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08/23/2007 10:04:19 AM · #26 |
Catherine!!!!!! That is a terrifying story!!! And a lesson learned. When my son & daughter-in-law got married, the photographer also had an emergency where he couldn't do it, so he found an "experienced" back-up with lots of credentials. Only problem was, he was a photojournalist, and knew nothing about wedding photography, and every picture was dark, blurry. . .oh. ..and he FORGOT to take one picture of JUST the bride and groom by themselves! So out of the whole wedding, the closest thing we got of the 2 of them together alone was one with both mouths open as they were sharing their first bite of wedding cake! AND. . .my daughter-in-law and her father are life-long professional photographers. . .so. . ..yeah. ..there was some bursting into tears when the photos were seen.
Cathereine, good luck on your hours and hours of editing! I pray God will return the awesome good deed you did for your foster child by making it turn out better than you could have imagined!!!
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08/23/2007 10:35:22 AM · #27 |
| Oh dear, I do hope the re-shoot makes up for any losses.. Most pictures will end up in a box somewhere so a few good ones might just make up.. My cousin went through a very similar incident and the pictures I took are now in her official album.. I never saw the pro's pictures but they must've been awful for mine [I was 14 then] to replace his.. Hope everything turns out okay.. |
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08/24/2007 09:08:37 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by crayon:
unless if that emergency photographer friend has done those poor photos on purpose (to ruin your reputation?), i dont think you should blame him for the shabby job - without him, there might not even be any photos of a wedding that you were responsible for. |
I posted this to help other people potentially avoid the same situation, not to assign blame. My whole point was to share a lesson learned here - that I should have researched and had a back up plan despite the fact that I was doing the wedding for free.
And you are incorrect about saying "without him there might not be any photos..." I was prepared to call in the cavalry, if I had to, to make sure my friend's wedding was photographed. I would have started flipping through the phone book if it came to that. My point is that I should have researched a back up photographer myself, in advance, to make sure that backup was of quality.
Hopefully no one else will misinterpret the intent of this thread. |
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08/24/2007 09:27:45 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by noraneko:
I would have started flipping through the phone book if it came to that. My point is that I should have researched a back up photographer myself, in advance, to make sure that backup was of quality. |
The eventual photographer wasn't your backup though, he was your replacement - that's the important difference. In fact, he was a replacement selected by someone else, not even by you.
If the scenario had been that you had a photographer whose work you knew, and who you'd worked with before, and who was willing to stand in for you, then he *would* have been a backup and you'd have been partly responsible for the outcome of the shoot.
The way I see it is you took on the responsibility of the replacement photographers shabby work. Something a pro wedding photographer would never have done. |
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08/24/2007 09:58:37 AM · #30 |
Catherine, I think you had and continue to have your priorities straight:
1) You chose the girl over the wedding.
2) You thought about your friendship and the possible effect of asking your friends to pay for photos that are awful.
That said, I'd suggest talking to these very good friends and explaining the situation. They were getting your services for free, without a contract. I'm guessing that they also knew that you were a foster mother.
I'm imagining myself in their shoes, and I wouldn't want you to pay for the other photographer. If I'd paid you, I'd expect service. But not when you're my friend, you're doing it for free, and you're choosing a child over my wedding.
Again, though, you're the best judge of your friendship, their financial situation vs. yours, etc.
I trust you're in a much better position to decide than I am. Just know that you did the right thing in the choice you made at the time and let your foster daughter's smile warm your heart. :)
As to posting this thread, it's good advice. But I hope that everyone would still choose the child, as I'm sure you would, even if exactly the same situation came up again.
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01/10/2008 12:23:19 PM · #31 |
Thank You for the story and the advice! Weddings are very heady ventures! I have been called upon to photograph a few myself. Considering my consistent low scores on DPC, no wonder I was happy when all my "butterflies" could at least "fly in formation."
However, if I have done anything right, I sensed the need for "back-up" long ago. Now that I have a Pentax K10D, I have given my used Minolta DiMage 7i to my wife who, also, has the heart & "eye" of an artist.
(Even though I have more technical experience in photography than she does, this most excellent hair-sculptress/hair-stylist has a much better "eye" for contemporary aesthetics in photographs than I do. I predict that if she ever finds time to open a profile at DPC, her scores will be consistently better than mine. Certainly, this would be a real slam to my over-sized male ego, but I am so proud of my wife that I am willing to chance that. Anybody interested in seeing what I mean, may simply peruse Angela's Photoblog here.) 
At any rate, Angela helped me photograph the wedding of one her Hair Studio 101 employees...back in August, 2007! I was most impressed. She is a great photographer in her own right! (I hope I can be just as great..."when I grow up.")
Message edited by author 2008-01-10 12:24:54.
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01/10/2008 12:47:54 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by crayon:
unless if that emergency photographer friend has done those poor photos on purpose (to ruin your reputation?), i dont think you should blame him for the shabby job - without him, there might not even be any photos of a wedding that you were responsible for. |
Im sorry, but im not following this logic at all. The guy who did my wedding had a nice looking portfolio but when it came time to deliver the proofs the most important ones were missing in action. After a couple months they finally turned up, but even so, we were missing a lot of shots. Under exposed, over exposed, red eye, you name it. Total waste of money and aside from looking at the proofs when they arrived in the mail, we havent looked at them since (4 years now). In the end, to me, a crappy job is the same as no job at all.
**edit for typos...grr hate laptop keyboards***
Message edited by author 2008-01-10 12:49:43. |
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