So in the beginning of this wedding planning process, I told myself photography didn't matter a whole bunch because how often was I actually going to sit and look at my wedding photos after the wedding, etc, and I found a photographer that was only going to charge me $600 for about 6 hours of coverage and included basically everything I was interested in in a package. I didn't book him officially, but had decided in my mind that that's who we were gonna go with. Awesome. But I've looked at his pictures, and I've looked at pictures from other, more professional studios around here and I really see why these places cost more. Their pictures are gorgeous, while his are kind of "Eh." However, I can't afford a more expensive photographer. FI and I only budgeted what we knew we could save in time for the wedding because we don't want to take out loans for this, and we would need an extra $2000 for the photographer I REALLY want. Now I also sell Pure Romance on the side and usually make an extra $200-$300 a month doing that, so I could probably save up the money in time for the wedding, but that isn't a SURE paycheck. I could lose business any time and then I'd be SOL. Also, I really need to make a decision on a photographer NOW because we've got less than 7 months until the wedding, and if I wait around until I'm SURE I can pay the extra, all of the good photographers are going to be booked.
This makes me sad. I know the right answer is probably that I need to just book the $600 one (if he's even still available) because if I keep waiting around I'm not going to have a photographer at all. I guess I just need y'alls support and feedback on this. Money sucks =/ Why can't we just trade things like the old days? lol