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clearing_out_my_pockets

karen_newcastle wrote: »

When things so wrong, they get bored or have other priorites they disapear....with your cash.

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Sorry but I dont think I will ever 'get over' couples getting ripped off by these people and spoiling what should be the happiest day of your lives!

Karen, I appreciate that it can be annoying having inexperienced photographers 'stealing' your customers and giving photographers a bad name. But experienced expensive photographers do the same. Any thoughts on the woman on YAYW whose photographer has said she 'should' have her album by August - her first wedding anniversary? She's paid out a lot for wedding photos and has nothing to show for it. To me, that is more damaging to the photography industry than an amateur being honest about having bo portfolio and wanting to start a business.

Incidentally, we are not having a photographer for our wedding. My future BIL is a media student at university with a keen interest in photography. My cousin is also an amateur photography. My brother (although I haven't asked him yet as he has a bad memory!) will be doing video.

frannyann

brianhodgkinson wrote: »

Here is a website that many of you won't have seen before. www.photographers.co.uk ( sorry for not adding the full stops where they are supposed to be, but I wasn't allowed to add a message with a link - but I'm sure you get the idea) go to the situations vacant section.
While a lot of companies use this to fill their vacancies, increasingly you will find people advertising for a photographer to do their wedding. This way rather than you doing the chasing they will e-mail or contact you. Don't be afraid to to say that someone can use it ideally to build up their portfolio and get a cheap price. Depending upon where you live, expect alot of replies!!!

You will probably have to register first.

Hope this helps.

Legally blonde have pm'd you

Thanks for that! (and I can add the 'dots' )

missknixon

We have gone for a local photographer who does his photo's as a professional hobby!

The prices are reasonable, he was also the only person who was not rude to my H2B! One of the professionals wanted to know why he had rung instead of me!!! She then quoted £2500 for 35 prints - 5 large, 7 medium and the rest small. If we wanted anymore we had to pay extra, if we wanted them on disc it was another £500!!!! She was very rude! She would tell us who she wanted in certain pics and where she wanted them!!! Out of curiosity I rang her and was offered more prints for a lower price! Still only copyrighted prints though plus the extra for a CD of prints!

We then got a recommendation from a friend for Darren and he is being so far. When we mentioned his name to the hotel they have used him many a time and found him very easy to work with!

lucylucky

clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »

Karen, I appreciate that it can be annoying having inexperienced photographers 'stealing' your customers and giving photographers a bad name. But experienced expensive photographers do the same. Any thoughts on the woman on YAYW whose photographer has said she 'should' have her album by August - her first wedding anniversary? She's paid out a lot for wedding photos and has nothing to show for it. To me, that is more damaging to the photography industry than an amateur being honest about having bo portfolio and wanting to start a business.

Incidentally, we are not having a photographer for our wedding. My future BIL is a media student at university with a keen interest in photography. My cousin is also an amateur photography. My brother (although I haven't asked him yet as he has a bad memory!) will be doing video.

Make sure he manages to get the microphones in a decent place.

I watched a friends daughter's wedding video a month or so ago and you couldn't hear the vows, in fact you could hear almost nothing

karen_newcastle

clearing_out_my_pockets wrote: »

Karen, I appreciate that it can be annoying having inexperienced photographers 'stealing' your customers and giving photographers a bad name. But experienced expensive photographers do the same. Any thoughts on the woman on YAYW whose photographer has said she 'should' have her album by August - her first wedding anniversary? She's paid out a lot for wedding photos and has nothing to show for it. To me, that is more damaging to the photography industry than an amateur being honest about having bo portfolio and wanting to start a business.

Incidentally, we are not having a photographer for our wedding. My future BIL is a media student at university with a keen interest in photography. My cousin is also an amateur photography. My brother (although I haven't asked him yet as he has a bad memory!) will be doing video.

Yes unfortunately some 'professional' photographers do let people down. I've been directly involved in something similar recently and it's horrible. Paying £2000 for wedding photos certainly doesn't give you a guarantee you are going to get your wedding photos.

However my advice when looking at photographers is to make sure you meet in person, see examples of WHOLE weddings (not just the best bits), get a contract, be crystal clear what you are getting in your package, check they have back up kit and back up photographers should something happen to them.

On another point, it's certainly MSE to ask family or friends to take your wedding photos but remember they want to enjoy your day too and not 'work' when everyone else is kicking back and enjoying a few drinks. I once offered to shoot a friends wedding for free as a wedding present and never again! I was so envious of my friends getting drunk while I had to work .

clearing_out_my_pockets

karen_newcastle wrote: »

On another point, it's certainly MSE to ask family or friends to take your wedding photos but remember they want to enjoy your day too and not 'work' when everyone else is kicking back and enjoying a few drinks. I once offered to shoot a friends wedding for free as a wedding present and never again! I was so envious of my friends getting drunk while I had to work .

Actually, BIL2B said to us as soon as we got engaged that he really wanted to do our photos. He's going to do a pre-wedding shoot too. The only thing he won't be doing is the preparations at the house beforehand.

ClaireLR

karen_newcastle wrote: »

Being MSE doesn't mean getting some cowboy to cover your wedding for £50 giving you images any guest could produce. To me being MSE is finding a skillful professional that will give you a fair price. So I think it's fine trying to negotiate a discount for a weekday wedding or maybe one out of peak wedding season. Maybe you could ask them to come along for a few hours instead of all day or ask for a photobook instead of an expensive album. Another idea is to ask a professional if they have an assistant or 2nd shooter who can cover your wedding ay a reduced price for experience.

How rude! :mad:

FYI, if we hadn't found Brian we wouldn't have been able to afford to have any wedding pictures taken, even the cheapest professional photographers were charging much more than we could afford to pay. Also, isn't asking for an assistant or 2nd shooter to take photo's "for experience" the same as asking someone who's building a portfolio to take your photos "for experience"?

We've all got to start somewhere haven't we?

smiler34

POPPYOSCAR wrote: »

That is a different one to the one I found.

He says he will attend wedding rehearsal etc and by the sound of things be at the wedding all day.How on earth can he make a living on £50.00?

He is only giving her a cd with the photo's on for £50 which will cost next to nothing to do and if he is a student this will be good for his portfolio

POPPYOSCAR

Smiler

You obviously havn't read all this thread.

This question was answered long ago by the man himself!

karen_newcastle

ClaireLR wrote: »

How rude! :mad:

FYI, if we hadn't found Brian we wouldn't have been able to afford to have any wedding pictures taken, even the cheapest professional photographers were charging much more than we could afford to pay. Also, isn't asking for an assistant or 2nd shooter to take photo's "for experience" the same as asking someone who's building a portfolio to take your photos "for experience"?

We've all got to start somewhere haven't we?

Stop getting your knickers in a twist...I wasn't specifically referring to your photographer. I agree we've got to start somewhere. I was talking about people who just pick up a DSLR one weekend then pronounce themselves a wedding photographer the next then pray on people (like those on this board) who think they are getting a good deal.

So I wasn't being rude at all.