Bad wedding photos

[EIngerson]

That settles it. I can charge people for my photography now. I'll provide atleast that quality for $1,498.00. Sorry I had to learn this through you.

 

[gsgary]

My wedding photos cost £500 back in 1984, they were fantastic shot on a Hasleblad, marriage only lasted 9 years

 

[Robin_Usagani]

That settles it. I can charge people for my photography now. I'll provide atleast that quality for $1,498.00. Sorry I had to learn this through you.

Ill pay you that much. At least I know you can keep the riff raff out.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

A good time to bump this

 

[robbins.photo]

Some of you have seen my bad wedding photos. I finally blogged about it. I just want to share.

Usagani Photography - Denver Wedding Photographer, CO | Our own wedding photography nightmare

Well first let me say I'm sorry that your wedding photos didn't turn out well - one of the many reasons why when people ask me to do weddings I always decline. They seem to think that just because I shoot a lot of wildlife photo's that somehow that means I could shoot their wedding, I have to try to explain to them that it's a completely different skill set.

I have to admit when I first saw the photos my initial reaction was, "Was this one of those prison weddings?" Don't get me wrong my friend, she was a beautiful bride but wow - every photo had a bad institutional style background that was poorly shot.

Oh, and forgive me this one correction - unfortunately my grandmother came here from Germany in the early 30's and as a result English was her second language. The unfortunate result of this is that she was a stickler for the language. Of course being an old German grandmother she was a stickler for most everything, but I digress - lol. On the blog you wrote the following:

"I just want to share my experience to general public so all of you can learn a few things. Whether you are planning your wedding, are an inspiring wedding photographer, or other photographer, you may learn a little bit from my experience."

I think what you meant to say was aspiring wedding photographer rather than inspiring. Ok, now if you'll excuse me the red phone is ringing. It's most likely the English Language Police, they always call me to consult on the tough cases.. lol.

 

[The_Traveler]

There may be a business opportunity for you, Robin and Pixmedic.

Make a site with a convincing story why you should not use a non-low end photographer and then charge admission to other photographers for their clients to view it.
They will have the advantage of showing this done by an independent source and you get a small revenue from others seeing it.

 

[Derrel]

There may be a business opportunity for you, Robin and Pixmedic.

Make a site with a convincing story why you should not use a non-low end photographer and then charge admission to other photographers for their clients to view it.
They will have the advantage of showing this done by an independent source and you get a small revenue from others seeing it.

Speaking of the English Language Police, we knew what The_Traveler meant...as in, "Why you should not use a low-end photographer." Robin, you know I think The_Traveler's idea might have some merit, provided you do not run afoul of the original photographer's copyright or ownership of the photos. I doubt he had much of a contract, but using his work to create monetary gains for your business **might be** considered to be a case of you using his work for commercial use and or monetary gain. Not sure what terms he worked under though.

Robin, those are pretty bad photos...sorry your wedding photog was a novice. It's a shame he shot so much direct flash stuff with inky black backgrounds. Ugggh!

 

[mmaria]

Don't get me wrong but I feel much better now about my wedding photos...

Is this a good place for me to share some examples of my wedding photos? if I didn't delete them lol

 

[Robin_Usagani]

Don't get me wrong but I feel much better now about my wedding photos...

Is this a good place for me to share some examples of my wedding photos? if I didn't delete them lol

Share them.. I will feel better if I see something worse.

 

[TheFantasticG]

Ouch. I thought the photos from my wedding were bad... and my in-laws only paid $400 for the lady. Infact, the photos from my wedding are what got me into phography prompting me to get a Canon S2 IS and learn from there. Wish I would have been then when I got married as I would have put in for a better photographer for my wedding.

 

[mmaria]

Here we go...




















Feeling better?

 

[Robin_Usagani]

You looked really sad. Was it an arranged marriage?

 

[mmaria]

You looked really sad. Was it an arranged marriage?

Can you tell? lol

 

[hopdaddy]

Robin , I haven't read all the post yet ,But did read the Blog post . It was well written ,and made good points ! One thing I have come away with ,from your post, Your experiences will make you a better wedding photog . Knowing how it feels to get disappointed by a "Pro" ,YOU will up your game ! I could actually repeat your story only replacing the names with my Son's and Daughter-in-Law's . I was not a part of picking the photographer for them ,But My Son has been around photographers His whole life and his Wife's Family Run a Very successful photography business . The Photographer even has photos in brides magazines . I actually ended up with the RAWs trying to salvage what I could. They paid 3k . My point here is as you said ,DO YOUR HOMEWORK !

 

[cbarnard7]

This is my favorite: Usagani Photography | our old wedding photos | Photo 1

I love the light bouncing off the back wall!

Sorry these were awful, but hey, At least you got a couple ones to remember the day by- and you all are still together! My brother spent $5k on his photog for his big wedding and she cheated on him 3 months later! By the way...what did their portfolio look like before the wedding (I'm sure you mentioned this before, but I never saw it)