When I began planning my wedding there was one thing I knew I would not scrimp on no matter what.  My sister got married last year and hired a friend of a friend to take their wedding photos and it was a total disaster.  He had no experience and the pictures were garbage.  My sister was devastated and I learned from this experience.  There are no second chances with wedding photography so I spent a lot of time interviewing photographers and looking at their work.  I found a very experienced photographer that will do a great job and cause me no heartache.