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Originally Posted by Sliver
I do appreciate the nostalgia of the day...I just don't need 100 or 200 professional photos to show me. A few will do just fine. Plus I love photos in general (who doesn't?), just not a ton from one single event. Although, everybody and their dog has a camera, so there will always be hundreds of photos for free that will capture the look and feel of the wedding. Your post implies I suggested having a no-photos rule or something at the wedding.
I think my children are way better served by having the $5000 some people spend (and can't afford) on photography put into their college funds or into the house that will be the roof over their heads as they grow up than into a photo album that will be looked at for a grand total of two hours over the next 50 years.
But - keep in mind - I also said to go nuts if you are rich. Just don't ever put a wedding on debt or sacrifice anything from your future to pay for a party.
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I know what you are saying, and every situation is different. In some cases, where money is tight absolutely trim things that aren't a priority. The thing is, nice photographs don't simply fly out of nowhere. Just because you have 100+ people running around on your wedding day with cell phones and cameras doesn't guarantee any of those photographs are going to be something worthy of hanging on your wall.
When you get images throughout your day it is basically capturing the story of your day. From getting ready photos to the first time your wife's dad see's his daughter in her wedding dress, to the time you tried to sneak off into a corner with your wife to steal a kiss before the reception... The photographer is there... like a ninja
with a camera!
My parents attempted to sidestep the photographer expense for their wedding and had a friend attempt to shoot it for them. Long story short, he lost all of the photos and they now have only a handful of shots from the day. It's one of their big regrets now, because memories tend to get foggy with time.
Again though, I am not impartial in this.. so I say keep the photographer and cut everything else...
