When it comes to planning your wedding, you want to watch every penny of you wedding budget possible. After all, you don’t want to start your new life with your husband in debt – and you certainly don’t want to spend a great deal of money if it means sacrificing on your honeymoon!
That’s why many people tend to forgo engagement photos in favor of saving a few hundred dollars in the wedding budget. While this can certainly go towards a few additional dinner plates at the reception – or even on getting a designer-label wedding dress – there’s no denying that your engagement photos represent a special time in your life. It’s the moment when you and your sweetheart are starting off on an incredible journey together – and this moment should be preserved forever.
If you want to enjoy the experience of engagement photos but don’t want to blow your wedding budget, here’s how to save money on your engagement photos:
- Find a photographer that will offer a discount if you hire him or her for both engagement and wedding photographs. Photographers offer combined discounts because it means they’ll have steady work. This discount also means you can enjoy the unique experience of having engagement photos without worrying that you’re spending too much of your wedding budget.
- Consider having a talented friend take engagement photos for you. Since engagement photos are more casual than wedding photos, this means you can have a family member or friend take over for a professional photographer. Be sure to offer the friend or family member compensation for the time they take out of their day. A cash payment or a nice gift is a great way to thank them for all their hard work and effort.
- Finally, be sure to use your engagement photos on your save the date cards and throughout your wedding reception. This is a great way to make the most of your engagement photos, which means you’ll save a significant amount of money in the long run. For example, you could use your engagement photos as a backdrop for your save the date card. You could also incorporate your engagement photos in your wedding reception. Have guests write their congratulations and well wishes on a mat surrounding a blown-up picture of you and your fiancé. You can frame the picture later as a special remember of the precious time when you were engaged to the love of your life.
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