Disgusting wedding photos

This happened at my son’s wedding. The photographer took photos from the bottom of some steps with us at the top so not only did we all have double chins the camera was looking up our noses!! I would feel the same 😢

I hated most of my wedding pics, but now, 30 years down the line there are 2 that have ever actually been on show, so if you have a couple then go with those, no one else other than you (and maybe your parents or grandparents) will have your photos on display 😉

I take photos for a living and I didn't notice the crappy angles either. I was THE BRIDE.

The difficulty with this is most people are unlikely to know to specify angles or say "don't make me look fat". It doesn't occur to a couple that a professional would do that.

I am a photographer. A good photographer is aware of angles and how they flatter (or don’t). I would want my client to let me know if they’re not happy. The images you’ve been sent are the ones the photographer thinks are best, but there will be more photos that didn’t make the edit that s/he can go through and hopefully find ones you feel better about.

The pre wedding shoot is a very sound idea. Wish we'd done that....

A bride can't be directing the photographer on her WEDDING DAY. He's the one who can see through the viewfinder and should know his job

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry. No-one ever takes decent photos of me. I know how to take photos so I would expect a paid professional to do it. My wedding we had a friend do it (for free) and he got the angles all wrong. A few from above where I look like a dwarf and no one thought to angle me so the best side of my sari was visible (the beautiful waterfall drape). I was surrounded by idiots that day though. I've got a few photos I really like and they've been framed. The rest are in a drawer. Do consider a new shoot or ask for the other shots. Also, a refund. I decided not to demand a refund from hair and make up when she slicked my "beehive" flat on my head. I regret that.

😂😂 Double chin omg don't be so vain! 😂

😂😂 Double chin 😂😂 Be greatful

Why don't you just get the photographer to 'enhance' the images and remove your double chin, this should be very easy for them to do.

The important thing was your wedding day and that you were getting married with friends and family around. I wouldn’t dwell on the photos, ours have been sitting in an album gathering dust upstairs and haven’t been looked at for years even though I was fortunate enough to have been happy with them.

Those two photos are all you need for life 😊 my wedding photos were taken by a friend’s dad - an amateur and he offered to take them. I asked how much he wanted up from and he said ‘I’m sorting you out: you’re as good as family’
he then sent me a bill post wedding of £2000 (11 years ago and average was £900 then with an album)
I refused to pay it and offered him the £900 saying had he told me upfront like I’d asked I’d politely have declined.

the only photos I now how are guest photos and there are a couple of cracking ones that I use in frames or to share pics.

honestly, I was heartbroken at the time but now it barely bothers me because I wouldn’t have looked at them more than a few times anyway.

What a twit he is. Anyone knows that angle is unflattering for most women.it's his job to make you look as good as possible. I find it baffling so many photographers don't put this at the forefront of their goals when shooting weddings. I had a shoot with a pro photographer two days ago (un wedding related) and he spent the whole time crouching shooting upwards. I kept telling him not to. All the ones he shot from low down were grim and all the ones he begrudgingly took from higher up were fine. He's photographing women in their fifties! He should know

That's what my friend did too. She got some really beautiful ones on a beach with just DH

Came to say exactly the same- my friend hated her wedding pictures too and this is what she has done and has them all up on the wall and they look amazing

If you booked a band who were known to perform fantastic country music, would you be happy when they played death metal at your booking instead?

Same difference. Photographers all have a style they like shooting in. If they are selling their services then that is why people pick them. If they drastically change their style without prior notification to either clients, then yes, a refund is suitable in my opinion.

if you are pointing the camera up someone’s nose and including extra chins then I think it’s very much a compositional element.

There’s nothing wrong with the ‘composition’ when shooting from below, the issue is some people would prefer to not see themselves photographed from that angle.

sorry to nitpick, but I don’t think it’s right to act like the photographer did something wrong, If someone would rather not see their double chins that’s personal, but ultimately the photographer needs to be informed. For some people it’s common sense that the photographs would be ‘flattering’ but others want accuracy

i don’t think you can really request a refund when you received the service you booked but simply didn’t like the outcome.

Now if a mistake had happened ofcourse, but disliking the angle so therefore the photographer should eat the cost is poor to me

Hi O/P,

I'm a photographer - Would you be willing to show us a photo or two? If you've paid for something and it's bad quality/unflattering I would tell the photographer to photoshop them. At the end of the day you've paid for a product not fit for purchase, if it's not to your satisfaction.

I think maybe asking friends for any shots they might have taken - you might get some good spontaneous pictures. Also asking for a wider selection of photos from the photographer and enquiring if any of the pictures can be photoshopped. Our wedding was a wet and wild day, so in most photos my hair looks a mess and whilst the photographer had a few decent shots, my favourites ended up being friends’ photos from their mobiles. Some of those I framed and put on the wall. There were no official photos of my in laws at all. Looking back I feel I should have introduced the photographer to family members / in laws but at the time there was so much going on and it was all a bit hectic, so I just assumed that they would have met.
I have some nice mobile phone photos I framed as a memory of the day - and some great video clips from friends’ phones. So hopefully you will be able to get some pictures from friends and also discuss which official photos can be altered to be more suitable and give you what you want.🤗

Most photographers won’t have included all the photos they took, you could ask if he took more at the angle you like… he should of taken them at a few angles each time so you may find he has more that he’s just not edited and sent out.

it’s okay not to be happy with them, I’d just explain that you’re not happy with that angle of yourself but you understand why he did it due to the view in the background, however you were wondering if he had any unedited from other angles xx

I haven't read everybody's advice but my friend had dreadful pics from her wedding so she booked a photo session in the countryside, she and her husband dressed in their wedding clothes & they had a series of lovely romantic shots taken, just the two of them. Now, 20 years later, it's like they are her wedding pics.