Recently my fears have come to light. I was afraid with all these newbees starting photography businesses that brides and grooms would end up with nothing, really bad photos of their wedding or no photos of there wedding. These so called photographers got a new cheap camera called themselves photographers and because of the economic conditions of brides and grooms they have been able to create a windfall for themselves.

There was a story on the Yahoo page of a couple that received 400 images of their wedding and only 20 of those images were marginally OK. The newbees give you deals 500 images, unlimited time. There are so many great deals, but the stuff is just bad photography on a disk and you are out the money and have nothing to show for it.

Well the great news is that there are still great photographers out there that can photograph your wedding. Remember when you budget, don't skimp on the photography budget, everything else is gone when the day is over, but the photography lasts forever.

Look at the examples the photographer has, is there creativity, good lighting, are those photographs of a wedding that they photographed or were the shooting behind the back of a professional at a friends wedding. Do they have lots of examples or just one dumb book.

Attend the wedding show (Portland Bridal Show, the big one), you can get good deals from professional photographers.