Affordable Wedding: Save On Wedding Photography

Photo by William Hoiles

When you’re planning your dream wedding on a budget, CREATIVITY and FLEXIBILITY are key.  Saving on your wedding professional photography is no exception.

CAUTION: There is no one solution that will fit everyone.  You’ve got to weigh the pros and cons and decide what’s important to you…then make your choice.  Everybody’s going to have an opinion on this one: wedding event photographers will tell you you simply MUST hire them or you’ll regret it forever; your parents will demand an album; guests will push you to let them take photos instead.  Only YOU know what’s right for your wedding day.

Now it’s time to get creative…

If you have your heart set on gorgeous, once in a lifetime wedding photography…but you just can’t make it work for your budget…try this idea on for size.  This is courtesy of Nina Callaway’s blog on About.Weddings.com.

The “Day After Session” - Save on photography the day of your wedding by hiring a budget photographer or asking your friends and family to take photographs on your wedding day.  Then, either before or after your actual wedding day, hire a more expensive wedding professional to shoot your portraits.

PROS: You’ll get a second chance to wear “the dress,” you’ll be relaxed and unhurried when you shoot your formals another day.  AND most wedding photographers will charge a much smaller, per hour fee…easily less than 20% their regular rate.  (If you use my wedding savings techniques, you can get a discount of up to 50%!)

CONS: You won’t have those same gorgeous photos of your actual wedding day.  A budget or amateur photographer may or may not catch those great moments on your special day.

Remember to figure in the additional cost of hair, makeup, and dress cleaning for a “Day After Session” when you decide if this option works for you.  But this could be a creative way to get the wedding photography of your dreams at prices that fit your budget.

To learn the 3 big, easy ways to save on wedding photography…and many other ways to save on your budget wedding, check out my eBook.  And don’t forget to download my FREE special report!  Reading it will be the most important 15 minutes you could possibly spend when it comes to saving on your dream wedding.