LauraBabe08
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I am just wondering how long you gals and guys had to wait to get pictures back from your photographer?
FI and I took e-pics on Oct 6 and still haven''t even received a teaser pic. I feel like we should have at least something by now - its been over 2 & 1/2 weeks.
Quck vent:
Lately I have been feeling like our photographer is disorganized and emotional. Here is some background --> FI and I live in Maryland and we are getting married in the phila/nj area. Our photog. is from phila/nj as well. I booked her for the wedding about 14 months in advance. At the time of booking, she required a $2,000 deposit. I was still a student living/working in Pittsburgh and I asked her if i could pay the deposit in 4 monthly installments of $500. She agreed and I signed the contract. I payed her all the money by mid-june and everything was squared away.
Then we started talking about e-photos. I asked her if we could do them in Pittsburgh and she agreed, as long as it was preferably in the first week of oct, mon-fri, etc. So I booked a plane ticket for her that mon Oct 6th, with the departure and return at the times she wanted. Up until this point there was no final price or contract for the e-photos, just an email stating "it shouldn''t be more than $1,000 for a 3.5 hour shoot." After the pics were taken and FI and I drove her to the airport, I asked her what I owed her so that I could write her a check then and there. She said that she will get back to me with a price and I can send her a check. She took about 4 days to get back to me and when she did she quoted me $1300 and said it was a 4 hour shoot. I emailed back verifying the price was accurate because she previously said less than $1000 for 3.5 hrs, and why does an extra half hour make the price shoot up by $300? She emailed back in a stern and angry way saying to pay her now, etc. She also called and left me angry voice message saying to pay her, why is it taking so long (she just gave me a price one day before - how is that taking long?) and that she has done a lot of favors for me and she thinks I''m taking advantage of her. (ok, well she never had to agree to the $500/mo wedding photo deposit installments. I paid them all on time, but had she preferred I would have just saved my money as I received paychecks and booked her and given her the money all at once - I never thought it would be used against me in a bad way???)
As soon as I sent her the check (one day after the price quote), I sent her an email saying it was in the mail and to let me know when she gets it. She emailed me back all nice and sweet and also sent a nice email a few days later saying she got my check.
Still no pics though.
As for the wedding pictures, I have up to 90 days before the event to cancel her and to get my full deposit back. I am seriously considering it if I don''t like how the e-pics turned out.
I don''t know if I''m out of line, but I just think that she handled the whole e-pic thing terribly. I understand that it was not a normal shoot for her and that she could not have come up with a definitive price before the shoot happened. BUT, a breakdown of how she would charge me based on time spent, etc would have been nice in advance (so that we could both agree on it) and then also a deposit beforehand, and the balance paid after the fact.
I guess overall I am frustrated b/c I have not sen the pics yet, I am mad at the price ($1300 paid to her for a 4 hour shoot, plus we purchased her plane ticket, paid for a hotel room for us to stay out there the night before, gas, lunch, etc - it was over $2000 total), and just everything in general. I dont know what to do!
Thanks for listening - I just had to get it all out there!!!!
Laura
FI and I took e-pics on Oct 6 and still haven''t even received a teaser pic. I feel like we should have at least something by now - its been over 2 & 1/2 weeks.
Quck vent:
Lately I have been feeling like our photographer is disorganized and emotional. Here is some background --> FI and I live in Maryland and we are getting married in the phila/nj area. Our photog. is from phila/nj as well. I booked her for the wedding about 14 months in advance. At the time of booking, she required a $2,000 deposit. I was still a student living/working in Pittsburgh and I asked her if i could pay the deposit in 4 monthly installments of $500. She agreed and I signed the contract. I payed her all the money by mid-june and everything was squared away.
Then we started talking about e-photos. I asked her if we could do them in Pittsburgh and she agreed, as long as it was preferably in the first week of oct, mon-fri, etc. So I booked a plane ticket for her that mon Oct 6th, with the departure and return at the times she wanted. Up until this point there was no final price or contract for the e-photos, just an email stating "it shouldn''t be more than $1,000 for a 3.5 hour shoot." After the pics were taken and FI and I drove her to the airport, I asked her what I owed her so that I could write her a check then and there. She said that she will get back to me with a price and I can send her a check. She took about 4 days to get back to me and when she did she quoted me $1300 and said it was a 4 hour shoot. I emailed back verifying the price was accurate because she previously said less than $1000 for 3.5 hrs, and why does an extra half hour make the price shoot up by $300? She emailed back in a stern and angry way saying to pay her now, etc. She also called and left me angry voice message saying to pay her, why is it taking so long (she just gave me a price one day before - how is that taking long?) and that she has done a lot of favors for me and she thinks I''m taking advantage of her. (ok, well she never had to agree to the $500/mo wedding photo deposit installments. I paid them all on time, but had she preferred I would have just saved my money as I received paychecks and booked her and given her the money all at once - I never thought it would be used against me in a bad way???)
As soon as I sent her the check (one day after the price quote), I sent her an email saying it was in the mail and to let me know when she gets it. She emailed me back all nice and sweet and also sent a nice email a few days later saying she got my check.
Still no pics though.
As for the wedding pictures, I have up to 90 days before the event to cancel her and to get my full deposit back. I am seriously considering it if I don''t like how the e-pics turned out.
I don''t know if I''m out of line, but I just think that she handled the whole e-pic thing terribly. I understand that it was not a normal shoot for her and that she could not have come up with a definitive price before the shoot happened. BUT, a breakdown of how she would charge me based on time spent, etc would have been nice in advance (so that we could both agree on it) and then also a deposit beforehand, and the balance paid after the fact.
I guess overall I am frustrated b/c I have not sen the pics yet, I am mad at the price ($1300 paid to her for a 4 hour shoot, plus we purchased her plane ticket, paid for a hotel room for us to stay out there the night before, gas, lunch, etc - it was over $2000 total), and just everything in general. I dont know what to do!
Thanks for listening - I just had to get it all out there!!!!
Laura
So, it''s not that she''s super over on that. It''s more her unprofessional behavior that seems problematic to me. I mean, if she were a few days over what she told you and she called and apologized and was very professional from the get-go, I''m sure you wouldn''t even be feeling this way. I am just way too aware of the disputes that can arise if vendors start being emotional and unprofessional. Weddings are a naturally emotional thing for brides, so vendors need to be especially professional in how they handle things. But not quoting a price ahead of time?!?! Just shady IMHO. Sorry if I am being too blunt, I just would hate to see you unhappy after your wedding because of her.
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