...to be slightly disappointed with wedding photos

[Movingtobucks]

A few days ago (and more than 8 weeks post-wedding) we received our wedding photos through. There were 200 photos, and only a handful from the actual ceremony. They were beautiful, but from 8 hours of shooting I was expecting more and certainly expecting some of us actually getting married.

I have asked if she has a few more of certain key moments but not sure if I’m BU?

She’s a professional photographer, has good reviews online. No other pictures of the ceremony so if she doesn’t give us some we’re left without...

If the problem is that she’s realised she’s under-quoted I’d be happy to pay a bit more for editing time, but I don’t know how best to approach it.

I paid a lot for our photography, she was with us for 8 hours and we got nearly 1000 photos (unedited) we picked 200 for a photo book and 30 for the actual album. They are beautiful and I love them, she also took some shots when we had our first baby and she didn’t charge for the prints which was lovely.

Redandyellow I’m pretty sure I’m not your friend’s daughter . Yes, I’m absolutely sure. The photographer was on the intrusive side of present during the service so no one took any as they were so aware of her clicking.

I’ve not had a reply to the email I sent last night and don’t know what to do. Given she was late sending them over I wonder if she had to do the editing in a rush which is why she sent fewer than expected? I think I need to ring and speak to her and find out if the issue is time, money or quality of photos.

In the interests of full disclosure we paid £1000, does that sound right for what we’ve got? Based in SE but not London.

Just found out where I got 3-500 pictures from - it’s on her website. I think I’m definitely NBU to ask for a few more.

As a wedding photographer the average is a minimum of 300/400. I generally deliver around 600 for a full day. Have you had a reply?

Wow this is really making me think I was totally screwed over by our wedding photographer. We haven't got any of us signing the register either which I'm gutted about. In fact we only have about 100 and I had to fight to get most of those out of her.

Ours were awful - we asked a photographer relative to do then but he thought it would be a great way to build his son in laws self esteem - they were just dreadful.

Makes me sad as my dress was my dream dress but hey we are married so ...

200 for £1000 that doesn't seem right.

I would get some more of her.

Our vicar was very old-school and completely opposed to photos of the ceremony as he said it distracted the couple from the importance of what they were doing.

We have lovely photos before the service and of the reception but none inside the church except for a few sneaky camera pics us coming back up the aisle.

After doing a couple for friends, I’ve just branched out and started officially as a wedding photographer, specialising in candid photography but £1000 for 200 photos is not on. I charge £500 for a full day currently and provide around 600 photographs. I am also SE but not London.

Even though I focus on candid rather than posed, I always ensure than I get any specific shots requested because they’re the ones which are of the most importance to the B&G, be it the first kiss after vows or a family photo with a grandmother.

I’m sorry you didn’t have a good experience OP, you’re well within your rights to feel miffed. Can you contact the photographer?

I was going to say you were being a bit unreasonable but I would expect photos of the register being signed. Maybe she's lost some data? Our photographer did a deal where we basically just got given the whole file of photos via Dropbox.

We were pre-digital days which I think means we had fewer taken, but I think we got over 200 and he didn't cover the reception. (well except a "everyone seated" one) He did everything we agreed on and was fantastic enough we recommended him around and several friends used him.
He gave us all the photos he took, so we have a few to chuckle over as well as lovely ones.

However a family member found what they told us before hand was a fantastic couple photographers who were amazing. They'd showed the shots they would be doing and explained everything. Family member was delighted with them.

However the impression I got on the day (as a bridesmaid) was that they hadn't actually done this before. Things like they told us bridemaids to dance round in a circle. So we did so. They told us to go slower, although we had a couple of tinies so weren't really going fast. So we slowed right down. This was still apparently too fast to take photos so they positioned us-and it looked like they did.
Then when they sent the photos over they'd only sent what they considered "the best".

So although the spiel had said they took 200+ pictures, they may have done, but they provided less than 60.There were several key elements that were totally missed and a couple of key people who only appeared with eyes closed in the background.
Family member asked for the rest and they said they weren't worth sending and refused. Then tried asking for another 25% of the fee.

Isn't it illegal to take photos of the register being signed and that's why you're asked to pose afterwards and the photographer takes photos of the fake one?

Being realistic, out of a couple of hundred photos and you actually like quite a lot of them I think that is lucky. Think of a photo shoot, how many would you expect to be perfect. I prefer candid shots, at my wedding a friend took all the photos and I was very happy with the informality captured in those.

We’re all sorted - it turns out neither of us WBU . She went through, found some more nice shots of the service and register signing and uploaded them to the album. So now we’re totally thrilled, have all the pictures that we want including some truly lovely ones and will be leaving her a nice review. Good result as far as I’m concerned!

Brilliant.

Google the story of Jeb Bush’ wedding photos. That will cheer you up.