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I am curious- who are you guys looking into?

Dawn I totally missed this post earlier!!!

These are the photographers we are looking at:

Lori Barbely
Studio 222
Misty
Roots (long shot, but we sent them an email)

There were a few others but they weren't available on our date.
 
I hope it all works out. I do agree that the pictures that you said were good were actually good. You are very photogenic and I think that if you had the right photographer that you felt comfortable with you would have amazing pictures. :goodvibes

Thanks Toni! The good part is Randy agreed to refund us...the negative is he keeps pushing how good his picture are and trying to get us to reconsider. It's kind of turning us off and I think we made the right decision. He's not the photographer for us.

Thank you for the compliment too! Eric always struggles with getting pictures taken though, lol.
 
I am a photographer too, and I can totally understand about your pictures. Randy has way more experience than I do, and I think I could have done a better job than that. Shame on him. I am usually such a fan of his work b/c the pics I see on these boards are pretty amazing.

As far as from a photographer's point of view, it can depend on the time of day and the weather as to what sort of lighting you get. We can't always control that portion of it. So sometimes clients do get pictures where they are squinting or are too bright, and there isn't much I can do about it, except reposition them or change the f-stop. I do always try to edit everything! I am obsessive about it b/c I want my customers to be super happy! That's how you grow a business. I can't believe that he ignored you and doesn't want to refund your money. We always try to make the customers happy - no matter what. Again, shame on Randy.

At the same time however, there are times when things just click with a couple, and it is really easy to get great shots. If you didn't click, and obviously you didn't, you need to get someone else. THIS IS YOUR WEDDING DAY!!!!

I hope that you are able to get Roots, or Studio 222! I love their work and have not seen a single bad shot from them.
 
So I just read where he agreed to refund your money! That's good :thumbsup2

So I tried to play with a pic, but it is too low quality for me to do anything with it. But usually, when a photographer puts you in front of a light source like that, it is to do 2 things. 1 - is to get a silhouette and 2 - is to get a pic like Toni's using a fill flash.

It should have come out like this:
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Sorry to hijack your pj!! But I think that this is what he was going for, but missed.

Your hair looked great to begin with, but bad by the end of the day. I hope you are able to have some pixie dust on your wedding day and more competent people! pixiedust:
 

I agree with your comments on Randy being past his prime...I think he has become so popular and just can't take the time to give quality pictures. I am so glad I found out now.

I will come back and post after I talk to him.

I didn't want to say anything before, since Randy is so 'famous' on these boards, but prior to hiring our photographer (who is not him) we wanted to meet with him since he was so recommended. He was okay to meet with us until we said we'd like for him to meet us at our hotel since we won't be renting a car. Apparently, he only meets with brides who come to him. For some reason this really upset me because a ton of other vendors who usually meet at their house/office were coming to our hotel because we were traveling from so far. They were trying to impress us and show us their talents. When you said, 'he's so popular and can't take the time...' it reminded me of that... It was like he just waits for brides to come to him or call and book without meeting him. My FI and I felt like we were a little extra leg work and clearly not worth it or something. He was definitely crossed off our list right after that!

Another thing, photogs usually only post their best, edited stuff online. With our photog, we asked for some of the passwords to see online viewing of other couples wedding proofs. This helped a lot to see if there were any bad shots!
 
So sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your e-shoot with Randy. I agree you should definitely go with someone you feel the most comfortable with for your wedding. We had Randy for our e-pics and wedding and were extremely happy, but is definitely personal taste picking your photographer, just like your dress, flowers, food, location, you need what fits your needs.

That being said, our e-pics were not heavily edited either because they are just an add-on to the package. We had some e-pics taken back home in MI by another photograher and we paid over $250 just for 30 images :scared1: For our wedding, we had over 2,100 images and about 50 with heavy Photoshop editing from Randy which met our needs because most images didn't need any editing. Other photographers like Misty and the Roots charge a lot more because they include more Photoshop editing, that is why Randy's packages are more affordable options for many of brides.

To any bride out there, take time to meet your photographer and do an enagement shoot if at all possible. Don't just go by brides on this board, I know we didn't make our final decision until we were able to get our engagement pictures ourself. Good luck in your decision making :goodvibes
 
My goodness, he is being pushy! Sounds like he probably just did some quick editing to hopefully retain your business. I think you are making the right decision by switching. :thumbsup2

And yay for the Grand Canyon! I definitely need to hit that up sometimes. So pretty! :goodvibes Take lots of pictures!
 
My goodness, he is being pushy! Sounds like he probably just did some quick editing to hopefully retain your business. I think you are making the right decision by switching. :thumbsup2

And yay for the Grand Canyon! I definitely need to hit that up sometimes. So pretty! :goodvibes Take lots of pictures!

Thanks! I understand he wants to stand by his work, but again, this is a business and I am unhapy with the product I recieved. End of story.

We will take tons of pictures!!
 
Dawn I totally missed this post earlier!!!

These are the photographers we are looking at:

Lori Barbely
Studio 222
Misty
Roots (long shot, but we sent them an email)

There were a few others but they weren't available on our date.

LOL I thought you were ignoring me :)

Good luck! You know how I feel about Misty but I have seen great work from Studio 222 and the Roots. I just am not familiar with Lori, but that is not to say she is not talented.

I am curious to know how it turns out but I am hoping for Misty lol
 
Have fun on your trip!!!!! And I am sorry you are going thru this but it will all work out.
 
That new vendor is pretty amazing! The photos they have posted are awesome! And there is a ton of them, so you get a nice sampling. :thumbsup2
 
Have fun on your trip!!!!! And I am sorry you are going thru this but it will all work out.

Thanks! I am feeling a bit less stressed today:)

That new vendor is pretty amazing! The photos they have posted are awesome! And there is a ton of them, so you get a nice sampling. :thumbsup2
I know right? I really like them and they are my first choice and I think they might be within our budget. Of course I need to show Eric first:thumbsup2
 
Oh I knew I had heard of the photographer before! I don't know of you read the Wedding Bee blog, but these were the photographers for Mrs. Quiche!

If you want to see even more photos of her awesome wedding (to see all aspects of the day that they will be shooting), click over this way!

Link: http://www.weddingbee.com/author/quiche/
 
Ahh, yes, you probably should let the boy know! :rotfl:
Lol, of course! I just get so excited when I find something like this. Plus I won't see him for 10 days!!

Oh wow!!! they're work is amazing! Let us know how it all goes!
I will :)

Oh I knew I had heard of the photographer before! I don't know of you read the Wedding Bee blog, but these were the photographers for Mrs. Quiche!

If you want to see even more photos of her awesome wedding (to see all aspects of the day that they will be shooting), click over this way!

Link: http://www.weddingbee.com/author/quiche/
Oh I do read Wedding Bee! Thanks for the link!!
 
Sorry about the Randy pictures, but atleast you know now. I wore turquois today and a red leather jacket. I match your pictures! lol

I just looked at the 1313blog. Amazing! You should go with them. Even her family photographs look aweseome. She has some very unique shots and seemed to capture the couple, KWIM?

Have fun on your vacation!
 














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