Wedding Photos

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i am so sorry for you, I may be only learning my way behind the camera again, but I would not do wedding photo's and would never expect to profit from such awful work. My heart goes out to you both,
 
If you feel up to the challenge and possible stress you may be in a position for civil action against the photographer, especially if there is a written contract (verbal is still legally binding but difficult to prove) although making payment constitutes a contract by default. Even better if you can find out about the examples you were shown and if they were actually genuine or not for discrediting purposes.

Straight from business law:

If you pay for a service and it is not carried out with reasonable care and skill in a reasonable time and for a reasonable price you can also sue for breach of contract.

Personally, I believe any kind of legal action should be an absolute last resort but if £1K is a lot of money to you and you can get a genuine pro photographer to verify that the originals are sub-standard then the threat of such action may be enough to get a result.

It's not nice to take this route but it's also not nice to deceive someone on a one-time opportunity such as your wedding day.

In my opinion I would use your unfortunate experience to make others aware of how bad they are not by slandering them but by simply quoting reference to them from your photos and people will be able to see for themselves. Write the whole thing off and focus on moving forward such as renewing your vows. Perhaps a good sympathetic photographer would help you out in light of the circumstances.
 
Did you have a contract with the tog? If so did it say anything about what shots would be included, etc.?

Do you have a copy of the form you returned specifying the shots you wanted?
 
Moos3h said:
To take this in a different direction...

Have any of the semi-pro Togs ever had an instance where there has been a discrepancy between what the client was expecting, and what was delivered? Just wondering if there's any useful hints to be given on how to reach a good compromise.

I've been very lucky so far, all my 'pro' work has always been well received, but I guess if you do enough of it, it's probably inevitable that at some point there will be a tricky conversation to be had with a client!

Cheers,
James
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The secret is to sit down with the clients beforehand and explain exactly what shots you'll take left to your own devices. Explain that they should tell you about any shots they'd particularly like taking in addition. From that meeting you should both come away knowing what's required and expected. Some couples will have firm ideas of their own - some will be happy to leave it to you which is why it's so important to explain the shots you'll take.

None of my customers were asked for a deposit and I expected payment when they were presented with the final shots and were happy with them. In gawd knows how many years and gazillions of weddings I never had a dissatisfied customer.

The truth is that couples look for something better than they could do themselves, and any competent photographer should be able to produce well framed, well composed and competently exposed shots. Experience in posing people pays dividends, but the bar isn't hard to reach with a reasonable level of competence.

You have to start somewhere and you'll learn as you go, but the difficulty is in knowing whether you're capable or not before you accept, and sadly lots of people overrate their own abilities due to just not knowing any better.
 
pxl8 said:
There's something about the shots that says point & shoot to me - you don't happen to know what kind of camera was used do you?

I see there are other galleries to view as well - were any of the shots from those part of the togs portfolio you saw before booking?
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Does that not say it was a point and shoot?
 
I would agree with most here. What is most important is that you don't like them and they are not as good as his portfolio suggested. Of course i'm not suggesting that the photographer did but it would be quite easy to find other peoples wedding pictures that other people took and make a portfolio up. I'm sorry that you don't like your pictures, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORANT THING, also that the don't have the quality that you thought you were getting. Is it possible that the job was sub-contracted? I hope you can rescue the situation in some way. Good wishes
 
Gosh, these are dreadful arent they? Naomi I really feel for you, you have been terribly let down.

Maybe what would help Naomi, is if one of TPs more experienced Togs (wedding or otherwise) could compile a list of technical faults with the shots, and how a true professional (or even, to be honest, a decent amateur) could have done things differently -for example NOT providing a final image where the flash is reflecting off of the window.

This would go a long way in proving she hadnt recieved the service she had paid for, if she decides to take it up with Trading Standards etc.
 
Just a thought Naomi, but ....

If you agreed what photographs were to be taken beforehand (with your tick list thing) and these were not then taken, the photographer has not honoured their contract and you may be able to get some cash back.

Don't know the full legalities ... but I'm sure someone on here will .....

Good luck.

Anth.
 
Guys I think this thread has run its course now.

Naomi has posted for our opinions as photographers, and many of us have given our concensus that theyre below the standard that we think she should have received from a pro wedding photographer.

It's now up to her to redress that problem to the photographer, and if unsuccessful, through trading standards or legal action.

We (as a forum) can't get dragged into a case where comments from here might be used as proof of quality against the photographer.
Also, the problem we (the forum) face, is that some of the comments here *could* be libellous, and we have to be careful of that.

I think Naomi has had her suspicions confirmed, that the photos are below par, so her question has been answered.

Therefore I'm going to have to close this thread :)

Thanks.
 
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