Let me start by saying please don’t come for me 😂 I’ve been sitting on this for a while and I really just want to know if anyone else has dealt with this and/or how they handled it.
My wedding was in August and we got our photos back around mid/ end of September. When I first got them back I was blown away with how beautiful they were and I was really pleased. I said thank you to the photographer and that was that. Well obviously you want to look at every photo over and over again so that’s what I’ve been doing! As I’ve been obsessing over them I noticed there are some significant photos missing that I cannot let go and I don’t know what to do about it.
I will just list what I am missing. I’m not trying to be nit picky, and honestly if I am it’s fine because these are my wedding photos I paid a lot of money for.
1.) no picture of the groom by himself 🤦🏼♀️
2.) no photo of my family (my parents and brother with me and my husband) but there is some of my husbands family (his parents and siblings) with him and I. I don’t even know how that is okay.
3.) there are a TON of groomsmen photos, like a ton. Estimating 15-20 poses. But there are literally 2 poses of bridesmaids. Around 4 photos total but still the same poses, just zoomed in and out.
4.) this one is kind of general... But basically we had a second shooter and we didn’t really get any of her shots. The day before our wedding (yes, the day before) my photographer texted me and basically said “hey I just wanted to let you know I will be having a second shooter with me tomorrow if that is okay. She is training with me but you’ll basically have 2 shooters for the price of one”. So obviously I was like sweet sounds great! Yeah well it would have been awesome if we actually got some of her pictures. On wedding day right before our first look, my main photographer took a photo of me and then showed me to be like “hey look how freakin’ beautiful you look” and the second shooter got a photo of my reaction of me looking at myself. She showed me it and it was probably the most beautiful photo ever taken of me. I would have LOVED to have that photo. I know she also took my ring bearer and flower girl aside to take a picture of them together, we don’t have those either. I’m thinking maybe she didn’t include many of her shots because of reputation maybe? I don’t know, but if that’s the case then don’t sell it to me like I get 2 shooters 🤷🏼♀️
So basically with all that, thing is how I’m feeling:I feel really bad for being upset about these things because the photos I did get are absolutely beautiful. She got my vision almost perfectly. BUT, that doesn’t take away from the fact that these things are still upsetting me months later. I would absolutely pay for more photos, I would even take them unedited.
And yes, I did voice my concerns to her. As soon as I noticed that we didn’t get a photo of my family with the bride and groom I immediately texted her basically saying “hey I noticed this photo is missing, just wondering if it was taken because if so I would really like it”. No response.
So I’m stuck because it’s already November and I’m not sure if is just too late to ask again and if I should leave it alone. This obviously still really bothers me. She did ask me to leave a Facebook review if I had the time once she had sent me the pictures. I wonder if maybe I leave a review (a nice one, not a mean rant. Basically saying the work itself is great but also pointing out my disappointments) then maybe that would get her attention? I don’t know. It feels mean but if she asked for a review then maybe it’s a good idea...
Thanks for reading!
