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Which came first: booking your photographer or buying your wedding dress?

Jayla, on December 11, 2018 at 11:05 AM

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What big budget decision did you make first? Was booking your photographer a top priority? Or did you jump right into shopping for your wedding dress? Which came first for you, and how soon did you check these choices off your planning list? Photo from Fabulous Frocks of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA Next...

What big budget decision did you make first? Was booking your photographer a top priority? Or did you jump right into shopping for your wedding dress? Which came first for you, and how soon did you check these choices off your planning list?

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Photo from Fabulous Frocks of Atlanta in Atlanta, GA


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121 Comments

  • Melissa
    VIP October 2018
    Melissa ·
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    For me, the dress came first - it just happened to work out at the first dress appointment! The photographer wasn't booked long after, though!


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  • Nicole
    Expert November 2018
    Nicole ·
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    Booked our photographer before the dress!

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  • OnCloudRawls
    VIP June 2019
    OnCloudRawls ·
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    My parents bought my wedding dress before I found a photographer.

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  • Alyssa
    Super July 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    The photographer. She was the first vendor we booked!
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  • Laura
    VIP November 2019
    Laura ·
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    Dress! We went shopping for it the week after I got engaged. Booked the photographer about 8 months later.
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  • L
    Expert June 2019
    Lori ·
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    I bought my dress after finding our venue.
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  • Laura
    Master October 2019
    Laura ·
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    My friend Anne is a professional photographer and i'm having her do it, so photography. I haven't gone shopping for a dress yet. Soon as the funds come in I will

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  • Summerbride77
    VIP July 2019
    Summerbride77 ·
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    Buying my dress! Got engaged in June, bought my dress in September (when my mom was able to come out for a visit)

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  • Ashley
    Beginner May 2022
    Ashley ·
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    We booked our photographer first. Next is the venue then I'll start looking for my dress.
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  • ISaidHallYes
    VIP November 2018
    ISaidHallYes ·
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    Photographer before officially booking anything!
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  • Ania
    Devoted February 2021
    Ania ·
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    Mine was the photographer then the dress Smiley smile
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  • C
    Master January 2019
    Cassidy ·
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    Dress was my first big wedding purchase!
    Engaged NYE, dress beginning of February and photographer in June. But, I did contact him late January and we met with him a few weeks before we actually signed the contract.

    i wanted to get an early start on my dress because I knew they can take a while to come in and our engagement is just a year long. I wound up buying off the rack so it didn’t matter.
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  • Sara
    Just Said Yes January 2020
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    I just said yes, so I haven't done either yet, but I am going wedding dress shopping Saturday and plan to buy my dress way before I book my photographer.

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  • L
    Dedicated April 2019
    lashavetta ·
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    I purchase my dress than book my photographer
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  • Porterpoppin
    VIP March 2019
    Porterpoppin ·
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    Bought my wedding dress first, just booked my photographer
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  • Ingrid
    Super September 2018
    Ingrid ·
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    I got my wedding dress SUPER early! bought it Jan 2017 for our Sept 2018 wedding! And here’s a photo bc duh 💁🏻‍♀️

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  • Megan
    Dedicated September 2019
    Megan ·
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    The photographer (and DJ, same company) were booked about 4-6 months before my wedding dress! Photography, as a graphic designer, was super important to me. With a bit over an 18 month engagement, I still had plenty of time to shop, and bought a dress on October 25th this year!
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  • M
    Devoted May 2019
    Meg ·
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    I booked my photographer first! I had a pretty good idea on which wedding photographers I liked before being engaged, but had never looked at wedding dresses until after I was engaged so it took me a while to find the one because I spend a lot of time researching any big wedding decision!
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  • Alisa
    Devoted October 2021
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    We booked our photographer through a package deal which includes videogrpaher and DJ. I'm going dress shopping in a few weeks.
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  • Becca
    Super August 2019
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    I booked our photographer day 2 of being engaged! Jumped right on it haha have some dress appointments coming up, but haven’t quite started that yet.
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