So I booked my photographer last year, to be honest we picked this particular photographer because he was offering a very competitive price compared to many other photographers and I’m wondering if we’ve done the right thing, although his pictures are nice, the way a lot of his photos are edited maybe isn’t our cup of tea. Quite a few of his photos are quite dark and moody, high contrast, bold colours, extreme closes ups of faces in getting ready photos, dramatic lighting, bridal portraits of bride standing looking very serious just staring off into the distance. We prefer lighter airier looking photos personally, with a softer focus, and more natural maybe even slightly pastel tones to colours, We also prefer photos of people with more natural smiley expressions, as opposed to serious faces. A few of his photos are more as I’ve just described, but many are much darker and more dramatic, which isn’t really what we’re looking for.
We don’t want to break our contract with him as we don’t want to let him down and we’d rather not lose our deposit, as we are on a budget. But we don’t want to regret our choice of photographer as I in particular am very fussy about photos and they’re the one tangible thing we will have left of our wedding after the day has been and gone.
So would it be cheeky of me just to let him know how I would prefer our photos to be edited? How do I put it to him without offending him? Could I just email over a few of his photos that we like the style of, explaining what it is we like about them and that we would like our photos to be similar? How do I convey to him what we don’t like/want without it sounding rude?
Should I just cancel with him altogether and book a photographer we do like the editing style of?