(Closed) Got our pro pics back, but…

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Post # 1
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Bee Keeper
  • Wedding: February 2012

So I finally got all my pro pics! Overall they look absolutely stunning! Our photographer takes really amazing pictures, but unfortunately he missed a few details that I REALLY wanted captured.

He did not get any good photos of our pie table (which really sucks because literally no one else got a picture of it and it was sooo awesome)! I really wanted close ups of the family photos, our cake topper and such… the only picture I have of it is while we’re cutting the pie and you can hardly see it.

He also did not get ANY photos at all of my card box nor of the seating chart poster I designed, which I REALLY wanted a pro photo of. One guest got a photo of it, but it’s not good quality enough to put in my album.

Not only were these on my list of “must have photos” I gave him, during the cocktail hour I was worried he didn’t get a picture of the seating chart poster and I asked my DH to go check to make sure he did. My husband says that they were literally standing next to the poster when he asked and motioned to it, no way there could have been any confusion, and the photographer said he had captured it.

But there are no pictures of it in the pictures he gave me!

Our agreement was that he would give me every picture. He gave me a portable hard drive with 55 gigs available and put approx 10 gigs of photos on it. At the end of the night he had told my DH that there was like 25 gigs of pictures, but we only got 10 gigs.

The filenames of the images show that there are some images missing inbetween, but I bet he deleted them off his camera or something. I really doubt that there are any more photos (I mean why would he give me a portable 55 gig hard drive and not put all the photos he had on it?)

I cried about this last night and my DH is furious because he told me he handled this and apparently got lied to. He called the photographer and left a message asking if this really was all the photos…

I know nothing can be done now, this is more just a vent… I’m really upset that we even SPECIFICALLY ASKED HIM IN PERSON for a picture of the seating chart and he told us he got one but DIDN’T.

Otherwise, my pictures are beautiful. Here are a few:

Post # 3
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Bumble Beekeeper
  • Wedding: December 2010

Wow they look amazing. I would ask the photog if he captured the pictures of the items you’re looking for. If he understands their importance to you, he may supply them.

Post # 4
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Bumble Beekeeper
  • Wedding: September 2011

@DeathByDesign:  Gorgeous photos!

I’d ask him point blank about the few photos on the “must have” list that you aren’t seeing.

Maybe they just didn’t turn out that well, but I’d ask sooner rather than later and hopefully he took them and still has them.

 

Post # 5
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: June 2012 - Glades Pike Winery, Somerset, PA

Yeah, I would ask him if he has them. It’s possible he forgot, or they got skipped when transferring his files to the hard drive, or something. I would be upset if I were you too though, I’m sorry that happened 🙁

But WOW GIRL your photos are AMAZING. You are breathtaking in that dress, and that cape, and the snow. Seriously looks like a fairytale. Love it.

Post # 6
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: March 2012

Def ask! But your pictures are stunning! I love the cape!

Post # 7
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Bee Keeper
  • Wedding: February 2012

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@JRL2012:  Thanks! I was actually pretty warm in it too!

Post # 8
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Bumble bee
  • Wedding: June 2012

I would definitely ask him about the missing photos. I can understand how upsetting it must be if you specifically asked for those photos and didn’t get them. This is also a reminder to myself to insist that my photographer get the shots I want. When you put all that work into the details of your wedding, it’s nice to have photos to remember it by since the wedding day flies by so quickly.

All of that aside, the photos you posted are AMAZING…seriously love them. What type of venue was it? It looks like a log cabin? Anyway, I love the rustic look!

Post # 9
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: June 2012

I would ask him but as a photographer, I would tell you that sometimes a lot of those shots are literally 3 of the same picture and he probably just cut those out. Did you have a second shooter? A lot of times if a second shooter is not present it’s difficult to get all those pictures. I always suggest that someone has a second shooter, it’s definitely worth the cost! 

Post # 10
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Bumble bee

I understand your dissapointment, but I don’t think you should be “furious” over this.  Your pictures are very nice and sounds like the photography did 99% of his job.  Photographer could of compressed the files a bit, and I am sure took out out of focus, blurry or shots with missed exposures.  I doubt he had pictures of the things you stated and purposely just left them out.

Perhaps a family member took a picture of the items you wanted or you can get a still shot made from your video footage.

Post # 10
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Sugar bee
  • Wedding: November 2011

Your photos are beautiful but I would be disappointed if they didn’t get what I asked for too!!! LOVE the cape!!

Post # 11
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Bee Keeper
  • Wedding: February 2012

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@thegoogler88:  Yes we had two photographers… that also kind of confuses me too. My photographer told me that his partner was using a “special camera” or something (tbh I wasn’t really listening, it was my wedding day lol), so idk if maybe he used actual film or something and I don’t have those pictures yet? If that’s the case, my photographer didn’t mention that at all when he dropped off the pictures, which makes me think they are it…

Post # 12
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Bee Keeper
  • Wedding: February 2012

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@USER876:  My husband is furious because he asked the photographer while they were standing next to the poster if he got a picture of it and he apparently lied to him and said he did. I think that is pretty frusterating. You’d think at the point the groom comes and asks specifically for a picture of something, he’d make sure he had a good picture of that.

Like I said, this is a vent. Life moves on, but I still am kind of angry about it for now. I worked hard designing that poster and I really wanted it captured, and considering the photographer even TOLD us he got a picture of it when he didn’t, I think being upset is a reasonable reaction. It’s not like I withheld his pay or something.

Post # 13
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Bee Keeper
  • Wedding: February 2012

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@As_You_Wish:  The venue was Sucrerie de la Montagne in Rigaud, Quebec. It’s a sugar shack! 

Post # 14
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: June 2012

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@DeathByDesign:  Oh… that’s odd then :-… I’m sorry! 

Post # 15
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: June 2012

Nonetheless you looked beautiful and I’m totally jealous of your setting! And the fact you got to wear boots 😛

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