Wedding Photography – Why having a cheap wedding photographer is not so cheap at the end.
I am trying to find ways to blog more so that I can be helpful to you, when you search for a Bay Area – San Jose wedding photographer. So, in the next couple of months, I will be using actual reviews of bride about their wedding photographers. All business name of theses Bay Area wedding photographers will be deleted.
Again, this is NOT a bride’s review of my business.
From Katey L. review of her San Jose Wedding Photographer:
“Unfortunately, I cannot recommend Br*****d Sh****d’s wedding photography services. I contracted with him to take my June 2008 wedding pictures. He was very service oriented up until the wedding – my experience with Br****d after the wedding has been a complete nightmare. After he got his money, he seemed to forget about us.
It took him months to post my pictures, and he only posted half the pictures online because he accidentally posted the other half on someone else’s account.
Getting my prints was a nightmare – it took months of phone calls and emails. My wedding was 10 months ago, and I am still without the album he is contractually obligated to produce for me. Often times his email box is full and he is unreachable by phone. Working with Br****d after the wedding has been extremely frustrating and I would not want another bride to go through this mess”.
This is another unfortunate case where I suspect that the wedding photographer either went bankrupt, or just quit. The wedding photography business is so saturated with brand new wedding photographers thinking that it is so simple to do. Taking the wedding photos are fun enough but they do not understand that the business is tougher than they think. Once they find out that it is not simple as pie, they change their mind and simply quit or go into another photography specialty field.
How can you avoid this? You can’t. It is hard to really figure out who will be screw you in the end. You really have to be good judging people to figure that out. Don’t just go for a certain wedding photographer just because he/she is a cheap wedding photographer and he/she is giving you all you want. Find out how long has he/she been a wedding photographer. Figure it out. If he or she has been in business for two or more years, then they should have a more establish place to see you and provide you with quality service / products. There are plenty of professional photographers out there that meet their clients in some business office, their converted studio home, or an actual photography studio. The more serious and legitimate wedding photographers have an actual place to meet you. On the other hand, there are other photographers who meet you at Starbuck or coffee places who are most likely new to the business (some are actually not new but prefers to meet there because they don’t like meeting their clients at home due to safety or lacking a clean house). The other reason why Kathy L. is not satisfied is perhaps, this wedding photographer is just overwhelmed by the number of weddings he / she does in a years period.
As a San Jose wedding photographer, I meet all my clients in my photography studio. Also, I limit my wedding services to 30 weddings a year and I offer portraits photography services when not doing weddings. This way, it keeps me fresh and will treat your wedding with a gusto. Your wedding photographs will be posted online in 2 to 3 weeks. Album design will be available for your viewing and editing on the 4th week from your wedding date. I would like to deliver everything to you by the end of second months of your wedding (this depends how fast you approve your wedding album for ordering).
I hope this helps you deciding to hire your future wedding photographer.
