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Not feeling the love with wedding photographer. Advice?

Haley, on January 22, 2021 at 9:37 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 3

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Hi all!

So I’m beginning to have second thoughts about our photographer. Before hiring her, I was talking with another one, and we hit it off great! I was pretty sure I wanted to hire this guy, but then my mother ultimately influenced my decision to hire the girl we have now.
As a side note, we attended high school together. I thought in a way by hiring her, I’d be supporting a classmate. I also felt we had some things in common. I will add that I was not the popular girl in school. I was made fun of actually and it was a pretty tough 4 years for me.
Moving forward, she’s not been the easiest to get in touch with. It takes her days to return my emails, but I shrugged it off.

Fast forward to our engagement shoot and I thought to myself, we’re different people now and grew up. We had a decent time and finished up early even. She’s shot a lot of classmates weddings/engagement sessions and posts nice notes about them in the days following their photo shoots. Something like “ I had such a great time with an old classmate”. Well for us, we’ve gotten nothing. Minded it’s only been one week, but I can’t help but feel “left out”.
Now, the experience is just transporting me back to high school. Are we really that different? Does she still see me as the outcast girl from HS? Maybe I’m just overthinking but I’m really having second thoughts.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated!!

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Latest activity by Haselbaink, on January 29, 2021 at 10:59 AM

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Katie · on January 22, 2021 at 10:09 PM
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Hi Haley! Photographers are notoriously not good at communication, so you are not alone. Our photographer is very talented and a nice person but below par with deadlines or being responsive. I’ve noticed a pattern of other brides and their photographer. I’d say see if you like her product of the photos and decide if you’d like to continue working with her or select your other choice. ❤️
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Lisa · on January 22, 2021 at 10:11 PM
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Has she been good to work with otherwise (minus the slow response time)? Do you genuinely like the pictures she takes, and do those pictures match the vision that you want for your wedding photos? Do you feel comfortable being around her when she's taking the photos? If the answer to all of those questions is yes, then I would stay with her as your photographer, since you already paid the deposit, she's been fairly reliable, and she does ultimately reply to your emails. However, you should be able to feel comfortable around your photographer, and it's also important that you like their style of photos. If that doesn't match how you feel about your current photographer, and if you can afford to lose the deposit, then I would switch to the other photographer if he is still available.
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Samantha · on January 23, 2021 at 10:07 AM
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Is it possible she is waiting to edit photos before doing the “had a great time with former classmate” stuff?
High school sucks so much. I was pretty unhappy too. When fb does the “people you may know” thing and it’s jerks from back then I feel line I’m 15 all over again. NO I DO NOT WANT TO BE FRIENDS!
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