I need to express my frustration ABOUT MY PRO PHOTOS

Do people really give that big of a list to their photographer??

Wait wait wait. I didn't know you had problems with your photos. What was on this list of 95? Like b&g&c'mon (ie family photos)?

I didn't sarah marie. We had a list of about 15 group shots we wanted and they were done in like 8 minutes lol

At some point don't you trust your photographer? I'm confused.

Wait....95?!? I just met with my photographer and she said she usually gets lists of 10-25 must-have photos from brides. 95 seems crazy. Of the 10-25 of the persons list she tries to take them all but they don't always come out great, and in that case, they do not get included in the final product photos. Sorry...95 is a huge number of must-have photos. I think your photographer did a damn good job even getting 38 of them.

95?! My list was like:

1. Me and hubs by the fountain

2. Me and hubs by the big tree

3. Us with the bridal party / separates with the bp

4. Us with his family

5. Us with my family

Thanks Janeen. That's what I was thinking! How do you even come up with 95 things?? I would have to start now!

95? Really? I get wanting some specific shots but at that point that's controlling any kind of artistic ability of the photographer. He would have spent all his time with you just trying to get the shots you "wanted". You didn't remember which ones he didn't get till you looked at the list. How important could they have been

I agree with Sarah Marie. I was worried because our photographer is so affordable, but I honestly don't plan on giving her a shot list at all. We had zero issues on our engagement shoot day, and she explained how she and the second shooter work on the wedding day. Requiring 95 shots seems like overkill.

Not to sound insensitive...but a list of 95 must have photos is completely unreasonable. I am married so I can say that with no guilt as in you can't say I will feel differently if it was my day.

Did you have a DOC helping the photographer to gather the necessary people together? Was everyone just standing around waiting to get their photo taken or were they mingling, drinking, etc? Just like the phrase "No one cares about your wedding as much as you do", I think the phrase "No one cares about being in your wedding pictures as much as you do" might apply here. I agree that it's great he got 38 done.

That's a big list. How much time did you give your photographer to knock these out? Can you give us some examples of some that could have easily been done, but weren't? I had a list of about 20 specific shots I wanted.

If it was a list of different family orientation, it would be very difficult for a photographer to gather everyone unless the photographer is not a stranger. Advice for future brides (this was given to me by my photographer), have a designated reliable family member line up family members for photos. It will speed things along...

*rolling my eyes*

Yes, 95. And yes, I didn't even get like family and groomsmen pictures -_- What was he doing for the hour...

Here are some that he didn't get:

11. Bride with Flower Girl

12. Groom alone

13. Groom with dad

14. Groom with groomsmen

15. Groom with best man

16. Groom with Ring Bearer

17. Ring exchange

18. Close-up of the exchange of rings

19. Bride, groom, maid of honor, best man

20. Bride, groom, Maid of honor

21. Bride, groom, best man

22. Bride, groom, ring bearer

23. Bride, groom, flower girl

24. Groom holding out ring with groomsmen doing their best “female” reaction to it

25. Forehead kiss

26. Parents of groom dancing

27. Holding Marriage License

28. Bridesmaids posing how they think the groomsmen will

29. Groomsmen posing how they think the bridesmaids will (with bouquets)

Wow... FH and I were talking about the shots we wanted and we came up with about 15... and even that was tough!

Did you talk to your photographer before hand and provide the list? How long did you have for photos?

You gave him an hour to do 95 shots?

He absolutely should have gotten the portraits, especially if everyone is there and waiting. Those shots are usually "boom boom boom". The weird posed ones though? Mehhhh

Yeah I'm surprised he didn't get all of those portraits. We got all of those, but I didn't have any "silly" shots on my list. I knew those weren't my photographer's style.

Did you only have one photographer? I had two. One was with the guys while getting ready (the time when she got all of the groom and groomsmen shots), and one with me. The hour between the ceremony and reception was then used for entire bridal party shots and shots with just him and I.