In the best of times, few people like to waste money on their wedding day.
In times when money is tight, finding places to save cam be crucial.
The trick is saving in the right places.
If you save money on the wrong thing, you could ruin your special day.
For example, photography is one place where you should never save a buck.
When your wedding is over your memories, your rings, a dress you will never wear again, and your dried flowers are all that is left.
If you don't have good photos of your day, it will slowly fade from memory until it is like a dream you once had.
And don't think that friends or relatives can do the trick with their cameras.
They just can't.
They are not professionals, and their photos will never be the same as the photos taken by a pro.
A great photographer will make your photos look more beautiful than your memories, and they will use the photos to tell the unique story of your wedding day.
One place where you can save some money is videography.
Now, some will disagree with me, but I think the best video still looks like video.
I think the best editing doesn't do much.
The most important part of the video is the audio track.
This is the only way you will hear your ceremony and the toasts from the wedding again.
(Unless you have a radio producer in the family, I actually saw one couple who did!) But you don't need to spend $2,000 to hear your ceremony and toasts again.
A decent camera pointed in the right direction should do the trick.
You won't get the multiple camera fade out cross cut and editing, but how may times will you watch that? What you will get, is the ability to hear one more time all the wonderful things that were said, and you will get $2,000 more to spend on your honeymoon.