Wedding photographer one, to be known as WPO, came highly recommended by my bestfriend. I browsed through her wedding album, and both Mike and I were impressed with how vivid the colors in the album were. So we visited his shop one fine Tuesday in May, and we came out satisfied naman. Went through some of the albums in his shop and some were good, some so-so. But generally, most were really beautiful. WPO gave is a good package, but we wanted (more like I wanted) to look around some more before finally confirming with one photographer.
So we checked out websites of other wedding photographers who were highly recommended in W@W forums. I would stay up late most nights, looking at the packages of other photographers, but none came close to beating WPO's package. We visited bridal fairs, but really, almost all the packages we saw were higher than WPO's package. We couldn't believe it -- WPO had a good reputation and a good package to boot!!! We were almost sure that we were going to book him.
Until we talked with wedding photographer two, hereby known as WPT.
WPT's works were comparable with that of WPO's, although his rates were higher. He was able to establish a connection with us minutes after we met him. He was kalog, easy to talk to, and open about sharing information about other wedding suppliers which he felt would be of use to us.
"I want him!" I told Mike the minute we stepped out of WPT's shop. First time I told Mike that I want another man... hehehehe. "Let's book him now! What are we waiting for?"
But wait!! What about WPO? The highly recommended fotog with the lowest package ever?
We sat down and compared the two packages. If we remove some items that we could do without, WPT's package would come out cheaper than WPO's!!! Yay!!
But what items can we do without?
The mini albums -- it would be nice to give something to both sets of parents, so that stays.
The pre-nuptial pics -- eh nasa package na so sayang naman kung tatanggalin. Diba Mike? Diba diba?
Those were the only two items we considered removing, but ended up not removing na din.
So we deviced a plan. We will get WPO only if he promises to personally take our picture. If he assigns us to someone else, then we'll get WPT.
We went back to WPO's shop. I was actually praying that he assign us to someone else, so that we'll have a good reason to not get his services anymore. At this point, I was still sold on the idea of WPT as our wedding photographer. The moment we sat down, the lights went off. Brownout. Tsk tsk. Not a good sign. Anyways, we start off by asking him point blank to be our photogrpaher.
WPO: (shakes his head)
US: Pero ang feedback sa labas is dapat kayooooo.....
WPO: (shakes his head again) Ang pwede kong gawin, I can officiate sa wedding niyo... (BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A PRIEST TO DO THAT FOR US!) but I won't be your official photographer.
By this time, Mike and I were sneaking glances at each other. Okaaaay.. is it bye-bye time already?
WPO: We cover 700++ weddings a year.....
(Whoa)
WPO: So sanay na sanay na diyan ang mga tao namin.
(Ows?)
ME: Okay, if hindi kayo ang magpipicture, sino a-assign niyo sa amin?
WPO: Kung sino man ang photographer niyo, huwag na niyo problemahin iyon.
What?!? Mike's shelling out a good percentage of his life savings for pictures ha, so we better know who will be taking our picture no!
But WPO was not revealing anything. Mike and I exchanged looks that said okay-on-to-plan-B-aka-WPT.
And then suddenly,
WPO: O sige, pwede naman akong i reserve eh. Depende sa inyo kelan nyo ako gustong nandoon -- preparations, church or reception.
We remained silent. And poker faced.
WPO: Sige, pwede ako sa preparation and church. Tawad na yon for you.
At this point, okay na si Mike with him. But I was still unconvinced. I just felt disappointed that WPO had this ma-ere aura with him, while WPT was so friendly and open. I'm still hooked on WPT.
WPO goes on and on about the importance of the couple in creating the perfect wedding album. I was barely listening to him, all I could think of was how hot it was inside his shop since brownout nga. Then suddenly, WPO drops the bomb:
WPO: If you sign up now, I'll throw in another mini album, and give you a 10% discount pa.
Whoa!! Again again again..
WPO: Plus if you get my services for your engagement, I'll even throw in an extra album, no layouts though.
We were both so surprised that we couldn't do the math, so WPO wrote it down on paper for us. And there it was -- P8,000 lower than our original budget.
WPT who? :)
So now we have a wedding photographer!!!! Yay!! One item to cross off our wedding suppliers list!
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