I totally agree with the photo thing! When DF and I each said what was most important to us when it came to the wedding, he said good food, and I said good photography.
I'll be paying for outside photography, and if I have a DP, it will be at Sago Cay Point too.
I don't like the idea, that you don't know which photographer you're getting with DPS too, I'll pick a photographer based on their portfolio of images, there's something not quite right about doing that, then finding out that the person who's going to be at your wedding isn't even the person who took those photos!