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Have you ever seen previews for a movie and been all excited to see it, only to drag your butt out there and realize that you saw all of the cool parts in the preview? Yeah, it's like that. My pictures = meh. :(

I was SOOOO excited, because the teasers she sent were so awesome.

So now I'm just sittin' here, eating a bunch of Oreo's to make myself feel better. :(

How many photos should you get back that are really good? I mean, is there an average number I should be aware of? Maybe I had unrealistic expectations...

Oh wow, well then I guess that's about right, actually....

Of the 300 or so delivered, I thought maybe 15-20 were awesome, and maybe 5 more were really good.

Maybe I really did have unrealistic expectations! Thanks, Mr. Bee! I feel a lot better now. :)

lol krissycake - yeah, some of those were hers. And those were the kickass previews! There are a few more that are really, really awesome. But most of them are awkward, blurred, red-eye hasn't been edited out (I wondered why I got them so quickly! I mean, I just had my wedding!) and not usable. But I guess that's kind of the norm?

@mimosa - I think you're right. I really wanted them all to be as fabulous as the previews.... I really should be happy that so many came out well.

I think my main complaint is that I found the photographer through a friend and said friend's husband was the best man. Well, we have about a million pics of friend and husband, and about three of the MOH. I think I'm kinda ticked over that.

@crebre - yeah, I did. And with TWO shooters, they still didn't manage to get more than ONE pic of us as we were being introduced (head on) and we only have pics of our wedding party from behind as they were being introduced and our venue was pretty small, so I don't see why each person couldn't get us all from the front at two different angles. There are hardly any good pics of the reception - and not one good pic of me or my groom walking down the aisle - and absolutely ZERO of my MOH walkingd own the aisle - but of course, there are a few of the best man.

Sigh. Yeah, I'm ticked.

Sadly, those few shots ya'll saw in that other post are about it for my good wedding photos. And only about three of those were shot by the photographer. The rest were friend pics or faux-to booth pics. :( She does have a few more that are good - I won't lie. There are about 20 of them, grand total, that I like. :(

I need more Oreo's.

I'll eat them for you.

Oh dang! That's just how I talk. I'm that chick in the pothole commercial with a little less Britney. ;)

Yeah I hope they did. I think every one of my friends there had a camera. I'll send out a mass request.

Thanks for the hugs. It's just kind of disappointing, because those few teasers were REALLY good. Here are some more of the good ones - i don't want ya'll to think she didn't take some great photos - she did. I think the total number was much smaller than I anticipated, and those were the ones she edited. She only edited about 20 of them, for some reason. :/

@Mr. Bee - I think she's finished with editing. Or, at least as much editing as she is going to do. It's kind of like, crap, this is a friend of a friend... awkward! But still, I paid, she should deliver. I'm going to pull my contract and give it the once over....

And, the hubs just uttered "you and your Weddingbee..."

Good idea, Mr. Bee!!

I'm always up for a reason to put on my pretty dress again, anyway! :)

The photos you showed here are lovely...you looked gorgeous! And yes, you can always take more photos!

@honeybun - you're my new favorite. :)

Agreed!

I emailed her and asked if basic editing wasn't included in all photos - like getting rid of red eye... that seems pretty basic to me.

I don't know jack about photo editing, but I think I'm about to teach myself, lol!

Yeah, she seriously only edited about 20 of them. The rest were completely untouched. I was like, whaaaaaaat?

UPDATE

I emailed the photographer last night and simply said - Hey I received the pics, yadda yadda.... I assumed basic editing would be included in the price. Is this not the case?

I left it open so she could answer and if it wasn't, then we could try to work out something to have the basic editing done to the rest of the photos.

She responded rather snippily at first - stating that I had a lot of photos (more than most, she said - is that MY fault? I didn't ask her to take more than most....) and that she was just trying to get them to me quickly because she knew I wanted them quickly (I never said that) and that if I wasn't happy, let her know and she'd edit them.

Then seven minutes later, she sent another email telling me to ignore the first email, and that she'd just go ahead and edit them.

I'm glad she's going to go ahead and do it, but I feel like I've been scolded and I don't know why. I didn't ask for anything special - even tho she is a friend of a friend. I paid the same as anyone else, I didn't ask for additional photos or to receive them quickly. She emailed me over the weekend and said she had finished them early and I offered to pick  them up to save on postage and to get them quicker - but only AFTER she said she would be finished early.

Hmph.

Yeah, you're right! I am happy about that! Nothing you can do about the rest, I suppose. I just think it stinks that this is a pretty common issue for brides.