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Ah I look at this another way...but to each his own. I didn't want to cheap out completely but at the same time didn't think 5+K was worth it.
If you think about it, you're only going to put up 4 or 5 of your favourite pics around the house. After that all remaining pictures are going to be in an album or stuck on a hard drive. So who cares if a photographer can take 100 nice pics or 5 - either way you're only showcasing 4 or 5. Knowing this I personally don't think it's worth spending 5K on something that's never going to be seen or used in my life. I think we spent 1500 on a guy that has done over a hundred weddings so I'm sure we will get a few nice ones  |
I agree with what you are saying also. Don't spend the bank on a photographer, but don't get the cheapest option available. We only spent $400, as it was a family acquaintance who was the photographer. I would have never considered 5k, but 1500 seems like a good amount.
We put photography on the back burner while we focused our attention more on the venue, food and flowers. Then when it came to booking a photographer, we were already pushing over our budget. Looking back, we should have put photography out in front and focused on it more.