November 2010 Weddings
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What are you doing with your photos?
So... I just finally looked at our wedding photos. Honestly, I'm not thrilled. I remember really liking the teasers, so I think it's possible it's too soon or I'm not having a good day or something. I am uploading at this very moment, so I will post a link soon.
I was wondering who you sent a link to? There are the obvious people like aunts and the best man who probably want to see all the pictures and there are certain really good shots of guests which I would send them separately.
Is there anyone that it would be rude to send them to? Or rude not to send them? I'm particularly wondering about people who didn't come to the wedding. If they're not your aunt do they want to see your pictures? Am I totally over-thinking this?
Re: What are you doing with your photos?
Aww that's too bad hon, give yourself sometime when you are in the mood to look at them.
We just got ours last Saturday. I put them on shutterfly & shared with my dad, FIL & MIL, some of H's siblings, my aunt & my bro. Then I put some on facebook for everyone else to see. I made a photobook but I haven't ordered it yet. Share them with anyone you might think would like to seem them. If they really don't want to look at them then they don't have to open them.
A girl I work with also got married in Nov & she recommended mpix.com & she said that they were really good professional quality prints. I ordered prints off of there today (their prices were better than shutterfly too.)
I posted about 250 (of 1000+) on facebook, because I'm an AW like that.
I shared the link to alllll of them with our families and anyone who asked, really. I figured they could look if they wanted, or ignore it if they wanted. But at least it was their decision at that point, ya know?
We printed about 20 8x10s as Christmas presents for our aunt/uncle families and grandparents. (Thanks, Target!) I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the rest of them now. We have full rights to all of the digital prints so I'm just trying to figure out if I want to make a book or scrapbook or collage or what we should do.
We did just order 4 16x20 canvas wrap prints from Groupon that we'll use for parents and ourselves. I just have to figure out which one we want!
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Oh gosh... I am sorry. Yes, maybe give it some time?
We don't have our photos yet, but I plan on sharing the website link with pretty much anyone. I personally love to flip through people's online albums... I am a wedding geek like that.
So I'll prob post the link to our FB page and such. Thing is, the photog has uploaded the pre-ceremony pics to the website already and there isn't a great way to isolate pics (can't just save fave photos and upload them into a FB album). Eventually, we'll get all the rights to the pics and we can do whatever, but I am too lazy and impatient to wait for that day to share with the rest of the world. 
If I were you, I'd also give yourself more time before really judging your pictures.
I can't believe some of you don't have your photos yet! it's been 3-4 months! I'd be so impatient
P.S. Palm- you teased me. I thought I was going to be able to flip through all of the album!
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We got ours in about 2 moths or 9 weeks... I just couldn't look at them. I decided it's just depressing me to see pictures of my mom. I'm getting some pressure to post from other relatives, so I thought I'd get going on that. I already uploaded them. Maybe DH can look through and edit them for me.
Aww, I am sorry Tem, maybe it is just too soon for you to be looking at them? I give you credit though for being able to looking through them, I remember you mentioning that you just didn't have the desire to so soon after your mom's passing.
I think your idea of going through them with your husband is good, that way you aren't alone with the feelings that might come up.
Maybe you can send the link out to those who are asking to see them and then go from there?
I think eventually we will have some of ours printed. For now we had sent people the link to the photog's website and I posted some on FB. Maybe I will make an album for my parents and possibly for us. For now though, the dvds are sitting on our coffee table
I know! Sorry about that. I can't figure out how to obtain a "share" link from MyPublisher!
i did the same thing when i first looked at my pictures and i've known my photographer, as a friend and colleague in the profession, for over a year. in going back and looking at them later i found that i really loved MOST of the images - if you're really disappointed in them i strongly encourage you to talk with your photographer about it. i know you can't turn back time, but it's they're the only person who can 100% guarantee that your wedding day is documented -- i would recommend being specific as to what you don't like should you speak with them i.e. is it the lighting? the way you're positioned? are the images blurry? those are things the photographer is responsible for taking care of when capturing the images...if you don't like the way you look i.e. you hate that you weren't standing up straight or you were flaring your nostrils (like this girl) everytime you laughed...i'm afraid he/she won't be able to do much about that as it's a character-thing...but give it some time, go back and review and then identify what it is that's really bothering you about your images if they still continue to do so. i hope that helps and i really hope to hear that you enjoy them!
i'll be going through our pictures today and ordering 5x7 prints for our friends and family of our favorite images and sending them with their thank you cards. additionally, i'll be making albums for us and our mothers of the best images. finally, we'll be printing some larger pictures that are going to go on our walls of our bridal party and us.
Having looked through them again, I think my real issue is just that it's too soon to see happy photos with my mom. I know in the long run I'll be really happy to have those shots, but right now it's just difficult.
Probably my only "real" complaint is that there aren't many pictures of my friends, but there are a few of DH's friends who got in a LOT of shots. Basically, there were two couples who spent the whole day getting in front of the camera and they're not even close friends! That's not really the photographer's fault (he did have a list of relatives) and I just deleted a bunch of the same two camera-hog couples. Of course I also wish I were thinner... who doesn't LOL?