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Photographers and Djs

ryanandhilaryryanandhilary
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Hi! I am on a tight budget and trying to find a photographer and DJ. For the photos, all we want is 5 or 6 hours, a DVD copy of edited photos and maybe a coffee table book. . . thats all. (Some of the packages are so huge)
and the DJ for 5 hours that will MC as well.
Any thoughts?
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    AllyG303AllyG303 member
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    check your local board
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    penny12986penny12986 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_photographers-djs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:e41ff8e5-a31f-42ab-8e45-9ed228b7e7b4Post:56defc7d-8192-46b0-a87b-88723e6ad498">Re: Photographers and Djs</a>:
    [QUOTE]check your local board <-------------------------
    Posted by AllyG303[/QUOTE]

    Ditto.  Also, if your local board is not very active, I would recommend weddingwire.com because you can enter the zip code of your wedding and it will bring up vendors near you.
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    roseofdeborahroseofdeborah
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    How about the typical cost of such? My FI has been encouraged by our caterer (friend of his) to use a DJ friend of theirs...charging $500. I don't know if that's cheap, normal, or what. I'm worried because he might not be our style.

    And OP your local boards will have lots of advice on those things.
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    AllyG303AllyG303 member
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    Pricing depends on your area.  To me, $500 sounds really cheap.  We're paying about $900 for our DJ, and he was one of the cheapest in SoCal.  Ask the caterer for the DJ's information.  See if you can meet up with him/her (as you should do anyway, regardless of where you find them). Talk about what you are wanting music-wise and see if he/she has any video footage of recent events so that you can see them in action, or even ask if you can stop by an upcoming event. 
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_photographers-djs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:e41ff8e5-a31f-42ab-8e45-9ed228b7e7b4Post:9ebb26e1-221a-4ebe-9ae3-0ac8eb5b0353">Re: Photographers and Djs</a>:
    [QUOTE]How about the typical cost of such? My FI has been encouraged by our caterer (friend of his) to use a DJ friend of theirs...charging $500. I don't know if that's cheap, normal, or what. I'm worried because he might not be our style. And OP your local boards will have lots of advice on those things.
    Posted by roseofdeborah[/QUOTE]

    When I was looking for these things, I emailed 10-15 vendors to get an idea about the average price.  Also, a website can give you a lot of information about what they provide, reviews, packages etc.  If they don't respond right away, you can automatically eliminate them as someone that you may not want to work with.  A fair amount of research went into the decisions that I made and I found this to be the most successful strategy for me.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_photographers-djs?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:e41ff8e5-a31f-42ab-8e45-9ed228b7e7b4Post:96216a64-f8be-4a2b-8832-26494ea00f63">Re: Photographers and Djs</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Photographers and Djs : When I was looking for these things, I emailed 10-15 vendors to get an idea about the average price.  Also, a website can give you a lot of information about what they provide, reviews, packages etc.  If they don't respond right away, you can automatically eliminate them as someone that you may not want to work with.  A fair amount of research went into the decisions that I made and I found this to be the most successful strategy for me.
    Posted by penny12986[/QUOTE]

    All of this.
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