There is a new trend these days with vendors called "vendor shoots" What they are is a florist, hair & make up person, bridal salon and venue all get together and put together a photoshoot with a veteran photographer and several new/would be photographers to make photos for their portfolios. These shoots are great for learning, but can be extremely deceptive to those trying a assess these vendors portfolios as they are created without the stress of an actual wedding day and under the direction of a much more experienced vendor with high end dresses and accessories. The veteran vendor generally charges the newbies to be there and they set up all the lighting (newbies don't even have it to recreate the images at your event), the hair & make up person can take three hours to work on the subject instead of the usually 30 minutes they will have available on an actual wedding and the dresses are extreme high end with models or model like bride's wearing them wearing them. The venue used is empty, yes no pushy guests or caterers rushing everyone along and huge lighting strobes are generally set up that would be not very practical to use on an actual wedding day since they are very intrusive and need several people to hold down if used outside. The problem with these conditions is the newbie photographer will leave with a bunch of great photos that really won't represent at all what the actual bride will get on her wedding day, but more what one would find in a bridal magazine!! So if you see your photographer or hair & make person etc blogging about these shoots, then great, they are continuing their education, but don't count these photos as part of their portfolios. Even professional competitions don't allow them to be submitted!! SO ask and buyer beware!