I recently spent days pouring over dozens and dozens of area photographers trying to find one that would both fit my budget and our style. I finally found one that fits the bill for around $1200 that will cover both my wedding and the engagement photos, as well as giving me discs of all the photos. We're just about to get started with the contract and the deposit.
But then.... I told my mother about it (who is NOT paying for it) and she told me that I was a fool for spending that kind of money on photographs that I won't revisit after 6 months after the wedding. She suggested that I get in contact with the husband of a friend of hers who apparently has wedding photography experience. But he has no webpage, no company listing, nothing.
Am I wrong for not trusting a photog that doesn't have any sort of online record? Am I a fool for going with the one I found even though I've only been searching for about 2 weeks? I can't even begin to imagine the hours I've spent looking for the right photographer.