time for a new photog or no??? sorry long

SusanK77

I am not sure if I should give my photographer a break or start looking for someone new. I have been trying to schedule my engagement pictures for over a month now. She continues to cancel less that 24 hours ahead of time due to weather. I understand we have snow but its Michigan folks. We get snow every year. If we wait for "perfect" weather we will never get pictures. Plus I am having breast reduction in January and I am trying to get this in before surgery. Now we are supposed to do pictures tomorrow and she told me she would let me know what time and where this weekend. Pictures are in less than 24 hours and i still haven't heard from her. Sent her an email this afternoon asking her when and where and she still hasnt responded. I am beginning to think I need to find a new photographer. She had great reviews on here so I am just wondering if its just bad timing for her or if she is this wishy washy all the time. What do you think I should do????

elellingson

Yep...time for a new Photographer. It just doesn't bode well for the wedding day, or the rest of your process! You don't need to worry about that causing extra stress - she should be making things easier for you/going out of her way to give excellent customer service. Sorry if that's harsh...but I really believe it!

ceeceed80

If you are OK with the weather then she needs to be OK with the weather. If she attempts to cancel on you again, I think you should let your frustrations be known. 

smokyhills

Well, I'm of two minds about this. From an artistic perspective, the weather will significantly change the look of the photos. Even time of day can result in drastically different photos (we actually delayed my wedding last weekend for 15 minutes so that the photographers had better light.) Camera equipment can be picky, and Michigan can get to temperatures that do start to affect the technology. Snow changes the qualities of the light, as well.On the other hand, she's essentially an employee for the purpose of this, and simply holding you off for a vague reason without explaining why does sound really sketchy to me.

Unless you're particularly committed to a certain location or time of day, you have lots of options - suggest somewhere indoors, be willing to move where the weather is better, change the time of day, etc.

gingerbride2011

bug them.  they should be happy that they are getting done in this type of weather instead of the nice weather when there is not enough time in the day.  Have fun and let us know how it goes!

SusanK77

Well I have tried to ask her to move them indoors. I said the location, time and day was completely up to her. After still hearing nothing from here less than 12 hours before pictures were supposed to be done I finally wrote her and expressed my concerns such as I am not understanding what went wrong with communication and I can't handle the unknown. I need someone with a very set schedule. My FI and I were completely fine with the snow. I left all the artistic stuff up to her to make the pictures work. She replied back to my email very rude actually and said she doesn't know what to tell me she tried to email me 4 times this week and never heard anything from me. Ok how come all of a sudden I'm not getting her emails. Plus if you are working for me essentially and want the money from my business why wouldn't you call me. She has both mine and FI cell numbers. She could have tried a little harder in my opinion. Since she got the attitude with me about "not sure what to tell me guess we just didn't work out". Ok is she a professional or someone breaking up with your middle school boyfriend. I am so irritated but I can't let it get me down I'm just thankful I found out before the wedding.