The cost of a wedding can blow up, it feels like everything is inflated.  It’s normal to want to find solutions that drive the price down.  When it comes to photography however, that decision will stick with you for the rest of your life.

Sometimes a family member or friend is asked if they can take photos, and often they do it for free.  Or an amature photographer with less experience is brought in and paid a minimum price. Afterall, it can’t be that hard to snap a heap of photos and pick the best. Everything seems like it should be fine, that is until you receive an album full of bad photos.

The best thing about being a wedding photographer is watching newlyweds open their album for the first time. For most people, they’ve never seen themselves that beautiful and happy before.

Opening the album full of thoughtfully captured intimate wedding moments, for the first time, is a touching and special experience. But for some people, this experience never happens.

Instead of opening an album of beautiful photos, they open an album of average photos, or worse.  Instead of experiencing a special moment that positively reinforces that their love is real, they flick through an album of disappointment. Even just thinking about it is upsetting.

While price is an important part to consider when hiring a photographer, it’s more important to think long term.  Your decision will last the rest of your life.  It doesn’t matter which photographer you choose, focus on getting beautiful wedding photos that reinforce a more positive and successful marriage for the rest of your life.