I am constantly seeing girls say that when they get back their proofs there were some pictures they wanted, but didnt get.. i.e. .. there is no picture of just the groom and his brother or there were no pictures of the grandparents, or no picture of the ring, no picture of the place cards that you put hours into making.. most recently read on a review 'no picture of fh's face as i walked down the aisle' etc ..
I figured maybe we can start a thread where the wonderful 10'ers help the 11'ers to avoid this !! It makes me nervous and i am a year away..
If you were lucky and your photog captured every thing you wanted... tell us some pics you are happy were captured.. or things you didn't even think about! Or what was on your requested photo list?
Thanks girls!!!!
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.....The most common thing I see you girls do is have a major list of must haves. NOt details but like pics you have seen.That P-ISSES a photographer OFF to end. You hired this person for their style. Let the day go organically!!!!! Plus, your day is totally different than the pics you saved. Also, I bet those pics were just taken by accident. I am not talking the pics of table numbers etc either.....
Agree. And I also apologize in advance if this sounds smug.
Photographers will gladly accept 'shot lists' - as in suggested shots and PEOPLE you'd really like to make sure they get in photos, but when those lists turn into full fledged 'I need this exact photo that I saw on this other website and I really want to make sure we get it in this spot,' that is when the photographer is like 'huh?'
When you look at a photographer's work and decide to trust them to document one of the most important (if not THE most important) days of your life, you should just try and relax and be confident that they will do the job they know how to do. A GOOD photographer knows to take detail shots. It shouldn't even be a question. You shouldn't have to write that on any list! It's mind boggling to me that any girls would receive proofs without table or other detail shots.
If you have someone very important to you at your wedding (grandma, aunt, etc) that you'd like a photo with at some point, just introduce them to or point them out to your photographer and a good photographer will surely be certain to get plenty of genuine photos at some point during the night.
My advice is to not stress about this if you are confident with your photographer!
actually this is the complete opposite of what i meant. Im not going to asks my photographer to find a bridge somewhere because I saw someone else have a pic in front of a bridge!
What I meant was certain places in your RH i.e. FSIL got married in villa lombardis and didnt take one picture by the fountain and regrets it everyday, or a picture with just you and your mother, (things like this slip your mind when its the day of).. Pictures of your father seeing you for the first time, or fhs face when you come down the aisle.. Things that are important to you but maybe not to the photographer.. the photographer might thing the garden at you rh is important, and you think the hallway is.. Thats what i am asking for.. not to replicate pictures i have seen.
I didn't mean that example toward you. I'm sorry if it came across that way. I've seen a lot of brides who do this though.
I do understand what you are saying, hence the 'shot list' which is not only acceptable but welcomed by photographers. My bigger issue is regarding the actual photographers who have left out key elements of the day. If I hired a photographer who didn't include shots of my tables and other details which I've been working on making special for over a year, I'd be furious.
Melly Rose & dfw343- i just re-read what i wrote and that came off very defensive, but i didnt mean it like that at all!! It wasnt even meant in a 'matter-of-fact' way.. I was just explaining what i meant as opposed to alot of people who expect the photgrapher to make magic happen!! LOL
Sorry girls. you are both absolutely right in what you said and ITA!!
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just posting so I can click this box at the bottom so I know when there's a reply to this very important topic! Don't mind me....
FYI - you can click add to notebook on the top and it'll save forever and ever and it'll keep updating as it gets updated
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just posting so I can click this box at the bottom so I know when there's a reply to this very important topic! Don't mind me....
FYI - you can click add to notebook on the top and it'll save forever and ever and it'll keep updating as it gets updated
Wow, thanks for that tip! Didn't know.
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just posting so I can click this box at the bottom so I know when there's a reply to this very important topic! Don't mind me....
FYI - you can click add to notebook on the top and it'll save forever and ever and it'll keep updating as it gets updated
WOW SERIOUSLYYYYY??????????????? I DONT EVEN SEE THAT OPTION?
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just posting so I can click this box at the bottom so I know when there's a reply to this very important topic! Don't mind me....
FYI - you can click add to notebook on the top and it'll save forever and ever and it'll keep updating as it gets updated
WOW SERIOUSLYYYYY??????????????? I DONT EVEN SEE THAT OPTION?
it took me like 5 months to figure that out too
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I'm annoyed I didn't get any shots by the pool at my RH. The main photog mentioned it when he was leaving, and I guess it slipped the 2nd photog's and my mind
Also missed DH with my BMs and me with the GMs. Haven't gotten any proofs yet, but I'm annoyed we were running so late we couldn't do these. Lets hope the other pics I got were great!
In hindsight, I should have done a short must-take photo list.
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check out your hall and see if there are any places in particular u want to take pictures. i did not give a list to my photog because my computer ate it on the last week. i wanted to die, but i was ok since i trusted the photog and knew he had worked in my hall before so he knew all the great places.
we ended up taking shots in 1 area even though there are so many parts of the hall that are so spectacular. im really depressed about that.
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Pics of our rings and i really wanted one with my veil over both of us (i've seen this and think its really pretty)
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bump for mommis
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i never gave him a must take so if there are any missing i could not even complain because it would be my own fault..
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Pics missing: *my aunts, uncles, and cousins *people at cocktail hour
I blame it on myself because I didn't give a list of people to be included. Also, I should've just told the photog to come and take a pic of 'so and so' during the wedding. I was having too much fun to think about those things though.
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the only thing I forgot was to bring an extra invite so my photographer could do that..other than that..patken knew just what to do..it went like clockwork
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There was no picture of us with my parents. I don't blame the photographer though, I blame my mom. She was too busy staying away from my dad the whole night that we didn't get the picture.
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check out your hall and see if there are any places in particular u want to take pictures. i did not give a list to my photog because my computer ate it on the last week. i wanted to die, but i was ok since i trusted the photog and knew he had worked in my hall before so he knew all the great places.
we ended up taking shots in 1 area even though there are so many parts of the hall that are so spectacular. im really depressed about that.
same. exact. thing. (minus the computer eating the list)
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I was a winter bride and I was so excited when I knew there would be snow on the ground for my day! unfortunately, we didn't even really get any pictures of us with the snow =( and it saddens me because I had my faux fur on and everything!! I always pictured snow pictures which is one of the main reasons I chose February! Also, there weren't many pictures of me in my gown from head to toe
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bummppp im starting my must take list
anything else you girls have missed since most of you have now had your weddings
