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What is terrible about them? Are they blurry? Too dark? Are there at least a couple dozen good ones that can be used to put together a beautiful album?
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i'll be honest there is only about five i wouldnt be embarrassed to show to friends. the look as though a five year old took them with a disposable camera.
First, allow me to say that really stinks. But, water under the bridge, let's try to come up with options.
1. Is there any chance that pictures could be salvaged if someone else (another photographer, or a graphic artist, etc) did post processing on the raw images?
2. Set up a photo sharing site (like Flickr, Photobucket, Snapfish, etc) and get the word out to your guests. I'm sure you'd like their pictures anyway, but people might be a bit more responsive if you put the plea out that your pro pics were terrible. You may well be pleasantly suprised with what your guests captured!
3. Post-wedding pics. Get dressed up again, and pay a different photopgrapher to essentially do an engagement shoot....but with your wedding duds. I know this isn't your wedding and a lot of details will be missing, but you should still be able to get some really lovely photos of you and the hubs. And I bet a lot of photographers might even cut you a deal, if you showed them your wedding pictures.
4. money-wise, definitely check your contract and discuss with your husband (or mom, if she paid, or both) how you want to handle refund/withholding final payment, etc. Your friend's photos may actually work in your favor, to show what you believed you were getting in comparison to what you got.
Good luck!
I am sorry! That sucks! Did you get your husbands opinion on them? Maybe he can convince you they are not as bad as you think. If the quality really is poor and worse than you've seen from their previous work, I would definitely speak to your photographer about some sort of refund. It is worth a try, especially if you can really point to specific problems with the photos. As far as getting some good photos, set up a flickr or kodak account right away and email all of your friends and family the password and ask them to upload all the pics they took from the wedding. Hopefully you will find some that you love!
I'm SOOO sorry that happened to you! Could you maybe post some of the ones on here that you are talking about? Some photographers or photoshop savvy people might be able to tell you if you can still fix them.
Chocolatechip - I am so sorry! Ostara77 had great suggestions and I definitely recommend doing an after shoot like Mrs Flamingo did. I know that mean paying more money but you may be able to find a student at a local school or try craigslist.
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I am so sorry this happened to you!!
Can you ask your photographer to give you RAW images so you can get someone else to do post processing?
" I probably wouldnt be so disappointed if my good friends pictures from the same photogrpaher werent gorgeous! What do i do?"
Your friends had the same photographer, but had gorgeous photographs? Did your photographer have a bad day?
Could you show examples of the said photographs or give more descriptions?
I think I've read a post a long time ago with someone who was really unhappy with their wedding photos. The advice given then -- from another bride who was initially not happy with her photos -- was to put the album away for a few weeks. The bride said once she did that and came back to it, she was thrilled to have photos of her day captured and she was happy with the results.
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Put an email/postcard out to your guests, and say something like
Our wedding was extra special with you there,
if you have photos, we'd love it if you'd share!
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-bride and groom
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I feel like I am in the same boat. My photographer just informed me that he has only ONE photo of my hubby and I looking at the camera. WHAT?! I just saw it and the ONE photo is terrible! My wedding day wasn't ideal - we were to get married in a garden only to wake up to 40 degree weather and pouring rain. That definiely hampered the opportunities for a ton of photos, but we did spend about 30 minutes outside in the rain with a cute umbrella with the photographer... and only ONE turned out. He told me "the exposure wasn't right"... isn't that the job of a professional photographer to make sure the exposure is right?!?!? I am waiting to hear abck to him to see if we can sit down and look at what he does have to see if maybe someone else can fix the ones that "didn't turn out." He suggested doing a re-shoot, but the thought of re-creating my wedding day does not appeal to me at all. Everytime I look at the new photos I will cringe, knowing they weren't really taken on my wedding day.
Also same as you - I have seen a ton of his work before I hired him and they were all amazing - including other photos taken in the rain. I am starting to fear that maybe something happened to my photos and he isn't telling me?
Hope everything works out for the best for you!!!
I'm so sorry. I'm certain that others will have gorgeous pictures that would be great to help compensate for your current album, like LLauRRa suggested. Is there anyone with you there that can give you an opinion on them? I mean, does your mom like all of your pictures that you hate?
We are going to include a card in our thank-yous asking guests to upload their photos to our shutterfly website (I found that this site was easiest to set up and you can make it password protected... also I think there is a wiki on this topic). Is there any way the photos could be photoshopped into something better? You could get a friend who knows what they are doing or possibly hire someone to do this for you. **Hugs** and congrats on getting married!
@2bTenEyck
That made my stomach turn. I feel so bad. I sometimes read the pointers given at wedding boards for brides in their search for a photographer, but I don't believe I've seen one that is as important as exposure, and you hit the nail on the head: Is the photographer good at exposure?
Just a suggestion for you brides, when checking out your photographer's websites and portfolios, look for actual changes in lighting conditions, pro wedding photographers should be able to make magic in any lighting condition or location. Period. If they can't do that, then walk away. Harsh sunlight, clouds, night time, dungeon lighting, whatever, it's not even about gear, these are 100 year old rules of exposure, and if a photographer doesn't understand them or is uneasy in certain lighting conditions he shouldn't be charging people, particularly on something as important as their wedding day.
- Vic
You poor dear...this is my greatest fear...especially after my e-pic experience...we are going with a different photog for the wedding and plan to redo the e-pics in the warmer months. I am worried because we aren't paying an arm and a leg, but I know my half-brother will be there to take many photos too! (he is a photog) I agree that you should check with your guests...you may be surprised who brought their camera and how their pics turned out. Best of luck to you hun.
"it's not even about gear, these are 100 year old rules of exposure, and if a photographer doesn't understand them or is uneasy in certain lighting conditions he shouldn't be charging people, particularly on something as important as their wedding day."
Amen! Right on target with that one!
My stomach drops whenever I read these kinds of things and it's one of my greatest fears and occupational hazards, client satisfaction. You say that the quality between your friends images and yours are completely different. When I speak of quality of the image I speak of the exposure, capturing of light, focus, sharpness, color renderings etc.... If there is a great disparity between yours and hers something is off in a major and sketchy way. There is no reason for a great shift if the foundation of his work.
Is it that, or is it the artistic? The image? They way you look in the image?
You say they look like a 5 yr old took them with a disposable... so is it the technical quality or is it an artistic thing that you don't like? Once we know more about what is wrong with the images we can help you more. Samples would help a lot too.
sorry you hate your images :-(
Chocolatechip, please post your pictures here, among friends, and let's see what we can come up with. Professional photographers often visit this site and might be able to offer some suggestions! Show us some of the better and some of the worse shots, and hopefully us Knotties can offer some suggestions or give you a fresh perspective!
I hate hearing that story. Sincerely. I'm a very avid Photoshopper, and would be willing to help some, if possible. I hope the photographer shot in RAW format, as that will help a LOT if you wanted to have them post processed better (by me or anyone) I'm a Nashville photographer, and I have yet to have a bride upset with my work. Let me know if I can help. I actually enjoy post processing work.
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So my wedding was last week but the trouble doesnt start there. i had done my bridals and they werent bad at all so i was loving my photographer and then i saw my engagements! i almost cried i hated them so much. . . but i pulled through and picked a semi-good one for my invites. I'll be honest i didnt tell my mother (who paid) how much i disliked them to save her feelings. I didnt have time to find a new photographer. Now my wedding pictures are back and they are just as horrible! I probably wouldnt be so disappointed if my good friends pictures from the same photogrpaher werent gorgeous! What do i do?