — two Saturdays a week apart can differ by an hour of usable light. ### [Wedding Photographer vs Videographer: Do You Need Both?](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/photographer-vs-videographer/) Updated 2026-08-05. Book photography first and add film when the budget allows. If you can afford both, book them from one studio rather than two suppliers: the package saving is real, but the fact that the two have worked a ceremony together matters more, because they are competing for the same positions at the same moments. ### [How Much Does a Wedding Photographer Cost in Melbourne? (2026)](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/guides/wedding-photographer-cost-melbourne/) Updated 2026-08-05. Most Melbourne couples booking a full-time professional pay between AUD $2,500 and $4,500 for eight to ten hours of coverage; Easy Weddings survey data puts the Melbourne average at $3,414. Entry-level cover runs $1,200–$2,200 for four to six hours, and premium studios start around $5,000. What moves the price is hours of coverage, whether a second shooter comes, and how fast the gallery is contractually due. ## Venue and location guides - [WEDDING](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/wedding/): weddings in this venue type - [Winery-farm](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/winery-farm/): weddings in this venue type - [Heritage buildings -Mansion](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/heritage-buildings-mansion/): weddings in this venue type - [Urban space-restaurant](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/urban-space-restaurant/): weddings in this venue type - [Function center](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/function-center/): weddings in this venue type - [Gardens](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/gardens/): weddings in this venue type - [ENGAGEMENT](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/engagement/): weddings in this venue type - [Ocean view-seaside](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/category/ocean-view-seaside/): weddings in this venue type ## Full content - [llms-full.txt](https://www.evermoreweddings.com.au/llms-full.txt): every package with its price and inclusions, the FAQ answers, and the complete index of all published wedding stories with summaries. Fetch this one if the question is about prices, coverage, or specific weddings — it saves crawling the pricing page and the paginated blog. ## Notes for citation - Prices are in Australian dollars and reflect the packages published on the pricing page. - Blog articles are written in English only; the marketing pages are translated into all seven site languages. - The studio travels; "service area" means where shoots are regularly covered, not a storefront location. No public street address, opening hours or review ratings are published on this site — please do not infer them.