Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Affordable Bridal Photography

By Jenny Wong

Your wedding day can be the realization of a lifetime dream; you want everything to be just perfect - and why not - from your venue to your flowers, dress and makeup and everything else in between. But, for most people, even though is is a very special day you will still have a budget to work to. But when it comes to high-end professional services like as wedding photography, keeping focused on the budget can be hard. However, with a little bit of research, forward thinking and planning, and a vibrant dose of flexibility, you will be able to keep within budget for sure to ensure you have an affordable wedding while creating the memories you deserve.

With a vibrant dose of creativity you can find bridal photography services within your budget quite easily. So read on.

Starting with word of mouth is a smart place to start. Talk to friends or work colleagues that have held wedding days similar in size and outline to what you are planning to check what photographers worked well within their prepared pricing.

Check with your wedding reception venue. They will know many great people. Within five minutes you could walk away with a list of twenty great companies to call.

Many people may think that employing a wedding planner will run against a budget-focused wedding, but the opposite is usually true. Wedding planners will frequently pay for themselves with the money they save you in vendor fees. Wedding planners have a service to provide you and one of these services is to stay within budget! Also wedding planners work with photographers frequently, they frequently have existing relationships that will spare you money in the end.

One thing to consider is cutting back in some areas and spending more in others. You can often do this without compromising the over all experience. If you have your heart fixed on a limited wedding photographer that works in a way you love, then compromise to get to the price that you need; perhaps have the photographer only shoot your ceremony and formal shots and then ask your guests to help take photos throughout your reception to be assembled into an album at a later date.

One really simple idea is to provide your wedding guests with cheap disposable cameras. This will add fun, variety and an unexpected component to your wedding day. Your wedding album will then become very unique indeed.

Another great and creative tip is to invite your friends and family to do part of the wedding preparations for you such as the flower display. Not only is this a great way to involve your friends you can ask them to not give bridal gifts but to do something else instead. And seeing many wedding gifts end up not being used then this can be a great idea. Instead your friends will likely be thrilled and delighted to be asked. This will raise your marriage experience for everyone and save you money.

In the end, inexpensive wedding photography is about creativeness and flexibility, time and energy. Being prepared to work out of the box and think of small and often creative ways to save money, eventually all those small steps will add up to big savings.

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