The question of how much to pay for a professional wedding photographer is as interesting as one could imagine.  While many brides and grooms think that anyone can pick up a camera and take photo, that is far from the truth.  So how do you decide how much to spend?

Well the 1st thing you have to do is decide what your budget is for a professional photographer.  How much is too much?  Well you have to take a look at each market.  A wedding photographer in Calgary may be more expensive than the same photographer in a rural area of Alberta.

Once you find a professional photographer within your budget, the 2nd thing you need to do is choose a photographer that does the quality and type of work that you expect.  And one thing to remember is that the bride and groom will be working with the photographer to create the photographs, so it is important that you actually like the photographer.  You have to feel good about him and his feel for you.

Do you ever see a photograph that jumps off the page?  You can’t really describe why it looks so good, but it just does.  How does he do that?  Good Training, great lenses, expensive software and good assistants all add up to a great collection of photographs.  “Cheap” photographers tend to not have the training, lenses, software or assistants that would yield outstanding images.

It means what your mother always said….you get what you pay for.