When we were looking at photographers back in the day, I was quite determined to get a simple package that was affordable and served to document the day. It wasn't until I actually started shopping around for photographers (and interviewing a few terribad ones that rubbed me the wrong way) that I realized that the process is far more complex than just "show up" and "take photos" and "give photos".

Well, okay, I had some idea from my photographer friends. But I didn't really get it from the client's perspective until now.