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We e having a small wedding, with thirty people, and only wanted to spend $1,000 on photographs. What can we do?

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e having a small wedding, with thirty people, and only wanted to spend $1,000 on photographs. What can we do?

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The first thing to do, if you want a professional photographer under these circumstances, is to be flexible. A true wedding professional can only work so many weekends a year, and reasonably expects one or two large weddings per weekend from May through October. If he/she reserves a prime Saturday in October for you, then larger weddings will have to be turned away. If your budget is small, you will be choosing from the second and third tiers of wedding photographers. If you plan your wedding in the evening or especially early in the day, you might find a photographer who can fit you in after or before another event, and thus be able to work with your budget. Another path would be to structure your wedding so that most of the important things happen closely together, to minimize the photographer’s time. How much time will the photographer spend at my wedding? That is really up to you. You can have the photographer meet you where you are getting dressed, and keep taking photographs unti