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A little personal experience.
My wife and I had just graduated from college and purchased our first home. As most couples in the early stages of their lives together, we were broke. We managed to save up a less than $5k for our wedding TOTAL. We did it through some very creative bargaining. One MAJOR hitch to the whole process was our photographer. Just a month or so before our wedding his studio experienced a complete loss due to a fire. He called us up, explained the situation in FULL detail. At this point, he was being as professional as possible in a time of crisis. He explained that his services were EXTREMELY limited at this time. He also gave us the opportunity to back out of the contract. He set our expectations...
In the end, we stuck to him.... He borrowed equipment and agreed to shoot for a total of under $500. The agreement was that he would process the rolls and turn them over to us. At that point, we owned the negatives. Yeh... it was unfinished (I did the rest of the footwork and created albums etc..) but the key was that all of the main parts of the ceremony/reception were covered and that our expectations were set correctly.
In the end... the money saved was used to enjoy during our honeymoon.
Low price packages on that photographer's website does mean less hours, less deliverables, and less "features" or "services". It is still no excuse for undelivered promises, shotty work, and unprofessional practices.
Be careful of who you call Cheap! We live in a world of people/families of all sorts of income levels. What you call cheap can be expensive for some. Not everyone can afford $15-25k for a wedding. I am now earning very well these days.. I look back at my wedding and the last thing on my mind is "Cheap".
If anything your comments shows us the ugly side of you Elsaspet. I hope you are never in the poor house and experience what it is like to be considered "insignificant" part of our population.
My wife and I had just graduated from college and purchased our first home. As most couples in the early stages of their lives together, we were broke. We managed to save up a less than $5k for our wedding TOTAL. We did it through some very creative bargaining. One MAJOR hitch to the whole process was our photographer. Just a month or so before our wedding his studio experienced a complete loss due to a fire. He called us up, explained the situation in FULL detail. At this point, he was being as professional as possible in a time of crisis. He explained that his services were EXTREMELY limited at this time. He also gave us the opportunity to back out of the contract. He set our expectations...
In the end, we stuck to him.... He borrowed equipment and agreed to shoot for a total of under $500. The agreement was that he would process the rolls and turn them over to us. At that point, we owned the negatives. Yeh... it was unfinished (I did the rest of the footwork and created albums etc..) but the key was that all of the main parts of the ceremony/reception were covered and that our expectations were set correctly.
In the end... the money saved was used to enjoy during our honeymoon.
Low price packages on that photographer's website does mean less hours, less deliverables, and less "features" or "services". It is still no excuse for undelivered promises, shotty work, and unprofessional practices.
Be careful of who you call Cheap! We live in a world of people/families of all sorts of income levels. What you call cheap can be expensive for some. Not everyone can afford $15-25k for a wedding. I am now earning very well these days.. I look back at my wedding and the last thing on my mind is "Cheap".
If anything your comments shows us the ugly side of you Elsaspet. I hope you are never in the poor house and experience what it is like to be considered "insignificant" part of our population.