I just got my wedding pictures back from my photographer this Saturday. Over a month after our wedding. We went to her house to pick them up. They looked good from a distance, we didn't sit and look at them, we just kind of paged through them. She told us we can put them on the computer and change them any way we want to because she gave us pictures on CD and in an album. We got home and looked at the pictures. They are awful!!! They are blurry and the colors are wrong. The black tuxes look green, some of them you can't see people's faces because there is a big blur over them, and the pictures have yellow and red looks to them. My white wedding dress is yellow in most of them. People's skin is red and blotchy and you can barely see their faces. These are on the CDs AND the PRINTS she gave us. I don't know what to do. These are my wedding pictures. It will never happen again. I'm so upset. I've been crying. I should probably sue her, but its not money thats important I want my pictures.
2006-10-30 09:14:08 · 20 answers · asked by klairyker 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Maybe she can fix them on her computer with PhotoShop or something like that. If she can't ask for your money back. If she won't refund your money, take her to small claims.
2006-10-30 09:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by blondie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, without seeing just how bad the photos are, it's hard to say. Obviously, for the missing family members, all you can do is solicit photos from other people who were at the event to see if they got photos you can get copies of for memories. Most people will oblige this request. Then, I'd recommend purchasing Photoshop Elements. I'm not sure of the price in the UK, but I can assure you that you can make the photos look better! You may have a friend who can help? If not, I would suggest reading some tips online then playing with the software. The good news is, you own the originals. So if you get better with Photoshop, you can always go back and do an even better job of retouching/cropping etc. This was a shame, I hope you are able to recover enough from the photos you have to give you some memories of this special time. Cheers.
2016-05-22 12:53:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! Photographers aren't cheap (especially for weddings) and for your money to go to waste like that is unacceptable.
Did you try contacting her to see what she would do about it? Start out being nice...you catch more flies with sugar than salt....so don't go out of the gate crying and angry..give her a chance to make things right.....most photographers will do that. If she doesn't accomodate you, make sure she knows you will do some free advertising for her (obviously by spreading the word how terrible she was).....and sue her if you want.
If you want a 're-do' on the pictures, rent a tux, put your dress back on and go to a GOOD photographer (ask to see their work prior) and have a bridal study done of just you and your husband. Granted, it's not the same as the wedding day, but it's still something to cherish.
Good luck!
2006-10-30 12:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by bluez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You poor thing! I'm so sorry. I know exactly how you feel. The photographer at my wedding was a family friend (his). She decided to try out her new camera at MY wedding. Needless to say, the lighting was awful, they were blurry. That is, the ones she took AFTER she removed the lens cap! There is nothing else to do, dear, but ask your friends to give you copies of photos they might have taken and see if you can get enough to piece together a wedding album. Like you said, it will never happen again. In the meantime, confront the photographer, then register a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. You might not get your photos, but you might spare another bride the same thing you've just experienced.
2006-10-30 09:19:33 · answer #4 · answered by Emm 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Long as shes not a memeber of your family, tell her they look like sh*t!!! If shes registered as a member of the BBB, report them to her. Tell her she needs to find a diff. job. Demand your money back & then some. Tell everone how crappy she is. Tell everyone who attened the wedding what happened. Ask if they took any pictures & ask to see them. Make copys of the ones that you like. Call any photogepher you can find. See if any of them are able to fix stuff. If noone has good pictures...Get
everyone who was a member of the wedding party to dress up again. Speak to the site manager where you got married. Tell them what happened. See if they will let you use the place for like an hour to take pictures. Hire another photrapher, ask to see thier potfolio, look at it in detail. RE-Take the pictures.
Also, ones where the coloring is off...play with them on the computer, make them into black & white pictures. doing that easyly hides alot of mistakes, & makes the pictures look more "classy"...ones that are blurry, use the computer to blur the edges of them or something, try to make it look like it was the effect...
2006-10-30 10:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by prepishippie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Klairyker: Don't panic, it is very probable that the photographers printer was playing up. Nevertheless, you should get an attorney to send her a letter demanding your money back. Take the disk to a photographic shop and ask them to have a look at it and see if it is the actual photograph or just the printing. Make sure you keep a copy of the disc in case of a refund when you will have to give the original and the prints back to the photographer. There is every chance that you will be able to get something out of the mess..............
2006-10-30 09:24:12 · answer #6 · answered by thomasrobinsonantonio 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The photographer might be able to fix the pictures. Make another appointment to go over the pictures. Giver her a chance to fix them. Personally I have never heard of getting prints before you get the proofs, but maybe in this digital age things are different. I was married 7 years ago. LOL.
2006-10-31 02:04:49 · answer #7 · answered by ee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would let her know that I was disappointed with the quality of the pictures. Since the photos are on CD, maybe she can use photoshop or another photo editor to enhance the pictures - make some of the coloring more natural and less blurry. She owes you that much. It shouldn't be your job to touch them up.
2006-10-30 09:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by pinniethewooh 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well my grand father is a photograher and could probally fix them for you if you want i could ask him for you. He used to take pictures at weddings all the time.Don't cry becuase it happens alot and that was a special day for you.You could probally take the disc and put it in the computer and give it a touch up.Its really easy to do and you can post on wedding websites that she is not a goos person and not recommend her to anyone.
Hope this works out for you cause this was your special day and nobody should ruin that.
2006-10-30 09:45:27 · answer #9 · answered by pinkprincess 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get some Real digital photographer to fix it and make some effects. Wear the wedding dress and go to the nice place like park or whatever and let your friends do it.
2006-10-30 09:24:16 · answer #10 · answered by Toto 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It might be about the pictures, but you probably paid good money for them, so I'd think about trying to get your money back, although you did look at them before you took them home. If you know someone who does photo editing they might be able to adjust the color, but blurriness is very difficult to get rid of. Good luck.
2006-10-30 09:18:11 · answer #11 · answered by krisski 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋