When it comes to your photography, it pays to shop around. There’s a wide range of prices out there, and checking out all your options makes sense.

When looking for a photographer, I found some photographers started at $850 while others started pricing at $2,000! Look for places to cut corners. If you have a quality printer at home, maybe you’d be happy with a photographer that provided all the images on CD and you could skip the album. Or maybe you don’t need a photographer willing to take pictures all day long. If a package has more options than you really need, ask the photographer to cut some of the options — and the price.

Ed and I hired a Kyle Burnell out of Gray, Maine. He’ll provide all of our images on CD, which is important to me; I want to share them with friends and family. Serving Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, he’ll stay for four hours and hop from location to location, as needed. I will be cutting out the getting ready photos, but I’m bringing a camera and am hoping that without a photographer there, the photos will be more personal and relaxed.

So far, I’ve liked the photos I’ve seen online and he’s been great to work with, modifying the contract so I could pay him in smaller, more frequent installments. I apppreciate vendors who are willing to adjust to my needs.

If you’re thinking about proposing, you can document your wedding from the day it all started. NH Images Photography & Video, of Nashua, will photograph your proposal. For $299, they’ll hang out for up to two hours to catch you popping the questions on camera.

But don’t skimp on the photography. These pictures will be the ones you show your grandchildren. Make sure they reflect the day you had.