There was one piece of advice from a married friend that stuck with me: ?don?t scrimp on your photographer!?
I suppose we already knew that anyway though ? as someone who appreciates a good photograph, I knew that we had to make sure we found the right person to capture our day.

Choosing your wedding photographer can be an extremely overwhelming process. There are SO MANY out there, it can be hard to narrow down. To make things easier, we searched blogs for ?real weddings? in the East Midlands, and if we liked their photography, we?d take a note of it.
We had a list of five people who were all within our budget, and we simply had to narrow it down to ?the one?. Then one day, I found myself browsing through the photos of a gorgeous rustic wedding in Leicestershire, and the photos were stunning. They captured the wedding so well, I felt like I was there. Everything from the emotion, the rawness, and the completely candid photos that looked like a scene from a movie. So I Googled ?Amy Shore Photography?, and found myself on her Instagram account.
I was a little confused at first, because I expected to see lots of wedding photos, but instead I found myself looking at (very gorgeous) pictures of cars. As I scrolled I realised that not only was Amy a wedding photographer, but she also photographed classic cars. It seemed like fate, giving Rob?s line of work, and so I sent him the link.
It turns out, he was already well aware of her lovely photos, as she often attended the same ...