Alright Knotties,
We are on a really tight budget for photography...our original plan was using a professional photographer that I am friends with/modeled for before, and that fell through. So we've allotted about $1500 for photography. Although honestly it would be great to get something closer to $1200, but we won't be breaking the bank if we have to spend a little over $1500. Our wedding is Oct. 25 at the Franklin Park Conservatory, so I'm trying to do this right away before any more get booked up.
I've already contacted My Studio 23 and Amy Rebecca and they are both already booked. I heard back from Jessica Miller that she is available, but her packages seem to start at $2300, so a little over what I'm looking for.
Does anyone have reviews of Mia Jade or Curtis Wallis? Both of them have responded to me, and are within our budget, but I haven't heard much about them on these boards. I've also contacted Ed Vaflor, Ben Barnes (I don't think his prices were on his website though) and Kristin Bliss but haven't heard back yet. Or is there anyone else I could look into?
We're not having engagement photos done so I figured that could be a way to negotiate them into knocking a little bit off the price. And we don't need any prints, just the digital files. The only problem is that we were planning on doing all the group shots/portraits before the ceremony at 4:00, with dinner and reception immediately following. So that's like 10 hours of coverage that we'd need and a lot of photogs within our budget are for 8 hours. So do I book them for 8 hours and then they leave the reception early and I just hope to get pictures from family/friends for the remainder of the reception?
@photokitty, I thought you might have some input here. You've been a great help with everything else so far!