I am getting married in May 2014 in Livonia, and my budget for photography is $1,600. My WISH is that I could get my ceremony and reception covered by a PROFESSIONAL photographer, with retouching, a CD of my photos, and an album included in that price. I am able to get that at Fox Portrait Studios, the company that did my mom's photos 20 years ago, but I can only find like four reviews on them and they are VERY MIXED-- and when I went to the shop I thought some of their photos looked a little blurry. Now my mom is hung up on Fox and won't help me find any other options, and I am really not comfortable booking them. I need HELP. Do you know of anyone who has a package that includes these things in that price range? Is my budget unrealistic? Please be kind, I am trying to do all this by myself and I am overwhelmed.

I am not keen on the idea of having to get my own prints and am not sure if my mom will pay for a package that doesn't include them, but it seems like if I were willing to do that it might open up my options, but I do not want to pay that much money and have to go pay for Walmart quality prints.. so I am also interested in advice about where I can get professional quality prints if that is going to be my only option. My sister is an amateur photographer and recommends mpix, and the price is certainly right, but I haven't gotten to see the prints for myself. If I buy prints separately, the cost of the photographer + prints still has to fall under $1,600.