Have you talked much with your daughter about who to choose? Each photographer has their own style and she may like something different than you. I agree that chipping in for the baby, etc would be a better use of your money in this situation. Some people think the photographer is just something you should have to capture the moment, whereas others think of it as much more than that. Those who put more value on the photographer will be willing to cut elsewhere to put more money towards it.
Best wishes to the couple and their new babyI hope everything works out and I'm sure the wedding will be beautiful
Thanks, Karen! DD21 doesn't really have an opinion one way or the other. She's not into photography so she's leaving the photographer decision to me. She's much more into the colors, flowers and cake!
I think the wedding is shaping up very nicely. Things have worked out with cancellations, timing, etc. to get what we've wanted. Hopefully our luck will hold - we're heading out today for bridesmaid and flower girl dresses.
We are getting the digital files. That's a good idea to get the waiver. I hadn't thought about that.
That's so true! It's why I want to take my camera for the reception. I want to make sure I get the people in the photos that I want.
Bite your tongue!!!
It ain't going to happen! My camera goes where I go.
We got married in 2008 at WDW. We had two photographers. One on the wedding day that was a non Disney photographer. He was great. We like his style, very tradional with great candid photos. My husband wouldn't hire a photographer unless we got digital rights and all photos on DVD. Which the photographer I liked did offer that at no extra charge. He just had it as part of his package. I thought his prices were very good, sorry I forget the cost right now. We also got any shot the photographer took, he did take out any that were blurry or shots of the ground. lol But if they weren't the best shoots, we still got them on DVD. He printed a bunch of different sizes, and it was put in an album. Very nicely done.
Our second photographer was a Disney Photographer, due to we were doing a MK shoot at 6:00am. Disney only allows their photographers to do those shoots. The package was regular Disney high prices, but still worth it for getting to ware your wedding attire in the MK. We got 12 4x6 photos in an album and the rest of the 51 shots we got were just loose. Now they took way more then 51 shots, but we were not allowed them nor did we ever see them. Again its Disney not shocked. We were not allowed the rights to our photos. In fact my husband worked with Disney Lawyers so if he wanted to use a photo they took in a book he writes later on in his career he can do so. But that took awhile to get. Again its Disney Im not shocked and it was worth it even with out the rights to the photos.
Now I wouldn't choose a photographer that didn't allow me the rights to my wedding photos and who wouldn't give my DVD's of all the photos. There are photographers out there that will do all this. Just have to look for them or know to look for them. This information wasn't something I knew about, it was my husband who knew.
If you need more help, check out the wedding threads on this board. Yeah its for Disney weddings, but not all disney weddings. And lets face it women love to chat about weddings.They are all so helpful from choosing flowers to photographers. I hope your daughter has a wonderful wedding. One peice of advice was told to me that was very helpful. Slow down, take it all in. Because a wedding day flys by faster then a Disney Vacation.
Wow! I can't believe you didn't even get to see all of the Disney photos and pick out the ones you like the best! Maybe the photographer messed up the rest of the pictures and wouldn't let you see?
I think I'd better enjoy this wedding because I don't think we're going to get a Disney vacation in this year (first time not going since 2002). DD8 keeps telling me she wants to go though, so maybe we can work something out. We are going to DL next summer though.
