Bad wedding photo's

lawrie28

Hi,

Don't get too stressed about things, there are ways of fixing this.

Firstly, the guy has not delivered what you agreed - the compilation DVD to music at the very least. You also need to get a copy of all of the shots he took on the day. I would call him and say you will accept that he has not done the dvd if he gives you copies of all the origional photos he took, at there origional resolution. Yes, your not getting all you paid for, but your getting all the photos which is more important. You also need to ask him for, if not already delivered, a letter from him allowing you to print the images - without this you may struggle to get them printed, many labs are being more careful with copyright laws.

Now, you have photoshop, so you need to go through the photos and concentrate on each one,one at a time. You need to see if you can crop it, or paint bits out to make the photo useable. It is also worth considering that it is possible to cut someone out and paste them into another photo - if done well you can't tell. This may be the solution to getting the photos he missed.
If you have to crop a photo heavily so it goes grainy, then a conversion to black and white can save the photo.
If you need someone to do this for you, then there are plenty of digital editors/retouchers you can contact online who will do it for you.

You also need to get copies of any photos that anyone else has from the day - some of these may contain what you want, or may be better then the pro's.


HTH,

Which part of the country are you in?

globetraveller

Poor you! I think you now have a lot of advice on how to sort things as best as you can. Have to say that some of my best wedding day photos were taken by friends or family. ( I'm much better if I don't have to pose for a photo- OH always looks good in photos though!)
We also didn't get our promised video. You know what though? Most folks' albums stay in a drawer or cupboard after the first few months. Get your favourite photo in a frame.
I hope you can look back at your special day with happy memories.

gingercordial

Just wanted to sympathise MrsVS. My photographer took some lovely shots, but she forgot to take a group shot, which was something I specifically requested (and I didn't request many formals at all - just us, us + parents, and a group). We had various arguments afterwards, by e-mail as I couldn't face her in person. Variously she said that there was nowhere to take one at the venue (a lie as I'd told her repeatedly the venue would allow her to take one from an upstairs balcony, and if there'd been a problem she should have come to me), and that I should have reminded her (I was kind of busy and distracted and it wasn't my job!) and that she plain "forgot". Also that she reckoned she got photos of all of the guests during the receiving line so I should be happy with that. All very well but I wanted one group shot to frame, I can't frame 100 near-identical photos of me greeting each guest one by one. Eventually it ended acrimoniously with her just telling me there was nothing she could do about it now, true as some of our guests were from overseas so a re-enactment would have been impossible as well as feeling a bit silly.

To be honest it has soured the rest of the photos, even though they are good, and I have never had them made up into an album as I am annoyed at her. I need to get over it! Recently I changed jobs and my new office is right next door to her house (where we met several times for planning) and I'm dreading the day when I bump into her on the street, as inevitably I will sooner or later...

The only other thing that went really "wrong" was that we provided our own red and white wine all night, for a corkage charge, and then agreed to pay for beer and soft drinks from the bar (not spirits). When we got our bar bill, there was over £100 on there for glasses of wine. I queried it and was told they were for rose wine. I was pretty annoyed as the agreement was that we would be dealing with the wine, and that guests were to be directed to the wine table for it. I don't think they should have had rose ready to sell and it was a bit naughty of them to do it when we were charged so much corkage for wine. They also told me that "my mother" had been the one drinking it, but neither of our mothers drink rose and certainly did not ask the bar for it. I was also annoyed because we'd chosed our wines specially, from a region with meaning to us, and didn't want some random wine being served.

In the end I didn't argue much because the e-mails on that were during our honeymoon and I made myself let it go, but obviously it still annoys me deep down!

And all things considered, if they are the only two bad things I have to say about the day, that's pretty good going. It was otherwise perfect and that's what I remember :-)

MrsVS

gingercordial wrote: »

Just wanted to sympathise MrsVS. My photographer took some lovely shots, but she forgot to take a group shot, which was something I specifically requested (and I didn't request many formals at all - just us, us + parents, and a group). We had various arguments afterwards, by e-mail as I couldn't face her in person. Variously she said that there was nowhere to take one at the venue (a lie as I'd told her repeatedly the venue would allow her to take one from an upstairs balcony, and if there'd been a problem she should have come to me), and that I should have reminded her (I was kind of busy and distracted and it wasn't my job!) and that she plain "forgot". Also that she reckoned she got photos of all of the guests during the receiving line so I should be happy with that. All very well but I wanted one group shot to frame, I can't frame 100 near-identical photos of me greeting each guest one by one. Eventually it ended acrimoniously with her just telling me there was nothing she could do about it now, true as some of our guests were from overseas so a re-enactment would have been impossible as well as feeling a bit silly.

To be honest it has soured the rest of the photos, even though they are good, and I have never had them made up into an album as I am annoyed at her. I need to get over it! Recently I changed jobs and my new office is right next door to her house (where we met several times for planning) and I'm dreading the day when I bump into her on the street, as inevitably I will sooner or later...

The only other thing that went really "wrong" was that we provided our own red and white wine all night, for a corkage charge, and then agreed to pay for beer and soft drinks from the bar (not spirits). When we got our bar bill, there was over £100 on there for glasses of wine. I queried it and was told they were for rose wine. I was pretty annoyed as the agreement was that we would be dealing with the wine, and that guests were to be directed to the wine table for it. I don't think they should have had rose ready to sell and it was a bit naughty of them to do it when we were charged so much corkage for wine. They also told me that "my mother" had been the one drinking it, but neither of our mothers drink rose and certainly did not ask the bar for it. I was also annoyed because we'd chosed our wines specially, from a region with meaning to us, and didn't want some random wine being served.

In the end I didn't argue much because the e-mails on that were during our honeymoon and I made myself let it go, but obviously it still annoys me deep down!

And all things considered, if they are the only two bad things I have to say about the day, that's pretty good going. It was otherwise perfect and that's what I remember :-)

My goodness are we the same person!? lol.
That is EXACTLY how I feel! I cant face him cos Im so upset & annoyed but there are some great pics that are now tarnished because of the ones he missed! Sounds silly & I knew what I meant but u just put it into words for me! Thanks! Im so pleased Im not the only one! lol.

Thats really bad of your venue when you specifically told them to send people over to you for wine. Trouble is, most places are out to get as much as they can as soon as they hear the word 'wedding'.
Like yours, mine was otherwise pretty much perfect & the main thing....being married to the man of my dreams.....is whats the most important

MrsVS

lawrie28 wrote: »

Hi,

Don't get too stressed about things, there are ways of fixing this.

Firstly, the guy has not delivered what you agreed - the compilation DVD to music at the very least. You also need to get a copy of all of the shots he took on the day. I would call him and say you will accept that he has not done the dvd if he gives you copies of all the origional photos he took, at there origional resolution. Yes, your not getting all you paid for, but your getting all the photos which is more important. You also need to ask him for, if not already delivered, a letter from him allowing you to print the images - without this you may struggle to get them printed, many labs are being more careful with copyright laws.

Now, you have photoshop, so you need to go through the photos and concentrate on each one,one at a time. You need to see if you can crop it, or paint bits out to make the photo useable. It is also worth considering that it is possible to cut someone out and paste them into another photo - if done well you can't tell. This may be the solution to getting the photos he missed.
If you have to crop a photo heavily so it goes grainy, then a conversion to black and white can save the photo.
If you need someone to do this for you, then there are plenty of digital editors/retouchers you can contact online who will do it for you.

You also need to get copies of any photos that anyone else has from the day - some of these may contain what you want, or may be better then the pro's.


HTH,

Which part of the country are you in?

Thanks for your advice. He did 'make' a photo of me, mum & my sister by cropping them out & although Im the tallest in the pic (my mum & sis are both quite a lot taller than me & they both had hue heels on!lol) you really do not notice this unless you know that its a 'false' photo. So Im hoping hubby can try & do this with some of the guests to make family pics of them.

I am in a little down on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire borderline.

MrsVS

globetraveller wrote: »

Poor you! I think you now have a lot of advice on how to sort things as best as you can. Have to say that some of my best wedding day photos were taken by friends or family. ( I'm much better if I don't have to pose for a photo- OH always looks good in photos though!)
We also didn't get our promised video. You know what though? Most folks' albums stay in a drawer or cupboard after the first few months. Get your favourite photo in a frame.
I hope you can look back at your special day with happy memories.

Thank u
Yes we have a good choice of a few fab ones that we can frame & theres a couple of breathtaking pics of our daughter & niece which are so natural, they look like angels. These were taken by my brother in law.
Oh & you are right about the DVD/Video thing!! lol

MrsVS

I've copied this from a thread I have started but wanted to put it here too.
Thanks Ians5, you're amazing!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/42418956#Comment_42418956

:-)

ians5

Mrs VS you're most welcome !