"Do you use a wedding photography contract?"

Absolutely. A contract protects me and it protects you. If a photographer or any other wedding services professional doesn't want to sign a contract regarding their services rendered unto you - you had best RUN for the door!! One thing I tell my potential customers over and over is this: do not sign my contract (or any other photographer's contract) until you are absolutely, positively,101% sure about your wedding date. Why? Because 99.9% of us will not refund the retainer fee once the wedding is booked. Why? Because when we take your wedding date retainer fee, from that point forward that date comes off our availability calendar. We no longer attempt to sell our services on that date and we will bypass other potential clients by reserving the date for you. Your retainer fee is our compensation for giving you sole possession of a date - whether you use it or not. (We'd much rather earn all our fee by working than have half our fee as compensation for a lost workday, but half beats nothing!) So regarding just about any wedding day services - be absolutely, positively, irrevocably sure about your wedding, the date, the time, your future mate, etc. - before you sign on anybody's dotted line!