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I'd go with the jerk with the better portfolio, as long as he isn't a jerk to the clients.

I'm sorry, I don't see the point of this post, besides advertising that you are moving to Denver.

As long as you supply a quality product with full coverage (nothing missing) the client will be pleased.  If you do your job correctly, the bride won't notice anything but people taking pictures, so I am not sure how your choice is really going to affect the client as long as they deliver. 

Also, I'm not sure how people can answer your question with any degree of meaning without seeing the portfolio's of the 2 you mentioned.  This is a question YOU need to decide based on the working relationship you desire and the images you expect.

The client rarely even meets the second shooter prior to the event.  The shooter shows up, typically stays " behind the scenes" of the lead photographer, and goes home.  If everything is done right, the images are meshed and the client doesn't know which was taken by which photographer.

I am really not sure what you are looking for here, and are you really going to base your decision on what people respond here not really knowing any of the details? 

Simple solution:  Why not try both of them out for one wedding and see who works out better.  Use that person for the remaining 3.

@LBPhotography:  My post is not negative.  I don't sugar coat things, I am a straight shooter and this what came to mind while reading your initial post. 

If you were interested in the general topic of Brides opinions on attitude vs skill, that is one thing, but when you tell the whole background story on how it applies to your business, it is, in my opinion, stretching the rules and throwing out there explicitly what you do and where you do it.

I did provide some insight in my post, that you seem to have no interest in.  I stand by my post, and I really don't see how brides can aid in your business decision on this "trade off of skill vs attitude", especialy with the limited amount of information on the 2 photographers and not even seeing their portfolios.  Well how skilled are they?

As a professional and business owner, you know best the culture you want for your business and the quality your clients are going to expect  In the end, how much weight is even given to the replies on which one to pick, especially them not knowing all the background?  And although your life may be  miserable working with someone difficult, as I stated in my previous post, the Bride never really even meets with the second shooter before booking, and probably has limited conversation with them the day of, so how does this even apply here?

I am just calling it how I see it, and as a vendor, I would of expected a little more respect while "dancing" around the rules.  This isn't, after all, a vendor forum.

@USER876: Yeah, actually, you were being negative.  And rude.  And unpleasant.  LBPhotography has been around for over a year and has always abided by the rules of this community.  I remember her when I read her posts, and she is always helpful and never self-promoting.  She did nothing in this post to elicit your altogether uncalled for reaction.  I'm not really sure why you seem to be on a mission to eliminate all professional photographers from this site, but the rest of us like them, so perhaps you can bring it down a notch or twelve.

No doubt, LB has been helpful here.   I don't have any issue with professionals that hang out here.  In fact, I think it's a good thing :) 

I don't think, however, it's the place for someone to use as a tool to help develop their business and marketing decisions.  I mean seriously, why be a paying sponsor, you can do it all for free!  :)

I've noticed some inconsistency here and I see some other vendors posts get deleted or removed (like KATE) for much less detailed postings regarding their business.  Perhaps, in my calling out of this post, it was more a frustration with the inconsistent moderation.