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oooh man, heck no, go back to your photographer and ask for those key shots! is in in your contract that you could only have a certain number of pictures? and did you get to choose those pictures? you shouldn't need to pay extra for that! pictage's prices are ridiculous!
Yeah, that TOTALLY doesn't seem right. It even sounds like he's holding your pix ransom, in a way! It's not like he didn't take the shots...I can understand him *maybe* wanting a little something if he edits them, but this just sounds weird. Sorry, I'm not familiar w/ Pictage at all, so I can't be of any help there.
Sadly, we are only entitled to what was on the cd per our contract. I don't know if his omissions are egregious enough to complain, as there are a small number of family shots. Yet he took the time to turn other shots b&w and include both images, essentially a duplication--we can do b&w ourselves on photoshop. There are a lot of duplicate shots. Is this normal? I guess I am too trusting--he said he would pick the best shots and I trusted his judgment. I also just checked the pictage site again, and the half-off special is really a free set of duplicates. Grrrr. Thanks for your help.
maybe you can ask him to "exchange" the pics you want for the pics you don't want... i mean, you should be happy with the pics that you get. it wouldn't hurt to at least ask...
Don't ask, demand. I'm a photographer and I would never EVER take it upon myself to choose what photos my client wanted. Sure I remove shots where people blined sometimes or a bad lighting situation, but always make sure it's compensated for with a similar if not exact shot.
Tell him you only want color versions, and make sure he's giving you full sized images. If he's only giving you something for e-mail usage it's a rip off. Don't mention to h im you can change the pics to black and white your self however - this might make him less likely to give you the others, just state you don't care for the black and white as much and won't order it so you'd like them replaced with other color photos from the day - even trade.
What did the contrat exactly state about the CD, maybe we can help you more if we know the verbage used, it's actually very important in finding a loop hole in situations - and this one certianly has to have one. This guy is crazy!
I'm not sure, but I think the Pictage prices may be set by each individual photographer. We bought all of our prints off Pictage and the prices were great, especially w/ the 2 for 1 deal ($3.45 for 4x6, $10 for 8x10). Perhaps you can check if your photographer can negotiate that?
Hope everything works out!
Thanks for your suggestions. I have been trying to negotiate with him for the past few days. He has offered us a lesser price per image than pictage to burn them on a disc, but it is still expensive. I can't believe I didn't know that he would pick the images himself. We are going to have to forego so many shots that are important to us. The more I consider this, the more ridiculous it seems. My family traveled from as far away as the east coast, (we live in Hawaii), and I got one picture of us together on the inital CD. Let this be a lesson to you all--know what you're paying for!!
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My husband and I had a small wedding and couldn't spend a lot on photography. We hired the best guy we could get for our money, and the pics turned out pretty well. However, our guy left a lot of the key shots off of our cd, (family, etc.), so he posted the rest on pictage. I am new to the whole online photo thing, and was unprepared to pay $10 for an unedited 4x6! Even with their half-off specials, I couldn't believe it! Is there any way to reduce the cost? Coupons, buying in bulk, anything? Thanks for your help!