To be honest, we don't have a lot of room in our budget for photography. We couldn't fit in an elaborate photography package, so we decided to search for somebody who could provide the bare minimum: snap pictures of us all day and provide us with a DVD of all the images. I figured that we can decide what to do with our pictures after the wedding, once things calm down. For now, we just wanted to make sure that somebody would be there to capture all the big moments of our wedding day (as well as the small ones that we may not notice or forget!)
I did my fair share of research on Craigslist and Google, all the while becoming discouraged by how so many talented photographers where way out of our budget. It must have been my lucky day when I came across a post on the Weddingbee classifieds from an up and coming photographer advertising her services. I checked out her website (which I loved! I'm all about first impressions), and contacted her. Within a couple of weeks, Mr. Tortolito and I met her and signed on the dotted line. Like I said, I'm big on first impressions and intuition. Even though our photographer, Phoebe, is just branching out into the wedding world we totally trust her with capturing our wedding day memories. And I'm all about supporting up and coming talent! How can I not when she has beautiful photos like these to back her up:
{All photos by Phoebe Joy Photography}It's so refreshing to meet people who have a passion for what they do and really want the best for their clients. It definitely shows in their personalities, and it's one of the main things that I keep in mind when meeting with wedding vendors. I think we've got a pretty solid group of vendors so far - something that keeps reminding us that this wedding is really happening!
What qualities do you look for when searching for wedding vendors? If you've worked with newcomers to the industry, did you find it easy to trust them to handle big parts of your wedding?
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