My sisters wedding photos....  |
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 My sister got married in Sept of last year. She had an up and coming photographer referred to by a friend take her pics. She only charged her $200 - she was only doing the wedding and the wedding party pics afterwards. I was taking care of the reception. I knew things weren't going to be good when the photographer was taking the pictures. She was unprofessional by complaining about the lighting the entire time she was taking the wedding partys pictures. I was also taking pics when I wasn't in them of my sister, her husband, and the rest of the party. When I got mine back I thought they were pretty good except that unsightly shadow cast behind them. I figured well that's because of where I was standing. That surely the photographers pics won't have it cause she got to stand right in front of them PLUS she has an additional light source too. Well after nearly 2 months she got the disc from the photographer to pic which she wanted printed (cause she through some prints in too & she has the rights to get the disc developed anytime too). They looked HORRIBLE!! I couldn't believe it! Espically since mine turned out okay. Some were even blurry when blown up! And I found out recently that she's actually got a respectable camera - Cannon EOS Rebel. On the disc too she didn't even delete the ones that were the worst either. She just copied it and gave it to my sister to choice the ones she wanted printed. When my sister finally got those back - in Decemeber - the photographer had printed them off on her home computer/printer! I thought that was unprofessional too.
Well anyway - I was reading about strobe & flash lighting in my photography course (NYIP) and found out just why those pictures had that shadow, why my sisters face was shiny, and everything. She had that extra light she brought directly in front of them instead of at the proper angle! Another thing she did too - of which I already knew - instead of getting a stool and standing level with the wedding party (cause they were a few steps above on platform in the church) she stood on the regular level looking up at them. This made my sis look a little bigger than she is in a lot of the photographs. I personally think she should have used a tripod for this part too.
Okay here is two pictures from the wedding. On the right is mine and the left is the photographers...as people post I'll post others too. And remember I only kept the very best of the photographers pics. Please let me know what you guys think about the pics and the crappy photographer!
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My sister and her bubby |
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1.  zukepr (11799) | 3 years ago |  You said the one on the right is yours?
The darker one?
The one on the left looks like a picture that I would take with my little crappy camera.
Thats the professional photographers photo?
You have got to be kidding
And the is one of the better ones from the photographer?
Your sister should get her $200 back.
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| zukepr (11799) | 3 years ago | Ok the photographer took this one right?
This isnt THAT bad.
Except for the huge shadow.
Obviously the lighting was not directed correctly.
I was wondering about the first set of pics and whether you said that right. I was hoping it was backwards.
Your picture is good but its not professional photographer quality. No offense meant.
The professionals isnt great and I certainly would not hire them again. | |
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| zukepr (11799) | 3 years ago | Oh I love that one! I wish he had been looking up but it is still a great picture. And I really like the black and white effect. Good job! | |
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 rsmith512 (1510) | 3 years ago |  I love that picture too!
It is a great picture that really caught the moment!
Great Job!!:D
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| 2. rsmith512 (1510) | 3 years ago | Congratulations to your sister!!
And, sorry you and your sister didn't get the best pictures possible.
That is sad because you can only marry someone for the first time once. But, you could always in the future do it again...but that is still not the same!
Maybe the photographer is still taking courses as well, so that is why she only charged $200. That isn't that bad.
Which of your friends recommended this photographer? Where they happy with the pictures, or were they just happy with the price!:)
So the left picture is yours, and the right is the photographers. The photographers is really dark for bringing a light. But, you could always try to brighten it up.:D I hope that you were able to get some decent pictures!!
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3.  brokentia (7815) | 3 years ago |  Hey sweetie. Tell you what...I can fix those picture for you.:)
If you want to private message me, I can fix the lighting and change the background on some of the photos if you like.
Let me know the ones that you would like change in an email and I will see what I can do. Some pictures can be touched up and make a huge difference!:)
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 GnosticGoddess (3490) | 3 years ago | I might just do that cause you know I suck at photo shop! I'd really like a good one of my sister and me. I know we had already talked about this before. But when I read about the lighting angles in my course I nearly flipped! I thought she should have at least known the basics! | |
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| brokentia (7815) | 3 years ago | It takes a great deal of attention to detail for one to be a photographer.
There are many things at once that a good photographer needs to pay attention to all at once. Sometimes amateurs have a hard time absorbing everything.
This is why professionals have so many assistances...the assistances pay attention to the lighting, the props, a screen to see if the shots are having problems...so the photographer can concentrate on just the subject and catching the right moment.
But your right, she should have known what to do when she complained about the lighting. I hope she realized her error so no one else has this disappointment. | |
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| GnosticGoddess (3490) | 3 years ago | I know what you mean. She actually did have an assistant. She must not have known much either! LOL | |
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4. MySpot (1670)  | 3 years ago |  The lighter one was yours then? I'm so glad you cleared that up because I was dreading giving my honest opinion,(which I can't help but do) stating that I liked the lighter one more. The angle and lighting were much better and I would choose yours over the photographer's any day.
I'm suprised that the photographer didn't at least attempt to make them as presentable as she could, considering she was payed. Like Brokentia said, they can be 'fixed'. All I have is a digital camera but my camera comes with certain features that allow you to brighten, remove red-eye, and even an enhance feature to make the photos look more clear. It has scene and color balance and crop, plus artistic stuff like black and white, sepia, cartoon and coloring book features! What I can't do with my Kodak EasyShare CX4200, I can with my PictureIt! program. PictureIt! has tons of extras like removing dust, shadows, blemishes and artistic fun stuff like adding text.
I'm sorry that your sister was trying to do something nice for an up and coming photographer by giving her the job and ended up really paying the price in the end. Good thing she had you to help out: )
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| GnosticGoddess (3490) | 3 years ago | Thank you:) It is a shame that she didn't try to fix them better than she supposedly did. I think one of the main reasons I'm upset about it (more than maybe is normal) is because I do know a thing or two about good photography. And that is not it.
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| 5. polachicago (7879) | 3 years ago |  My first question is: why photographer was charging only $200? It is a lot of work, not only mentioned hour, but final editing and retouching as well. It looks like photographer only charged for one or two hours of work and didn't edit any picture.
To be good photographer is not abut good camera.
I usually take study shots way before peoples wedding, to see how I can make people look good on wedding day. Saving money on pictures is not the best idea.
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| GnosticGoddess (3490) | 3 years ago | Well no it's not but she came highly recommended from a friend of my sisters. She had been doing photography on the side occasionally until right before then. At about the time my sister got married she had decided to do it full time. | |
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| polachicago (7879) | 3 years ago | I was doing free services when learning and I used to spend long hours on photoshop finishing all photoes.
Reputation is hard to gain and easy to lose. | |
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| 6. perrytx (1892) | 3 years ago | You know the say, "You get what you pay for". This is what you get for $200. I am a wedding photographer and it can be very difficult shooting a wedding if you don't know your camera well. It looks like she was just inexperienced. Would you believe I have brides who think that they can get decent wedding pics from Uncle Joe! Oh Man! | |
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| GnosticGoddess (3490) | 3 years ago | That's true that you get what you pay for. BUT it was suppose to be a friend price and to spread the word about her work. I guess the word will be spread about her work but not the way she'd like. She's been doing this though for years on the side. So it would seem she should know what she was doing. At least somewhat. | |
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