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Photography complaint!
So we picked our photographers for the wedding b/c we really loved their work and personalities. We didnt do an engagement session becaues of money, but we talked alot about what we wanted for photos and everything...and we thought it was all good and settled.
I LOVED the teaser pics they posted on their blog, but we got our CD yesterday finally and i'm totally NOT impressed. 90% of the photos are no better than those that our family members took with thier point-and-shoot cameras with no photography ability. In fact, alot of the photos that our family members took are better! The photos are just NOT that good.
The focus on a lot of them is completely off and the subjects are a little blurry while the background people are clear as day (not on purpose as an artsy shot). I guess i'm just annoyed that someone professional could take unprofessional photos. I feel like we did not even get close to our money's worth for them.
I haven't posted them up online yet, but I'm going to do so tonight so i'll share the link then....i'm just kinda bummed. I'm supposed to pick our 100 photos for our album and i dont even know if there's 100 that we actually like.
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Re: Photography complaint!
I'm super sorry about your photos Kim! I'm sure you have some really amazing pictures (the ones on the blog were awesome!). I think being knotties is both a positive and negative for us. It's great because we were able to come up with some really great ideas, get feedback, etc. But on the other hand, we were exposed to sooooo many photos of weddings that inevitably we end up comparing our pictures to other pictures that we've seen (at least I know I'm guilty of this).
I have no doubt that you have beautiful photos. Just take another look at them with a slightly less critical eye - you might just love what you see!
I'm sorry you're feeling this way about your pictures!
My friend and her husband had the same experience - they used the same company that we used, but they had a different photographer. Their photos were really disappointing. I'm sorry that you're going through this, too - I've watched them dealing with it, and it just makes me sad. You pay all this money and expect to have beautiful photos to remember your day. The worst part is that you can't go back and fix blurred photos. You should try to get some of your money back, or some kind of compensation. I understand this will not really help the situation, because it's the photos you want, not money.
ETA: I just realized this sounded super negative. The photos posted on the blog were beautiful, so take a look at all of your photos again (with an open mind!), and maybe they won't seem so bad the second/third/fourth time through.
thanks ladies. i hope its just me being over-critical but Zig felt the same way. maybe i'll feel better tonight when i go through them again. It's just disappointing when you see all this wonderful work from this specific photographer for other people's weddings (and full albums, not just the favorites) and then it turns out they dont do your wedding as beautifully.
idk. ill try to be positive.
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I agree with the previous posts--give yourself some time. We chose an amazing photographer and we didn't get the dramatic photos we saw on his website, but that's because we didn't have a dramatic wedding.
Share them--chances are your friends and family will only see the good in them, which will help you to realize that, even if they aren't going to make it into Brides magazine, they captured your day, and they are most likely of a higher quality than they seem to be now. This was a big help to me. I began to really like our photos after my "critical hat" was removed.
Now I want to see the photos!
This seems like a tough situation because photographers always show the best of the best of their work, and you don't see 95% of their actual work, and that's what everyone goes on for making decisions! I don't know how to gently break the news that you don't like them without causing a sh** storm of problems!
Do you think it's possible to edit some of them in photoshop to crop them and fix the color to make them look a little better?
I totally sympathize with you. I secretly HATED our wedding photos when I first got them back. I am not sure what I was expecting, but there wasn't any particular photo that I loved. It's definitely disappointing.
I agree with PP's. Give it some time. The more you look through them, hopefully there will be a few that you fall in love with. Plus, I found they look better printed out or in an album than on the computer.
If you really hate them all, would you consider a TTD session? It won't be photos of THE day, but it could be a fun way of getting some more photos of the two of you in your wedding gear.
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