Vendor regrets?

DanaOcNy

Has anyone had any vendor regrets?  I'm just wondering what you did.  A few months ago my mother sent me an album link to her friends son's wedding,  As I was going through the pictures I thought they were very "flat" and unimpressive and then I realized its the same photographer we have booked!  I've been stressing about that ever since. 
Last night we meet with a studio for videography and absolutely fell in love with all there photography.  There package is a little higher for the same thing we were getting from the other guy.  We are honestly considering switching but I feel terrible. 

With our current contract we would only be losing our deposit.  What would you ladies do in this situation?

mpjf1001

Hm thats a tough one, depending on what your deposit is and you wouldnt be taking a big hit, i would switch, they are your wedding photos, b/t them and the video its basically all you will have besides memories to look back on. GL with your decision i hope it all works out!

kd1986

Looking at it from the aspect of pictures being the one thing you'll have forever to visually remember your wedding, I definitely understand you considering the switch.  For US, if that happened, I wouldn't be able to justify it financially right now.  If we had a more significant cushion in the bank however, I wouldnt be opposed to doing something like that.  In my opinion you need to love your photographer...

CFM102012

Would you get any kind of deal from the studio if you used both their videography and photography?  If so and it would financially justify losing your deposit I'd use that as an excuse.  Tell they guy you hired that your videographer is offering an awesome package that you really can't pass up but it means you have to cancel your contract with him.  No specifics or details.  

halij52002

I agree w/ PP. I would switch if it was financially possible. Photography is really important. Like others have stated... these will be the only thing you will ever have to look back on. Good luck in your decision.

achiduck

Ya, I would also look into switching.

The only regret I have is accepting a freinds offer to do my invites. She's really talented, but since FI and I got engaged in June 2011 she and have I met on 4 seperate occasions to design invites, etc and she hasn't produced anything but excuses. At this point, I need to make a serious decision and jump ship. I found a company that's highly recommended by my DOC that I have a meeting with next weekend.

brainybrunette

Photography was my #1 priority (tied with food), so if it were me I'd switch.  I say if it's in your budget, then go for it.  All you're left with at the end of the day is your photos/video.  I'd be horrible to hate all of your wedding pics : (

robije7

I agree with all the PP.  If it works out financially I would definitely switch.  Also if it were me and I already saw my bad examples of my photographer's pictures I would be OVER analyzing every single picture he took of my wedding.  Once I get something like that in my head it's hard for me to forget it and I usually wind up creating an issue that isnt there lol

ReyesToy

I would switch. When my future sister-in-law got married, she was so happy about every detail. Until her photography came back and then she was soooo disappointed. She started picking on other details (she didn't look good in her dress and that her flowers looked dead)  All she could think of was re-doing the wedding...so she is. She and her husband are going to renew their vows and throw a smaller wedding for their 5 year anniversary.

So if you're having regrets now, I would definitely switch. I wouldn't give the first photographer any details...I would just say plans have changed and you won't be needing their services anymore...cause if you say you got a better deal with your videographer, they might just try to lower their price to work with you...then you'd feel worse trying to cancel on them...or that's how I would feel anyway. And if they don't know the details, they might work with you to try to get your money back.

Good luck!

irishangieb

I’m going through a similar situation so I can really understand how crappy this is.

We had our engagement pics taken and they were not good. Of the 60 we had to look through, we only liked maybe 2 or 3.

We are scheduling a second shoot with our photographer and if the pictures don’t GREATLY improve, we will be going with another photographer even though we will have to forfeit our $450 deposit. 

You will have your pictures forever so, for me, it’s worth spending more money on something like that than I had originally planned on.  If it’s hard to justify financially, maybe shave off a little in the areas that aren’t as important to you and your FI (favors, flowers, etc..) to make up the difference.

If you haven’t done it yet, maybe schedule an engagement shoot with your photographer and see what your individual pictures look like, maybe you’ll fall in love again.

Good luck!!!