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I found this photographer on craigslist, we agreed on a $100 for a mini photoshoot for my youngest daughter, but I pay her $50, she had to cancel at last minute and offered a lower price. So what do you think of the pic(this is only one). She does mostly modeling, urban, artistry photography, I am thinking of booking her for some pics for the wedding.
MemberI am a little confused… You only got 1 photo for $50? The location is pretty boring, over editted, looks like the photo is a touch soft, like not in focus. Not just anyone can be a wedding photographer. I am a portrait photographer by the way 😀
Member@brokeninnj: Cute photo, but I wouldn’t book someone who canceled last minute.
Member@brokeninnj: I don’t like the editing at all, the child is so cute and it looks like the photographer got lucky with a cute pose and then proceeded to ruin it. Have you ever seen kids use those online editing programs that have a option called blurr? They often use it on their faces to hide imperfections but end up making the photo look washed out and fake. I wouldn’t trust this photog
EDIT: My mother was a wedding photographer and did a few other things as well, like maternal and family portraits. Photograohy was probably one of my more expensive choices for our wedding as I am very particular. However, I think even at your price range their is more skill to be found
Member@Pixienickie: this is one of the pictures, i am getting a cd, it was cold outside, we wenrt inside the building
Member50 dollars for one photo? The photo is cute (I am not a fan of selective coloring, it’s very 70’s 80’s to me) but it isn’t worth 50 dollars.
MemberYour daughter is adorable, but the editing of the photo seems very outdated and young to me. I looked at her website, and it does not appear that she has done any weddings. I honestly, would not feel comfortable booking her for a wedding. There are just too many variables.
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MemberYour daugther is adorable, and because of that I want to see her…not a pink bow!
My personal opinion as a wedding and portrait photographer is that I would run for hills away from any photographer who does selective coloring (b&w with just one thing in color). It’s super dated, and in photography world considered really cheesy. It’s the first red flag on how to spot an amature photographer.
Selective coloring aside, the overall comopsition and editing isn’t pro level. Her B&W is very flat, and she has way over edited the skin. Your daughter is super cute and I’m sure you love every photo of her because it’s your daughter and she’s adorable. However, I definitely wouldn’t book this person for a wedding. Editing and skill aside, I wouldn’t do business with a vendor who cancelled last minute. It would have to be a VERY important reason for me to cancel a client session at all, let alone last minute.
MemberIt looks like she might not know how to use the camera very well or has limited gear as there is very little subject isolation and it isn’t very sharp. Also not a good sign she cancelled last minute.
MemberSelective color is seriously awful. The whites are blown and the focus on the eyes (most important thing to be in focus) is soft. This is the sort of thing that is super common on Craigslist. The website is actually better than what I was expecting, but you can tell they rely on post processing gimics to mask some of the problems in composition and basic technical skills. If photography is truly important to you I’d stear clear.
MemberIn photography the most important thing is the eyes. If the eyes aren’t clear nothing else matters. Secondly, the shoes really worry me. When things are hit by the flash to harshly we called that ‘hot’ in the business. The shoes are to hot. The reason you should be very worried about this is because your wedding dress I assume will me white or some shade of cream? Very easy to make a wedding dress to ‘hot’ if you don’t know what your doing. I would be afraid my wedding dress would be blown out in the images then what?
Take a look at this link which may give some food for thought about finding a good photographer.
MemberThis is not professional work. I would never in a million years hire this person to shoot my wedding if they aren’t able to properly capture a portrait (where they can control the setup and lighting).
Also, most of the work on her site is either stolen or stock photo, and I’m going to lean toward stolen. You can see below in the photos that google images returns many sources for the images on her site and none of it leads back to Maybelle Gracia Photography. This kind of thing disgusts me.
Member@mariematt: oh wow Im disgusted this person would steal images as well. What is wrong with our industry? 🙁
MemberI would run. Far away. There’s no way I would hire this person to take pictures of my wedding.
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