it's not easy to find a good photographer, for many reason (the main one is the trillion wannabe amateur who actually stole the job). I guess you could start looking on social netowork around your place, since every photographer need to advertise himself everywhere. And be prepared to pay.

I, for instance, use thousands of dollars of equipment (around 8-9k) and a lot of time to do a photo shooting and edit it, and it can't come cheap.

Btw, the camera itself isn't actually that important. Lightning is everything, for real, and lenses too are pretty important.