My Wedding Photographer is an Idiot!

[Guy]

I paid £250 for the photos so that I could Photoshop them myself 

which in itself is a bit of a rip orf!

[Adam]

When I get married I know where i'm coming to for a photographer.

[MrBounce]

It's all relative - my mates were trying to get us to use the photographers they had (a husband and wife team) as they really liked their work. They did have some good ideas e.g. a group shot taken at the same time from 2 different points of view. I cannot however use a photographer that takes pride in showing shots of the bride and groom where their eyes are closed. 1st rule of photography - chuck out any pics that are crap or don't work! 

[bobbarley]

I paid £250 for the photos so that I could Photoshop them myself 

which in itself is a bit of a rip orf!

Cheaper than getting her to run prints off for us.  Plus, I could do a better job in Paint than she could do in Photoshop!

[Thom89]

Those pics on her website are truly appalling, she has no artistic flair, uses photoshop in a way that she is almost trying to dig her way out of a poor photo, by tarting it up, and an uncanny knack of making the women look fatter than they probably are, very flattering!
the sad thing is though, that probably a large proportion of her customers think that she's done a great job.....
Get some good quality pics done asap, so that at least you can tell the Grandkids that they were taken just after you got married
Thom

[b16roy69]

well guys im gettin married in around 18 months the full works over in the derbyshire dales, anyone got any ideas on someone i can use, cause this is what i dont want to happen there are many sharks out there that will just turn up with a slr and think they can do the job. i would rather use someone that either i no or someone that i no knows lol. sorry to read your bad news rob.

[bobbarley]

Rob?  Nigel 

Probably a few guys on here that are MORE than qualified to do your photos mate.  If I had a bit more experience I'd do it myself for ya!

[DubFan]

well guys im gettin married in around 18 months the full works over in the derbyshire dales, anyone got any ideas on someone i can use, cause this is what i dont want to happen there are many sharks out there that will just turn up with a slr and think they can do the job. i would rather use someone that either i no or someone that i no knows lol. sorry to read your bad news rob.

If you're getting married in Derbyshire, you could try this guy, he's a friend of my brother, does great work, reasonably priced as it's only a sideline to his main graphic design business. www.gavincourtney.com

I wasn't very happy with my wedding photographer, but when you're on a budget and can't take the photos yourself, you're a bit stuck. We paid £500, got the prints but no digital originals, and no album.
My sister paid £1500 and got thousands of photos and the original digital prints.

[Vesper]

Bad luck mate 

As a wedding photographer I can only apologise for the feckwits who pretend to be pro togs and screw people over on the most important day of their life. They also undercut the pros, but are still charging way more than their, *ahem*  "skills" can produce.

Sadly some of the brilliant non-pros on this forum could probably have done a better job than any of the pictures on that site. Advice to others getting married; if you can't afford to spend over £1000 on photography then find someone you can trust and know. Spending any less is just money down the drain - total false economy. When meeting photographers make sure you see a complete wedding with the number of images you expect to receive - you'll soon know if they're good pics are just lucky accidents.

Hey - at least you won't have overblown images with detail blasted away by flash (I hope). Even in jpeg you can layer up and pull detail back with opacity layering in areas & dodge & burn like crazy. Really hope you can rescue your pics. Have you thought about doing a 'cherish the dress' or 'trash the dress' shoot with your wife for a first anniversary present? At least you could get all dressed up again and have some pictures to be proud of.

[jamie_pyrite]

I'm hiring Horney, Guy and Stink for the day whenever I get married (in the very distant future!)

£50 each and a crate of your choice between you do?



Her work is terrible! Sorry to hear you aren't happy with the pics