{"id":484,"date":"2009-12-13T16:11:18","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T21:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2017-03-10T12:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T17:05:41","slug":"how-to-hire-an-affordable-wedding-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topweddingsites.com\/wedding-blog\/wedding-photography\/how-to-hire-an-affordable-wedding-photographer","title":{"rendered":"How to Hire an Affordable Wedding Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Specific Saving Strategies for Wedding Photography:<\/p>\n

As a girl dreaming about the big day to come later in life I bet you never dreamt about the economic hardships you’d have to deal with as well.\u00a0 Unfortunately you only have three options; delay marriage until you are a rich enough that money isn’t an issue, hire uncle Earl (the amateur family photographer), or come up with a plan to save money while getting the images you’ve dreamt of.\u00a0 Fortunately, there are a few ways to save money while still getting what you want.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, defer your costs.\u00a0 As I showed in another article, most wedding photographers are more than willing to do an a la carte wedding.\u00a0 Then any items that you want to purchase (books, dvds, prints) can all be done after the wedding.\u00a0 While its not actually saving you any money, it is splitting up the costs and making the payments a bit more manageable.\u00a0 In my own photography company I’ve done this several times for brides who wanted high resolution DVD’s and photo books, but couldn’t afford to pay for them up front.<\/p>\n

Another option is to manage your time effectively.\u00a0 Many a bride could save money on the wedding photography by just organizing a bit differently.\u00a0 Since less hours equals less money paid to a wedding photographer, its important to plan accordingly.\u00a0 The three best ways to cut time without sacrificing the quality of the overall wedding images are as follows:<\/p>\n