halloweenlover21
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Our wedding photographer used a digital camera. No, I have no idea what kind. She had a second person with the same camera. Our pictures came out like any other digital camera did. We have a cd of all prints she took. Out of the over 1000 pictures, around 100 were edited. About 90% of those are just flipped from side ways to right side up. Our package included 6 hours of wedding coverage and an engagement photo sitting. We opted out of the engagement sitting for an extra hour of wedding coverage. It was over a month after our wedding when we finally got the cd of pictures. Once again, very little editing done. We only have 2 pictures of me walking down the aisle with both of my parents. One was so far away that it isn't usable. The other one is very unflattering because my father was talking. I understand bad pictures are to be expected but only 2 to choose from? The rest of the pictures of us walking down the aisle are from behind. The back of my head does not show my happiness or my parent's, why would I choose these? For our package, we also got 2 parents books and a book for us. She told us she was the only photographer in the area that did flush mounting. We saw her portfolio before we signed a contract and it looked fabulous. We thought we were making a good choice. So, we paid the deposit and several weeks later paid the remaining balance. She charged us an addition $100 for travel about 45 minutes away. I was fine with that and still am. So, now our total to her is $2,100. We got our parent's books in the mail the other day and they are made by shutterfly. She did very little work at all. Half of the pictures are in the middle of the book with our faces cut out. She used pages 1 and 2 as the front and back cover. We were not aware of this. Most of our contact was through email because she rarely answered her phone or took days to respond but emailed within hours. In one of her emails she asked if we wanted black, brown, or grey leatherette as our cover and that the other book would have image wrap. I am not a photographer nor do I make photo albums on shutterfly. So, I assumed a wrapped image had something to do with her flushed mounting. It was never specifically said that page 1 and 2 would be used. One the album it has our name, a picture of me, a picture of me with my parents, and a picture of our ring bearer. Why would I choose to make a parent's book album cover with me but not with husband? Not to mention, the last page was cut off of the first book. It was in the second album as page one, some more blank pages, and then it started the same book over again. I have asked her for an itemized list of charges. I want to know exactly where my money went to. She is far from a professional as her work has shown. The pictures are very basic as if someone in the audience took them. My first question is what is a typical hourly wage for a photographer? Or better yet, based off of the package I got with her, what would you charge? We are just trying to get some info because if these new books are not done in the manner we want them to be, we plan on filing in small claims. I am not a fan of suing someone but this isn't just any pictures. This is my wedding day. The memories that are going to last forever are going to be in those photo albums. What do you guys think?