Okay, we had a GREAT time shooting engagements with our photog. She and her husband are great people, professional, and I am in love with my engagement pictures. We set up our contract for engagements, bridals, and 8 hours of wedding day shooting. My mother signed and paid the deposit, which was written up like this:
8 hours of wedding day coverage
High res DVD with copyright release of wedding coverage
Engagement session
Bridal session
90 day password protected online viewing and ordering
A few other things..
I did not see this when my mom was doing the contract, but she is now freaking out because it is costing us an extra $300 for a DVD of the engagement pictures on top of the $2300 we have paid for the package. As you can see, the package says the wedding day coverage has a DVD but not the engagement or bridals, therefore we have to buy them to even be able to use them in anyway.
Is this normal?!!!? I know my mom should have read more carefully, but it kind of seems a little sketchy or a way to get extra money out of us. Our photographer has said that the engagement and bridals are just a way for us to get "comfortable" in the shoots and some people don't buy any of the photos, some buy just a couple, and some buy the DVD.