tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048387305800782516.post4208225113075291477..comments2023-08-12T02:20:54.412-07:00Comments on Ribbons and Ruffles: Update!CABhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09955187692658630389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048387305800782516.post-34647834601209937882010-12-12T19:33:14.073-08:002010-12-12T19:33:14.073-08:00Caroline-
That's so great you have gotten a st...Caroline-<br />That's so great you have gotten a start on the planning! I think everything happens for a reason and it's going to work its way out to be an amazing wedding, even though right now it might feel like there are some set backs. I do agree with you about the photographer. The pictures are the things that you'll have FOREVER and you want them to be good when you look back on your wedding. Thanks for keeping up posted!<br />KatieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048387305800782516.post-77386117637884528842010-12-11T15:21:36.995-08:002010-12-11T15:21:36.995-08:00That's too bad about Touch of Magic. :(
I wou...That's too bad about Touch of Magic. :(<br /><br />I would say photography is a big deal. Don’t settle.<br /><br />The day goes by so fast, photography is the only way you remember everything! It is important to have someone who knows what they are doing, or they will miss important moments and group pictures would take FOREVER. Pictures can be frustrating enough without an armature wasting your family and friends’ time.<br /><br />It is possible to find reasonable professional wedding photography. Our entire contract was $1400 including 2 hours of travel, taxes, and rights to all the photos. Our photographer was only on her second summer of weddings. My advice is to find someone who is up and coming. Find someone who has the artistic skill you require, who is definitely sticking to the business, and by 2012 they will have enough experience with weddings. There should be a lot of people in Grand Forks and Fargo with the schools there.<br /><br />You can also save a lot of money by having a smaller contract. We only had our photographer for 6 hours. This is plenty to cover pre-ceremony, ceremony, after ceremony, and a few pictures of the reception décor. …especially if you don’t have to have a really early afternoon wedding like I did! You can ask someone you know to take pictures at the reception. At receptions most pictures are dark or candid so people look goofy anyway.<br /><br />No matter what, pick a photographer that will give you full digital rights to all your photos! There are so many that do now a days, the ones that don't have their heads up their butts!<br /><br />Also, you spend just as much time with the photographer on your wedding day as you do your friends; make sure your photographer is nice, energetic, and fun. You don’t want some beyotch following you around all day, haha!<br /><br />Don't be scared to negotiate. A friend of mind had her heart set on a fancy twin cities photographer who turned out to be way out of their budget...like $3000! Her fiancé called the woman and worked out a 4 hour contract for 1/3 of that! Theirs was in the fall, so it was off season, but still! I also negotiated my contract down by getting rid of things we didn't need. Why would we need prints if we were getting full digital rights?<br /><br />Well I am obviously bored, sorry I wrote a novel. But it is possible to have affordable professionally photography. Don't settle if it's important to you.bananagramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558640493141410938noreply@blogger.com