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Much as it hurts me to say it, if you
want the big glossy album of wedding photos you will have to pay
for it! (Expect to pay £1000+) You could get lucky and find a
gifted amateur but be wary of paying out a couple of hundred
pounds and getting something second rate which is going to
disappoint you. It is sometimes suggested that if you have fewer
photographs taken the bill will be less, but in my experience
professional wedding photographers only want to provide a
package. To be fair to them there are a limited number of prime
working days in a year and they don't want to waste time on a
£200 wedding when they could be making £1500 elsewhere. If you
are marrying out of season or on a weekday you may be able to
negotiate a good deal but on a Saturday in summer you may be
wasting your time.
Of course you could do away
with the official photographer all together. In this digital age
lots of people have good cameras so you a pretty well bound to
have at least one keen photographer among your guests. Put a
note in with the invitation saying 'No official photographer -
please bring your camera or camcorder' or you could give out
disposable cameras on the day for people to take their own
record of the day. Celebrations
Plus have some of the cheapest, but if you are
shopping around make sure you are getting processing and prints
included in the price. People normally put these on the
table for the reception photos but in my experience they tend to
only be half used - why not give them out as people arrive at
the church and ask them to leave them on the table at the end of
the evening. You should get enough photos to chose a good
selection for your own album. If you are going down this
route it is a good idea to appoint one guest as 'Photo
Opportunity Co-ordinator' to arrange a selection of set
group shots for people to snap at. Pop along to the Church or
venue in advance to work out where the good locations for photos
are, remember to go at the same time of day as your wedding will
be, so you can see where the sun is.
Personally I would never bother with a
professional video. I find them very intrusive on the day
and you will hardly ever watch the video afterwards. The
amateur video taken by friends are much more fun.
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