{"id":5215,"date":"2015-06-01T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T22:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2015-06-01T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T22:39:09","slug":"the-broke-ass-brides-guide-to-newbie-vendors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomellisphoto.com\/blog\/the-broke-ass-brides-guide-to-newbie-vendors\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broke-Ass Bride&#8217;s Guide to Newbie Vendors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Something that I (and probably every other experienced wedding photographer) frequently encounter is the question, &#8220;So why should I pay you $XX when this other photographer will only charge me $X? \u00a0More often than not, the other photographer is a &#8220;newbie&#8221; to the profession.<\/p>\n<p>There are a LOT of answers to this question, but this blog post does a great job of answering &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebrokeassbride.com\/2015\/05\/the-broke-ass-brides-guide-to-newbie-vendors\/\">&#8220;The Broke-Ass Bride&#8217;s Guide to Newbie Vendors&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0If you are considering hiring someone for your wedding who has little or no experience, I would highly encourage you to read this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something that I (and probably every other experienced wedding photographer) frequently encounter is the question, &#8220;So why should I pay you $XX when this other photographer will only charge me $X? \u00a0More often than not, the other photographer is a &#8220;newbie&#8221; to the profession. 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