Jennifer and Luke's PJ/TR NY/WDW HM 6/6/2010,Wedding photos up! 12/08

[Boardwalk_bride]

I have never seen anything like the "streetmosphere" that you saw! That looks like it would have been so much fun to watch! You guys were really lucky, the pics are hilarious!

 

[Stephie77]

OMG Star Wars weekend was so much fun! DH was having the BEST time and I am not a huge fan(i like SW as much as the next person) but have to say it was pretty cool. You guys look like you had a great time also. Great pics so far. Did you see the performance with darth Vador and crew dancing to beat it and lady gaga? It was hillarious. We have it on video and if you did not see it let me know and I will send it to you.

 

[shippedtosea]

I have never seen anything like the "streetmosphere" that you saw! That looks like it would have been so much fun to watch! You guys were really lucky, the pics are hilarious!

I had never seen streetmosphere before but heard about it. I almost ran into the car which is how I noticed them They were just coming out from back stage. It was very fun to watch and we ended up running into the same actors 3 other times in the park on different days. Though they only talked to us twice. I think its totally random when they come out.

OMG Star Wars weekend was so much fun! DH was having the BEST time and I am not a huge fan(i like SW as much as the next person) but have to say it was pretty cool. You guys look like you had a great time also. Great pics so far. Did you see the performance with darth Vador and crew dancing to beat it and lady gaga? It was hillarious. We have it on video and if you did not see it let me know and I will send it to you.

Yeah it was a lot of fun. It was very crowded which I knew would happen. Thankfully we planned ahead and went on a Friday instead of Saturday or Sunday because i'm sure it would have been worse. We def did not see darth vador dancing! hahaha I def have to see that.

 

[Disney9.9.10]

Looks like you guys had another great day! I am not a huge Star Wars fan, but I have seen the movies and I think it is really cool to see the characters all dressed up! So it must have been extra exciting for you - being that you are Star Wars fan! The streetmosphere also looks like it was so much fun! I am loving your TR!

 

[Stephie77]

Yeah it was a lot of fun. It was very crowded which I knew would happen. Thankfully we planned ahead and went on a Friday instead of Saturday or Sunday because i'm sure it would have been worse. We def did not see darth vador dancing! hahaha I def have to see that.

I will try to link it somehow on here this weekend if not i will PM you my facebook info, I have it on there(that is if you are on facebook) along with a video of space mountain with the lights on(pretty freaky)

 

[shippedtosea]

Looks like you guys had another great day! I am not a huge Star Wars fan, but I have seen the movies and I think it is really cool to see the characters all dressed up! So it must have been extra exciting for you - being that you are Star Wars fan! The streetmosphere also looks like it was so much fun! I am loving your TR!

I would say its def a fun thing to go to once, even if your not a huge fan. The parade was really nice as well. You should try and go at least once. Thanks so much!

I will try to link it somehow on here this weekend if not i will PM you my facebook info, I have it on there(that is if you are on facebook) along with a video of space mountain with the lights on(pretty freaky)

okay thanks hun. (i wouldn't mind being your friend on facebook anyway so you can pm me that if you want)

 

[shippedtosea]

I interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring some news. We received the photo cd this weekend. This is after 2 weeks of him telling me he was going to ship it and my head exploding because he didn't. All I can say is not good. I have been in a haze this weekend of denial. I just can't comprehend our terrible luck. Every photo I would have liked is blown out (so my dress just looks completely white) or not in focus. The ones that did come out piss me off for some reason or another. literally I freaked out, and more and more we went through them the more I freaked out. There is not really one good photo of me and my Bm's, or one of me and my mom, or the first dance or the cake cutting. There is no creative shots of me and luke they all look blah. (except for like 3) I literally can't even cry about it, i'm so beyond crying upset if thats possible. DH didn't know what to do and just tried to make me feel better, but i'm sure he is just as upset as I am. In fact i was so upset that when I talked to my mom yesterday in response to how are the photos i said "I do not want to talk about it" and just left it as that.

Now I am doing the editing myself (which I knew from the beginning) but....these are just very hard to edit, i'm not only dealing with color correction i'm dealing with light correction which sometimes is too far gone to be helped. I have decided the ones I do like that the color is terrible to make them B&W to at least save them a bit. Our photographer was a friend but he is also a professional photographer. Who gets paid a LOT to shoot wedding every weekend. what happened?!?! I have no answers. The weird part is some of the photos are perfect. no problems. while others are SO BAD. So the photos of me getting ready are fine. but the ones that are the most important like me and DH photos are depressingly bad. So its not like he doesn't know what he was doing?!
I'm just so....shot.
Like I can't even handle the fact of how bad our luck was for this wedding. and the stuff that went wrong can't be fixed. it is what it is. and I have to just deal.

So because there's nothing I can do and its just totally upsetting I have had to come up with reassurance ideas that make me feel a little better.....I have not totally expressed these with DH so I guess he'll read these and deal hahahaha.

-I have emailed our engagement photographer and asked if he is willing to do a wedding shoot, I am going home in August for my SIL's baby shower and can get me and DH's clothes. I am still waiting (very impatiently) for his email back. I am willing to pay him more than I did for the other photos I just want good shots. My hair is different now...but I think I can deal with that and i'll order the same flowers and put the crystals back in my hair and it will hopefully be fun. Now if he would email me back already....

-I mentioned to DH that I would probably want a vow renewal in 10-15 years at WDW because we didn't do it this time. but now after all that happened with this wedding....I am very set on this. I know this is a billion years away...but the idea that I can get a Disney organized wedding eventually makes me feel a lot better....I know how well things went for all you ladies...maybe I am really just loosing it...but I need something to make me feel better

-We are going back to WDW for our 1 year anniversary. What better way to make me feel better than to plan another trip? its the perfect medication.

It upsets me to write this post but I feel I can't keep it in and maybe if I write this it will sink in that this is reality because right now its something I want to hide from. Put it in a box with all the many problems that happened with this wedding. It just sucks because I know how happy I really was that day but now the after math of all the crap is just messing it all up for me. I guess I will just grip onto knowing how happy I was up until the last 30 mins and now.

There needs to be a smiley of someone hiding under a rock because thats what I feel like right now. Just visualize a funny smiley crawling under a rock for me. hahaha

I'm sorry this is such a downer post. i'll post the next half of the day soon to make me feel better.

 

[tinkerbell 766]

OMG
I am so sorry about this!!
I completely understand how you feel as the photos from my original wedding were rubbish too!!!
I am having a VR in May at the Swan and I am having Randy Chapman as my photographer, so I am sure I will get some good shots from him!!
Perhaps you can bring your VR forward a bit, say a 5 year one
Much love to you

 

[amyy]

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

Oh, that is so terrible, I'm not really sure what to say. You are keeping a pretty positive attitude about alternatives, which is good, but I totally understand how upset you are with everything. I hope you can get something to work out for you. At least you have an anniversary trip to look forward too!

 

[shippedtosea]

OMG
I am so sorry about this!!
I completely understand how you feel as the photos from my original wedding were rubbish too!!!
I am having a VR in May at the Swan and I am having Randy Chapman as my photographer, so I am sure I will get some good shots from him!!
Perhaps you can bring your VR forward a bit, say a 5 year one
Much love to you

hahaha i'd have to convince DH on that one. I would totally love to do it in 5 years but i'm sure he would say i'm crazy! hahaha Well i'm glad to see someone else did what im going to have to do. at least i'm not the only one. I hope everything is wonderful for your VR. Thanks a bunch

thanks hun

Oh, that is so terrible, I'm not really sure what to say. You are keeping a pretty positive attitude about alternatives, which is good, but I totally understand how upset you are with everything. I hope you can get something to work out for you. At least you have an anniversary trip to look forward too!

I know...thats why I was a little worried about posting this. theres not much for people to say. it just sucks but i couldn't just keep it to myself. I feel I have to be positive or i'll just freak out more. I would feel so much better if the engagement photographer would email me back. then i'd know I can have some pictures I like. yep....I just have to focus on Disney and forget everything else. Thanks hun.

 

[Brit_Jude]

I am so, so sorry. I hope a redo will be able to at least make up for some of it.

I personally am not an advocate of having friends or family members provide services for important events such as a wedding. As you have found out you don't have a lot of recourse and would end up upsetting family or friends if you tried to get some redress.

 

[shippedtosea]

I am so, so sorry. I hope a redo will be able to at least make up for some of it.

I personally am not an advocate of having friends or family members provide services for important events such as a wedding. As you have found out you don't have a lot of recourse and would end up upsetting family or friends if you tried to get some redress.

thanks hun. I am hoping it will make up for it.

He does this for a living and makes thousands of dollars so I guess thats why i thought it would be okay. and I saw his work and we gave him a cd of ideas we liked. I really don't know what happened. Its not like he'll know if we redo them but we can't redo any of the day.

 

[Brit_Jude]

thanks hun. I am hoping it will make up for it.

He does this for a living and makes thousands of dollars so I guess thats why i thought it would be okay. and I saw his work and we gave him a cd of ideas we liked. I really don't know what happened. Its not like he'll know if we redo them but we can't redo any of the day.

Maybe you could approach him once you can be a little detached from it (hard I know) and tell him specifically what the issues are with the photographs and ask if there is anything that he can do to rectify the situation, at least on the color correction. Write it down, without emotion, and send it as a letter to the photographer. Don't put any blame or anything attacking just stick to the facts. It can't hurt.

 

[Stephie77]

I am sorry that this happened! Just try to stay as positive as you can hon. Hopefully there are enough pictures that you do like for the album and a big portrait. I like that you came up with the idea of doing the reshoot with the engagement photographer. I hope that all works out.

 

[Disney9.9.10]

I know that these comments cannot take away what happened, but I just wanted to say that I am really sorry that you have to deal with this. Photos are a really important part of a wedding for a lot of people, so I completely understand how crushed you must be. That being said, I think that you have an amazing attitude about the whole thing. Yes it does suck, but you have your DH and your memories which are the most important thing.

Is it possible that the photographer didn't send you all of the pictures he has? Or that he would be able to touch them up and re-send them to you? This shouldn't be your problem to fix.

I hope that everything gets worked out soon We are all here for you.

 

[puente0629]

I'm truly sorry about everything...I know pictures are one of the most precious momentums you take from the whole experience. I'll pray for you to get the photo shoot of your dreams and planning a Disney trip is a great way to forget your troubles and make new memories.

This is just life giving us tests...it's how you come out in the end

 

[shippedtosea]

Maybe you could approach him once you can be a little detached from it (hard I know) and tell him specifically what the issues are with the photographs and ask if there is anything that he can do to rectify the situation, at least on the color correction. Write it down, without emotion, and send it as a letter to the photographer. Don't put any blame or anything attacking just stick to the facts. It can't hurt.

yeah....maybe. right now I am seeing what I can do...I'm only 1/3 through...so I am hoping that I can fix some things...but i'm not sure. My biggest upset is the stuff he didn't manage to get photos of. They can't be fixed in photo shop. he also got no photos of the guests. like table shots? I'm pretty sure I specifically mentioned those. I have no idea what he was doing. Thanks a bunch for the advice I will def see how I feel when I cool down.

I am sorry that this happened! Just try to stay as positive as you can hon. Hopefully there are enough pictures that you do like for the album and a big portrait. I like that you came up with the idea of doing the reshoot with the engagement photographer. I hope that all works out.

thanks hun. I don't even know he also didn't shot them huge. so I can't get bigger than an 8x10. I noticed that only yesterday...and haven't broken that to DH yet. i'm just hoping for the reshoot (people take too long to answer emails...) Thanks hun!

PS check your PM

I know that these comments cannot take away what happened, but I just wanted to say that I am really sorry that you have to deal with this. Photos are a really important part of a wedding for a lot of people, so I completely understand how crushed you must be. That being said, I think that you have an amazing attitude about the whole thing. Yes it does suck, but you have your DH and your memories which are the most important thing.

Is it possible that the photographer didn't send you all of the pictures he has? Or that he would be able to touch them up and re-send them to you? This shouldn't be your problem to fix.

I hope that everything gets worked out soon We are all here for you.

Thanks hun! That means a lot.

Nope. he told me after the wedding how much he shot (which i was like....thats it?!?!) so we have what he said he took. I didn't pay him to edit them. I paid him about 1/3 of what he gets paid because editing is usually the big bucks. but they are way past editing. Besides the bad technical things they are also really uncreative and not impressive. Which is weird because some of them are?! so there are two extremes really good....and really bad. so it just confuses me ya know? So I guess the good ones were a mistake? I have to decide what to do. I feel really weird and uncomfortable contacting him because I know him and he should be better.

I'm truly sorry about everything...I know pictures are one of the most precious momentums you take from the whole experience. I'll pray for you to get the photo shoot of your dreams and planning a Disney trip is a great way to forget your troubles and make new memories.

This is just life giving us tests...it's how you come out in the end

thank you dear. I am trying to be positive. its just really hard right now.

 

[CinderelliT]

I've been lurking through your whole pj for months and I have to say that your wedding was beautiful. I'm sorry you had so many issues. I had issues with my at home VR stuff too, and now that I posted about them, I've had like no followers to my thread. I guess it's b/c it's negative.

Anyway, we also did one through disney - even though it was DCL, and it was magical. I hope you can redo everything - or at least do a photoshoot.

As a photographer, I wanted to tell you to ask for a few things. Ask him if he shot the pictures in RAW format. This is something that is the camera's file, and you can do like waaay more adjustments to lighting and such than you can to a JPEG file. Also, he may have squeeezed your pics to fit them all on a disk. If he has the originals, you should be able to get larger files. Talk to him, he needs to correct what he can.

Hope this helps a little.

 

[shippedtosea]

I've been lurking through your whole pj for months and I have to say that your wedding was beautiful. I'm sorry you had so many issues. I had issues with my at home VR stuff too, and now that I posted about them, I've had like no followers to my thread. I guess it's b/c it's negative.

Anyway, we also did one through disney - even though it was DCL, and it was magical. I hope you can redo everything - or at least do a photoshoot.

As a photographer, I wanted to tell you to ask for a few things. Ask him if he shot the pictures in RAW format. This is something that is the camera's file, and you can do like waaay more adjustments to lighting and such than you can to a JPEG file. Also, he may have squeeezed your pics to fit them all on a disk. If he has the originals, you should be able to get larger files. Talk to him, he needs to correct what he can.

Hope this helps a little.

well I have to confess I am a lurker of yours as well! I think you were extremely honest and I don't think thats a bad thing.

Thank you so much for your kind words.

I know he didn't shoot in raw because he would have been changing his memory card a lot more. and I asked for the full files. He put them on a dvd so he could get them all on (this is what he told me) saying that it would allow him to keep the photos the right size? I guess he could be lying. but there just seems to be something wrong with the whole thing...like he took a long time to send them...as if he knew i'd be upset. This just happened so...i'm still a little in shock and was trying to work on them this weekend..I only got through like 250. I will talk to him about those things, thanks so much for your help!