We found a wedding photographer!

One of my main struggles with planning this wedding so far is finances. I cautiously mentioned to my dad (aka the wedding financer) about "who pays for what" and "when things get paid for" and he said that Joe and I pay for everything unless someone else offers.

Um, what?

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not spoiled (much), but it's my family's job to help me take on the financial burden that is my wedding. I'm just hoping he'll come around and suck it up and do it. He really does have the money and it's 16 months away.

Aaaaanyways, I sent a MySpace message to Mae who is a photographer and asked her for a quote on prices. She replied that for everything I want it would be $1000. Before, when I spoke to my dad, he quoted that a photographer would cost between $600-$1000, so her estimate was just on the line of being too expensive. When I told him about it he just grunted and said we would talk about it later.

Psh. Later. Yeah, right. I got up from the table and brought up her photography website (www.photographybymae.com) and clicked on some of my faves. I brought him in the room and showed him.

::shows him the first photo::
"Hmm..."
::shows him a second photo::
"She took these?"
"Yes, sir and she edited them herself, too."
::clicks on third photo::
"Book her."

...."Really?! Are you serious??"


So... that's all it took. Awesome.

Oh, and just so you know... this is what I get for $1000:

- Coverage of getting read for the wedding.
- The entire ceremony
- The entire reception
- The posed photos of the wedding party
- An album with 25 photos (I'm seeing what it will take to make it 50)
- A free bridal shoot
- A free engagement shoot
- PLUS the copyright release to where I can print my own photos

Sweeeet.

So. Freaking. EXCITED!

::checks off of To Do list::