Okay so I booked my photographer who is also my friend, the package was $800 and included two engagement shoots, and she said she would do all day of the wedding for me. Yes I know, I should expect to pay over $1,000 for good photos, but she normally does charge that. She said she was giving me a deal. She has a legitimate business with her husband so it's not just some amateur doing my photos.
Well, anyway, the point of my story, we did our two shoots, one in September and one in November. It took her more than a month to get them up on the website and that is only because I asked about them twice. Needless to say, it took that long and she put up untouched photos. I'm talking there is glare,the sun shoots right through our faces making us look like vampires, we had brought coffees to the one and you can see them clearly in the background, along with the bags full of our props. My fiance's collar was messed up and no one told him (I didn't notice the day of). When I asked her, she said that when we told her which ones we wanted then she would do the edits, but we have to pay first. So what if I pay to get the ones I want, but the pictures just don't get any better? The engagement photos aren't a big deal, I just don't want to deal with this for my wedding photos. Has anyone had a bad experience like this before? Any advice? Should I just chalk my deposit up as a loss and look for a different photographer? I'm not a bridezilla at all, my pictures are just very important to me.