The Bout
Arman Arai
Your Photographer
The Package Photographer
Bronze / Silver / Gold
You started Googling. You found packages. Bronze gets you 6 hours and 400 images. Silver adds an engagement session. Gold adds an album for $1,500 more. You are buying tiers, not a photographer.
Tale of the Tape
| Arman Arai | The Package Photographer | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Sunrise to midnight | 8 hours, then overtime |
| Film | Yes -- rolls alongside digital | No |
| Edited selects | 500 digital + film scans | 300 to 500 digital only |
| Sneak peek | 10 images in 48 hours | "A few in 2 to 3 weeks" |
| Full gallery | 2 weeks | 6 to 8 weeks |
| Gallery access | Online, print yourself, permanent | 1 year then archived |
| Album | Designed by Arman. Included. | Extra $1,200 to $2,500 |
| Who shoots | Arman | Their photographer or an associate |
| Travel (Canada) | No fee | Varies, rarely stated upfront |
| Price (CAD) | $3,900 to $4,700 | $3,500 Bronze / $4,500 Silver |
Round 1The Images
The Package Photographer delivers whatever 500 images survive the cull. Arman delivers every frame worth keeping -- typically 400 to 700 -- because the number comes from the day, not from a pricing sheet. No artificial ceiling. No images left on the cutting room floor because the package says 500.
→ Round to Arman
Round 2The Hours
8 hours sounds like plenty until the ceremony runs long, portraits take time, and the best light shows up at 8:45pm. Arman stays from before sunrise to midnight. The last frame of your night is as intentional as the first.
→ Round to Arman
Round 3Film
The Package Photographer shoots digital. Arman brings both -- medium format film alongside digital, developed and scanned. The grain, the latitude, the way it handles skin in low light: these are not Lightroom filters applied after the fact.
→ Round to Arman
Round 4The Sneak Peek
You get 10 images within 48 hours. The Package Photographer says "a few images in a couple of weeks." Those 10 are not a random preview -- they are the ones that already feel complete.
→ Round to Arman
Round 5The Gallery
2 weeks. Not 8. Not 12. The Package Photographer quotes 6 to 8 weeks because they are shooting multiple weddings per weekend and editing in the gaps. Arman takes one. Your gallery does not wait in a queue.
→ Round to Arman
Round 6The Album
The Package Photographer charges $1,500 to $2,500 extra for an album built from a vendor template. Arman designs and includes it -- sequenced by hand, built around the light and the moments of your specific day.
→ Round to Arman
Round 7Who Walks Through Your Door
You book with a studio and the studio assigns. The photographer who edits your images might not be the one who shot them. Arman is not a studio. You book Arman, Arman arrives. If crew is included, you know that before the day.
→ Round to Arman
The Scorecard
Verdict
The package structure exists to make pricing legible, not to serve couples. When you look inside each tier at what is actually included -- image count, hours, who shoots, album cost, gallery timeline -- the math stops working in the Package Photographer's favour.
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