Major Disapointment with Wedding Photographer, what to do?!

Nicmorrison14 · September 2013

My friend got married last November and went through a similar situation. She paid a fortune, didn't get the pics until MONTHS later, had to ask for the unedited version so she could take them to another friend who is currently going to school for photography and had him edit them. She called and demanded a percentage of her payment back since she was so unhappy. He was afraid of a bad review so he gave it to her. I don't know if it will work for you, but it's worth a shot.

shanliann · September 2013

The thing is, these are supposed to be the edited versions!! When he posted the album online, he said for us to go through and let him know what edits we wanted, and then he would edit the rest "as needed". This annoyed me because I felt like, we had been married almost a year, why hadn't he been working on the "needed editing" for the whole year. Even though he wasn't paid off and we couldn't see them!!

I was just looking through them again because hubby said he didn't recall seeing our "first look" pictures.

So, here are our first look pictures.

JoanE2012 · September 2013

Did you ever check out his work beforehand? Did you read reviews? Do you know how much experience he has? Like I mentioned before, that camera is not what professional photographers use.....it's what everyday people now use! You even said his contract was geared toward the DJ business. What made you hire him for photography??

I'm sorry you're disappointed but honestly, the best advice I can give is to move on. I remember you posting about being unhappy several months ago too. There's nothing you can do about it now. The wedding is over and you're married. Just let it go or else it's going to eat at you for a long time.

soontobehanby · September 2013

You paid this fauxtographer 4000 and he used a camera with a fucking pop up flash?! Didn't even bother to RENT real equipment?! I would be so majorly pissed off.

shanliann · September 2013

Just for the record we paid 4,000 total for both photography and dj service.

We actually booked a different photographer who we had take our enegagment pictures and we were dis-satisfied with him, his attitude and his pictures, so we were back to square one. This was still 6-7 months before our wedding, so we were a little pressed to find someone but our back was not to the wall. There were still other phototgraphers available

We saw work from at least 2 other weddings, plus a lot of senior pics, baby and familes that he had hanging and framed in his studio.

The quality of the pictures are my biggest issue but I could probably type for days about all the other issues... I really want to send him a letter to get everything out, and then I can just try to get over it, but I don't know If that is best or not.

soontobehanby · September 2013

Do you mind pm his business name? Is that allowed?

palrmt · September 2013

I think you're within your rights to at least inform of your disappointment. You can't get the day back and have a do over but you can let him know that you aren't happy with the quality of his work. You may or may not get something back.

Sounds like he added photography as a way to make more money without knowing what he was really doing. I have several portrait shots of me in front of a mirror and not once can you see my photographer.

Ajuliana · September 2013

I'm sorry, this really sucks, but other than him refunding a portion of your money in exchange for you NOT giving him a bad review, you can't fix this.

At this point you're a broken record. Sorry. Over. At five years have a vow renewal andshorten your dress to wear it again.

Oh, and hire a non-dj'ing photographer when you do.

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