For a Lasting Impression or just budgetwise?
If you have not immersed yourself in wedding photography, this brief explanation should clarify your thoughts as you choose your wedding photographer.

After your wedding, you will have several tangible treasures forever: your rings and your photographs. When choosing your wedding photographer, you are investing not just the money, but also your own time on the wedding day. That's why you should not settle on the most economical photographer, but seek out a experience lensman whose style matches your vision of your wedding day, one who has an eye for extraordinary images on your special day.

Beyond the Tradition...
If you understand how today's professionals approach weddings, you will have an easier time comparing photographers. To help you see your way clearly as you visit photographer, keep in mind for those approaches to wedding photography: Traditional, Candid and Wedding Photojournalism. Traditional photography includes portraits of bridal party and family either close up and full length while candid photographs that tell the story of the day. Wedding photojournalism means no posed photographs. All pictures would be taken without any instruction from or awareness of the photographer.