Why You Should Care More About Your Photographer Than Your Caterer

Let’s be honest: at your child's bar or bat mitzva, the caterer is important. Nobody wants 150 hungry guests staring angrily at an empty buffet.
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But here’s the thing: the caterer feeds your guests for a few hours. Your photographer feeds your memories for decades.

Think about it. Ten years from now, nobody is going to say, “Remember that amazing chicken from the bar mitzva in New Jersey?”

But they will look at the photos and say, “Look how young he was!”
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Your photographer is capturing the proud parents, the grandparents, the crazy cousins, the dancing, the speeches, the smiles—and probably at least one person making a completely ridiculous face.
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And while good food disappears, good photography doesn’t.
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So yes, absolutely hire a caterer who knows what they’re doing. But when it comes to your photographer, don’t just pick someone because they’re available and inexpensive. Pick someone who will make sure that when you look back at your child’s bar or bat mitzva years from now, you don’t just remember what happened—you remember how it felt.
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And thankfully, you don’t have to choose between great food and great photos. There’s room in the budget for both. Your guests can eat the chicken, and you can keep the memories.

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