i'm so annoyed! my fiance and i met my dream photographer today and he basically refused to negotiate at all. he STARTS at 3500. i'm mad b/c the main thing i said when i emailed him in the first place was that i loved his work but he was out of my price range and could we negotiate. he was allllll about setting up a meeting with us, so i figured he would at least be a little flexible. but noooo i got my hopes up and left feeling super depressed about money. (we're paying for most of the wedding ourselves and so far all i've managed to do with my college degree is land a bakery job at freaking shop rite!)i just don't know why he would bother with all that when i straight up told him i couldn't afford 3500! has this kind of thing happened to anyone else?i'm getting bummed about photographers cuz all the affordable ones i've seen are just very cliche and unoriginal and i really wanted a classic yet arty approach. does anyone know of anyone like that in the south jersey/philly area who DOESNT cost an arm and a leg? sigh.