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All the advice is great. As far as price, I'm in NY and I just paid $2600 which included 2 photographers from 1:30pm to 12am, the leather album with 36 photos, and my proofs. All other pics are additional - though since I have the proofs I don't think I'll need that many. That is the mid-high side of average here.
I ended up picking this team becase they are the brother and sister-in-law of some good friends. I had met them before and knew the kind of people they were and I was very comfortable with them -- I felt I could easily voice my concerns/needs/wants. You don't have to know someone personally to feel that way, but I think it's VERY important to feel that way with the photographer.
And price does not always mean best. My reception location was along a strip where about 5 other spots were. My place doesn't have a ton of fancy packages - just a basic one which also happened to be the cheapest of all the places. It's not as glitzy and "polished" as them either. However, the food was amazing and the service extraordinary and people have not stopped raving about the wedding.
So, really consider the cheaper option is someone else if paying. OR, if you MUST have the more expensive one, then offer to pay the difference.
Good luck!!!
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