No photographer/videographer

Hey!
I’m doing our wedding on a budget. Looking to spend a max of £10-£12000 at maximum. We have 70 guests and asking them to travel across the country so really want to make the food and drink the highlight of their day. My friend had a photographer and a content creator last year. The stills the content creator captured were just as nice, if not nicer of my best friend on her day. Is anyone else opting to go down this route? Really don’t want to spend a big chunk of my budget on a photographer! Thanks in advance