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Photographer help.

on October 10, 2019 at 10:50 AM Posted in Community Conversations 0 5

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FH has a family friend who is a photographer (FH is pretty set on hiring him bc he “is a photographer, his pictures look good, and is a family friend” - words of FH.. and I get that BUT

...deep breath...

- YES, He does nice work but his portfolio didn’t exactly WOW me.. he didn’t have too many wedding pictures on his site which I understand some people don’t want theirs online.. he said he has more for us to look at when we go To our appointment this week ..

FH doesn’t understand my point of view on this.. and why it is a big deal

I need to be super comfortable and confident with the photographer. Obviously !!!

I need to make sure his editing skills are what I want - i know you ladies will understand — blemishes, lighting, makeup angles all of that stuff adds into choosing a company.. I know that he knows what he is doing since it’s his career and passion but it’s just very nerve racking for me especially my fear of missing special /certain moments — and not having the pictures look flawless.

i hope I don’t sound like bridezilla.

Anyonw else have trouble with this ???

****also this company is not on wedding wire and they’re website doesn’t show reviews. So I can’t even base it off of anything BUT the pictures on his Instagram and website (that as I was told”hasn’t been updated in a while” 🙄😐😳

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Latest activity by Camilla, on October 17, 2019 at 1:40 AM

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null · on October 10, 2019 at 10:56 AM
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Telling your FH that you aren't super confident in the family friends work probably won't get through to him like you said. Instead, I would approach it from the "we should avoid hiring friend-ors" perspective. Tell him that you don't want to put any sort of strain on a family friend relationship through doing business on something so important as your wedding day and that you'd also rather this person come and enjoy your wedding as a guest, not a hired vendor. A lot of brides have a lot of trouble with friends hired as vendors. Hope it works out!
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Givemeallthepups · on October 10, 2019 at 10:58 AM
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I think beyond the actual skill set, I would be uncomfortable having a friend photograph my wedding day. There’s a lot of intimate moments they I want captured, but don’t necessarily want to share with my friends (if that makes sense).

if you’re planning to do getting ready shots, I would also consider if you’re comfortable with a family friend taking your picture while you put on your dress.
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· on October 10, 2019 at 10:59 AM
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Thank you , I’ll try that !!
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· on October 10, 2019 at 11:01 AM
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That is also something I had mentioned to him especially the Intimate shots and the ones of me getting ready I wouldn’t really want his father’s friend to see all of that but he wants me to give him a chance so I agreed to go meet look at his work and go from there which I think is the most reasonable thing I can do and in my heart I already know I’m going to say no but at least if I show that I am giving him a shot it’ll be better Than just denying him right away
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Camilla · on October 17, 2019 at 1:40 AM
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Try showing your FH another photographers work or two and let him compare and see what he comes up with. we were gonna use one of my FH's co-workers but he was honest and said he mostly does video, not what i need. So we are still on the hunt
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