Karl Verkade Photography

Full wedding (ceremony and reception) pricing

Prices start at $1,900

Elopement pricing

Prices start at $1,000

Packages

Prices start at $1,200

About Karl Verkade Photography

Karl Verkade Photography

Owner & Your Photographer

A 14-year veteran wedding photographer who has seen it all...and still loves it all. Every moment is unique, and moments are what you really want. Every touch, every moment, every smile, is its own story. I love telling your story from my artistic and unique form of expression, and I make it look good and natural. As if I'm not there, but capturing every second. And not just the poses, but the real, true, authentic moments too. And I promise (grooms, I'm looking at you) to make it fun.

I would rather spend all my time on real candid moments than on photographing the mason jars. But I will still photograph the mason jars because the details matter too. A wedding is just one day, but when photographed right, the day can tell a lifetime's worth of stories. Also I'm tall so you get the right chin angle. And check my profile picture, I'm super good at hiding so you can't see me get the candid photo. Or maybe you can.

Services

Services

  • Bride-only session
  • Drone photography
  • Engagement session
  • Extra hours
  • Image editing
  • Online proofing
  • Printing rights
  • Same-day edits
  • Second photographer

Photo formats

  • Digital

Karl Verkade Photography packages

Vintage

4 hours

Peak pricing $1,500-2,000

Off-peak pricing $1,200-1,500

Description

A slightly smaller package, but still full service for both ceremony and reception.

What’s included
  • 4 Hour Coverage
  • 200+ hi-res edited photos in downloadable gallery
  • One Photographer (Owner of the Company)
  • Couple Maintains all Copyrights

Classic

7 hours

Peak pricing $2,400-3,000

Off-peak pricing $1,900-2,400

Description

One of my most popular collections, it includes 7 hours of wedding day coverage, an engagement shoot, and all copyrights.

What’s included
  • 7 Hours of Coverage
  • Engagement Session
  • One Photographer (owner of the company)
  • 400+ hi-res, edited images in downloadable gallery
  • Couple maintains all copyrights

Moments

8 hours

Peak pricing $2,900-4,000

Off-peak pricing $2,400-3,000

Description

One of my most popular packages with two photographers, an engagement session, and a leather album.

What’s included
  • 8 Hours of Coverage
  • Engagement Session
  • Two Photographers (One is Company Owner)
  • Leather Album
  • 500+ hi-res edited photos in downloadable gallery
  • Couple maintains all copyrights

Reviews

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  • 100/10

    •Verified review
    •Zeth B.•Jan 19

    100/10 Karl was the absolute best, would hire again. We had a less than traditional wedding that people only understood when they got there and he rolled right along, giving us stunning photos that will save the day in our memories for our whole life time. Karl is professional, highly skilled, and absolutely a pleasure to work with. He did an excellent job talking through all the wedding day details with us and even helped us decide on realistic times of when various things should occur.

  • Karl is the best!

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    •Eddie B.•Jan 15, 2026

    Working with Karl was a dream! He was communicative (we went back and forth on whether we’d want a videographer and he suggested a few things to consider and recommended a colleague for us too), flexible (we kept changing our engagement photo shoot date due to work and he was so accommodating), and cool (I mean he has a satellite phone for his remote shoots, how cool is that!). Such a great mix of encouraging and fun to get us to look natural in the pics. He had a great way of suggesting some poses everyone wants pics of to start, then catch us in between for the most Real shots. Then at the wedding he was perfect at remembering to get all the special ask pictures we knew we wanted, but also all the ones we wouldn’t have thought to ask for. He went way above and beyond on delivering! Karl beautifully captured everything we wanted our wedding to be.. our faith, love, family, friendships, fun… What caught our eye first in scrolling through his website portfolio was how Karl uses the scenery to tell a story with his photography. That meant the world to us because our venue (camp!) was a huge part of our lives and he was able to make this piece of our story so clear through his framing and editing for focus in each picture. Reading the FAQ we were stoked to read Karl say he "would rather have shots of the two of you sharing a moment you can never get back, then a 73rd shot of the candles". We’re not one much for taking pictures, so learning he’d be so intentional about his pictures was encouraging! And, in every single picture we got back, Karl more than delivered on that promise — he caught the twinkle in our eyes, our guests having the time of their lives on the dancefloor, and the spirit of camp, without us even having a thought about picture fatigue. TLDR: 15/10 recommend Karl for any photography! Looking forward to the next time we’ll be able to work together.

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