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awww I'm sorry you're not happy. but maybe your FI is right. we are our own worst critics. If you are truly unhappy and it's in your budget, have a re-do with ANOTHER photographer. If you're not too self conscious about them, post a few and see what the ladies say. Maybe they're actually ok.
I'm so sorry you're unhappy! I bet your FI is totally right, and you look GORGEOUS!
On the upside, good for you for not using them on the big day!
Is there anyway you can have another session done- perhaps a friend or relative can take pictures, or even a student or start-up photographer that wants to build their portfolio?
You should definitely have pictures of you and your SO that you adore :)
I know if I post some everyone is just going to say they are fine. I just would like them retouched so my face doesn't look like I'm 15 and they were supposed to have done that already. My mom emailed them and was like um WTF? But it's embarassing to have to go after the fact and be like HI can you please make my daughter look like she doesn't have awful skin...
Also, they took pics at very unflattering angles. Isn't a photographer supposed to know angles? Like, don't make me stand sideways please. Spanx can only do so much.
Maybe if you get them retouched and ditch the ones with unflattering angles, you could have some you like?
I agree with posting some if you feel comfortable, but I understand what you're saying about everyone will just say they're fine haha. I promise to be as honest as I can ;o)
Do you have any photo-editing software so you can retouch them yourself? I think it was Mrs. Mary Jane who posted a tutorial. Or by using one of the free photo editing tools out there?
OK my mom talked to the photog and she is going to send us a CD of retouched images, so that's somewhat of a relief. I just kind of wish she had just done it before she put the pics up instead of putting them up when they weren't retouched yet. I would have rather waited an extra week to see them!
Does she have the unretouched photos up live on her website? If you're not happy with them, you can always ask her to take them down, right?
Yeah she has them up on Pictage but they are only visible to people who have the link, which is right now only me, FI, and our parents.
I'm sorry that you're disappointed with your pictures. My face also freaked out in the week before we took ours so I am really hoping that they seriously retouch. Hopefully your edited images will be much better. I am still waiting on mine---but I'm sure I will be right there with you come tomorrow
I hope out of the retouched pics on the CD that she sends you that you find some that you're happy with. At least count this as a relief that you didn't book them for the wedding. Have you got some vendors lined up?
Don't worry- skin problems aren't only for teenagers! I used a new cleanser last week and my entire face has been covered by a rash ever since (hot!) I wish I could Photoshop my face in real life :) Stupid tea tree oil... Stupid allergic to everything skin...
I'm glad you're getting the images retouched so you feel more confident, but sorry you didn't get what you wanted the first time!
I would post one or two but apparently I can't get them off the website so I'll have to wait until I get the CD with the retouched pics. Hopefully by then I will feel better about them anyway.
Hmmm I'd be upset @ no retouching too. I actually got back a few tease pics from our rehearsal dinner that we invited the photog to and they were un-retouched and I was like 
plus I hated my hair ... which is a whole different story for another post.
You have lots of time though. I've learned its very important to LOVE your photographer and be comfortable with them ... sometimes they are the only memories you have once it's all over ... it goes by FAST the day of! Good luck.
*hugs* I am so sorry you didn't like your e-pics. If you have the files and you know anyone that has even a basic knowledge of photoshop they can retouch your skin pretty easily.
Aww, I'm sorry :(
We were kind of disappointed in our e-pics, too. We had a couple of decent ones that we ended up using for our STD though, so in the end, it wasn't bad. We also only paid a very small fee, and used a photog on CL that was just starting out, so we knew going into it that we might not love our photos.
It's kind of always bothered us, though, that we didn't get some good non-wedding photos, though, so we're seriously considering doing a shoot on our one-year anniversary with our wedding photog, who we love 100 times over. We might even put on our wedding attire, and do some fun pics that way :) So there are always other fun things you can do later on, too, to make-up for it.
I hope your retouched images turn out okay!
Awww I feel your pain!! I was just in your situation and the first pics I saw I didn't like. I hated the way I looked in them...I did get more shots back, which are way better in comparison, but I wasn't completely blown away by them. I thought that we had a lot more shots than what I got and am slightly disappointed that I only really liked a few of them. We are reconsidering getting more done in the warmer months prob in June (when we were engaged) it will still be 4 months before the wedding, so we could use them for guest book purposes, but not STDs. I know we didn't spend a lot and I think it does show a bit, we went for the second shooter because the head shooter was booked. I knew it would be a gamble going in and I think it could have been much worse.
I get the impression that you don't like your e-pics becuase you have very low self esteem. if that is the case, seek professional help. You will probably end up hating your wedding pictures too.
@ dande - I think that the OP was more disappointed with not receiving what she thought she'd receive - i.e. non-retouched photos, no candids, etc. I think it's a big assumption to make in telling someone who just doesn't like their e-pics to seek professional help....
@Kittyachi - how'd you make out with the retouching?
Yeah guys, I smell a troll in here. Don't feed, please!
If you read through every one of Dande's posts they are ectremely rude and judgemental. This definately is not a place for that.
I am interested to see how the pictures turned out, I hope kittyachi was more pleased with the finished product!
Someone isn't really playing along with the avoidance of personal attacks and snarkiness.
I am sure since it's been two months Kittyachi has moved past that and found a new photog or something she will be happy with. I do think it's uncool that the photog gave you completely untouched photos. From what I have read, they should pretty much always be edited in some fashion.
Let's not let an unpleasant poster draw us all into fueling their need for attention...as Miss Britt said, hopefully Kittyachi was able to have some retouched photos that she loved.
Mrs. Kessler to be - I actually did read through Dande's posts, and she is very nice and supportive in a lot of her threads.
I apologize if my post came of as snarky, I was just saying i thought poster was just trying to fuel negativity in the boars, which like I said doens't belong here. The hive is such a great place for brides -to- be!
Maybe with all these post kitttyachi will show us some of her pics!
Oh Kittyachi, I'm sorry you had a bad experience with your photographer and your e-pics. I hope the retouched ones come out better and worse comes to worse, I'd get a family member to take some nice photos of you and your FI in your backgarden or something. At least then you can control the shoot a bit more ya know? That's what we did for our e-pics and I'm glad we did because we got what we wanted out of the shoot.
I apologize to her then, the older ones I read did not seem very nice at all.
How did you make out Kitty? I hope everything is much better now! If the majority of your issue was with retouching, I'm sure it's resolved and everyone is happy now :)
She retouched them. There are still only 4 that my FI and I actually like. We found a different photographer for the wedding and I went through the whole schpeel with her before I booked her and explained what I hated about the e-pics yadda yadda and she was like totally on the same page as me. I found her on the wedding photojounalist association web site and her style is bomb so I'm feeling better about the situation. Thanks to those of you who had kind words.
Glad to hear you found another photographer Kitty! It sounds like your original photographer didn't have the style you wanted and wasn't very good at making sure she used flattering angles. I'm sure your wedding pics will be fabulous!
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Well, I responded to a thread yesterday about how I was dreading the e-pics going up and, lo and behold, I hate them. The whole look and feel was just wrong - I wanted candids, there were no candids; I asked that they photoshop my skin in places as it is a little out of control currently, they didn't do any retouching. I'm really really happy we did not book the wedding with them as well, but now I'm back to square one :( My FI says I'm being too hard on myself and that there are a lot of good pics but I'm just not happy AT ALL.