Post # 1
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Helper bee
I just recieved my pictures and am soooo dissapointed in the quality of the pictures that i cried. I’ve been so excited since the wedding and this idiot just ruined by excitement. The photographer took weird angles that made me look bigggger than i already am, and he used such a high powered camera so close to my face he got lines and pimples that u can’t normally see with the naked eye. All of my friends have pics on their cell phones and regular digital cameras where i look amazing and this bufoon made me look like a clown in a big white dress. Then all the family group shots he didn’t edit the tables with the empty plates and cups out so what i got for the price of photography where amatuer pictures. when he showed us his work and his website the pictures where nice, nice enough for me to hire him. He didn’t get a good shot of our first kiss, i wanted pictures of my shoes like most brides on the bee have and he has a picture of me with wads of dress in my arms looking weird. Ughhhh i guess i’m just venting as usual when i post. Because i don’t believe i have many options. My husband is calling him tonight and asking him to edit the pics some more. My amazing wedding will not have any really good shots 
Post # 3
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Worker bee
um.. are you sure it is him and his work? I’m sorry you don’t like they way you turned out in his pictures, but for a photographer, he has to work with what he has.
Post # 4
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400 posts
Helper bee
I know what your saying but it wasn’t only just me, that i feel didn’t turn out right it was all the pics he didn’t let me give him a list of must haves and we don’t have enough bridal party shots the group shots look ameturish (sp?) and all the pics that family and friends shot around him look way better. While i’m not expecting the camera to be a miracle worker, and make me look better than i do, i also didn’t expect it to turn into a trick camera and make me look worse. The pictures are dark, he posed us in such a way that we look awkward oh the list goes on
Post # 5
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Busy bee
Aww, I’m so sorry you aren’t happy with them. I’m sure they are beautiful….. Have you seen all of them. Did you give him a list originally of pics you def wanted ie: the shoe pic. The lines and pimples can be photoshopped out……. I would tell him what makes you unhappy with the pics and see what he can do with them.
Post # 6
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Helper bee
I would ask for editing too! There are a ton of tiny inperfections that can be very welld elt with using photoshop or another editing software. I would not write off all of the pictures just yet, I know it can be upsetting that they aren’t great but look it as a jumping off point for the final pics. Also think about your friends and family who got great pics and ask about gettins some of those pics put into the album or getting primst made of the shots that you were happy with.
Post # 7
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Bee Keeper
Oh, I”m really sorry to hear that 🙁 Hopefully your photog can edit some of the images to improve the quality. HOnestly I don’t know how much editing my photog even did to my images, I saw some of them in his viewfinder on my wedding day and they looked exactly like the ones he released to me.
Post # 8
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400 posts
Helper bee
I mostly feel bad for a friend of mine who also hired him for her wedding next spring, on my recommendation. And his deposits are not refundable, she agreed with me and is upset for both of us, but on a brighter side my friends and family all took wonderful pictures and are emailing them to me so i can have great shots of the wedding. My book will include their work more than his.
Post # 9
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Bee Keeper
Are the pictures you’re unhappy with post-edit? What did your package/contract specify you’d get?
Post # 10
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Helper bee
I’m sorry you’re not happy with your pictures so far. I have to say though you should manage your expectations for the edits, things like taking out empty place settings are very difficult, time consuming and could just end up looking worse than leaving them in. I wouldn’t think that is something most photographers would consider as part of their editing, they would mostly do colour corrections and some cropping, maybe a few touch ups like in your close ups to fix blemishes etc.
Post # 11
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400 posts
Helper bee
They are post edit they are already on his site for purchase by guests and we did contract for picture editing, photoshopping and airbrushing if needed. My husband is going to call him and ask for more editing, ie: removing tables with food out of shots, brightening some of the pics doing some in black and white, and blurring some of the stuff he took in the background, like the toilet in a mirror shot.
Post # 12
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Helper bee
Do you have any examples? Maybe it’s not as bad as you think.
It’s also very hard for a photographer to suddenly change their style. Did you ask to see his examples of a whole wedding portfolio (i.e. not just the best ones he decided to post online)?
If you think it’s just the editing that’s bad, perhaps you can ask for the original images and edit them yourself. I like to use Picnik on Flickr because they literally have a “one click” setting for different post-edit effects.
Post # 13
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400 posts
Helper bee
@Lisa1783 i don’t have any examples yet, and my friends and family keep telling me it’s not as bad as i think, but it looks nothing like the books he brought to the house. I know i have to back up about the style he just isn’t very edgy and my tastes have changed since i origanlly booked him. But my contract does include a disk with all my images so thank you for the suggestions i just may edit and crop them myself.
Post # 14
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Honey bee
Another suggestion would be to see if family or friends took any pictures or videos. Some of our family got awesome shots that our photographer missed or wasn’t at the right angle for (especially during the ceremony).
Post # 15
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277 posts
Helper bee
well, my friend does say that you’re more critical of the pictures when you first see them since all you see is the faults. I can’t really comments yet since I haven’t gotten my pro pics yet. Maybe after a few days they won’t be as bad as you originally thought they were.
Post # 16
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Buzzing Beekeeper
Can we see some of these pictures? We are our won worst critic.. maybe the pictures arent really as bad as you think. Share the pics and get some more opinions on it