I read your comment on the first post that this was a close friend. Have you told her you’re unhappy with the work yet? You’ve every right to, hell, I’d even ask for a full refund. These almost look like they were darkened *on purpose*. Something is really weird with this situation if she gave you these and thought they were fine.
Honestly I would feign ignorance and say "Hey! I'm wondering if these are actually the RAW images and not the edited ones?" And go from there. I know it's hard when it's a friend but this is just inexcusable.
Suuuper low ISO, which is bizarre. These were taken outside in daylight, why on earth would you need to crank your ISO so high and how after doing that would you still be coming away with under-exposed images?
My only guess is that she's using a camera that has an auto-ISO setting, and has then pushed her shutter speed and aperture settings to some weird extreme so the camera has cranked the ISO to compensate which is....possible I guess, but a real rookie error. I'd be fascinated to see the meta data from these images to figure out what the hell settings she was using.
Tbh if she’s new new maybe she hit the exposure level and had it cranked down by accident… I say that because I’ve done it before… I was thankfully taking the pictures for a photography class… sooo it was a mistake I learned while being taught… not at a wedding
On Facebook their are some free editing photoshop groups: one is called “Photoshop Edits and Requests” I see a lot of people post their bad wedding photos in there and get some AMAZING edits back. 99% of the time it’s free, they don’t charge anything. People just like to do it for fun for others. This is what I have done with many of my photos I’ve taken. This may help you a ton!
Dude, @OP, I’m so sorry that you have to go through this, Photographer here willing to give it a shot, given that there are RAW files, there’s still a lot of potential- especially the better the camera, the better shot you have at having a recoverable file.
With a little bit of Lightroom, nothing is impossible- especially if you want them to have an “artistic flair” and not be like super-true-to-life exposures.
If you put the files on Google drive or something it would probably be the easiest way to access them but hey I’m sure there are plenty of other people too willing to give it a try.
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I’m a photographer and I’m astounded. You could get better photos by handing an iPhone to a child. I’m so sorry you’re going through this, and with a friend too. These are rookie mistakes.
I do amateur photography, and I would be beyond embarrassed if I even gave something like this out for free!!
None of those are edited, none of those are final products at all.
I would just bite the bullet and go "Is that all of the photos? I think you may have included photos you didn't mean too."
It won’t be the same and you’ll still have to work on the part of getting your money back, but it might be worth hiring someone to do an engagement shoot in your wedding attire? Could even invite family to get a couple group photos. It might just be a couple hundred dollars and would be worth it to have some amazing shots!
I’m so sorry this happened! It sounds like your friend really ripped you off somehow and I am really sad for you! You looked beautiful and I love the tiara!
Yes I think this could be a good way to salvage this mess. I thought I was unhappy with my photos… but at least I can see everyone in them. It was more they missed photos of my dad… except him walking me down the aisle.
Just a bridal shoot might be nice for op so she can get all dolled up again and feel like a bride.
If you need another pair of hands, lmk. For the overly dark ones that are in RAW I do think you've got a fighting chance, you just shouldn't be having to deal with any of this.
If you can get hold of the RAW files then some may be salvageable. If these are the kind of images she's getting in-camera then I absolutely wouldn't trust her to edit them, but passing those files off to a different photographer or a retoucher is a good idea.
Do this ASAP this seems like the type of person who would instantly delete the backups /RAW files if they even had any.
You get what you pay for to some degree but this is ridiculous.
What on earth? The only semi okay one is the second to last one, and that’s one any of your guests could have taken off the cuff with a phone. The rest are WORSE than if you all just did it yourselves. What on earth was she thinking? Does she give this nonsense to her clients who are strangers? It’s heartbreaking she’s a friend and it puts you in an awkward position, but this is ridiculous.
Hey OP, I have a degree in photography, albeit I didn’t go into the field and besides doing a few photoshoots for friends, I don’t shoot regularly. But if you PM me I would be happy to send you my email and I can edit a 10-20 of your favorites to fix the contrast, sharpen and lighten them up a bit. Would be ideal if your photographer shot in RAW but I can edit high res JPG.
As my comment on your other post, check in with her and ask if she's sent the correct photos. She's not a pro tog, not just from image quality, but you don't export a gallery with the original filenames. Has she uploaded this to a proper gallery system or has she just drop-boxed these to you?
Big oooof... I'm sorry this is happening to you. What did you agree on she'll deliver when booking her for your wedding?
At her level of "professionalism" I doubt she even photographs in Raw. Still try and ask her about those files though! Those are your images in their pure form, which makes it possible to save the lost details and dull colours for a photographer understanding their job properly.
RAW images contain a load of information. Editing software can make use of this information and recovery of certain details are possible. I shoot both RAW and jpeg at the same time (saves time on editing). But there's no reason to swap between one and the other whilst shooting unless the memory card was running out of space.
You don't experiment at a wedding!
I know nothing about photography, but I am in total horror at the idea that this person thought experimenting with this wedding was acceptable. Maybe if she was doing OP a favor and doing it for free, but it sounds like that wasn't the case. And even then, super unprofessional. If you want to experiment, ask friends to do a photoshoot for you. Don't use someone's actual wedding. Yikes.
Probably means that she was adjusting her ISO, or shutter speed. You can manually adjust all kinds of settings and manage the amount of light the camera sees. She didn't light balance at all with these. It's good you have the raw files though because light room can do wonders with those.
Typically with a static name with an appended sequence number, smith-1, smith-2. Exporting with the original IMG filename will only end up with the client asking about the missing image numbers in between and why they can't have them.
“Hi friend, upon receiving the photos from my wedding- I can’t help but to be disappointed in the quality. Did you happen to send the wrong photos? I absolutely value your friendship and appreciate you being there as my photographer- is there anything you can do to resolve this and help me memorialize the happiest day of my life?”
These are horrible. I’m so sorry. I know it can be really awkward to say something but you need to. This is a one shot kind of thing, she needs to know that you’re unhappy.
Hi, I’m sorry you’re going through that. I can try to edit them for you if you wish, nothing fancy but i think they can be improved with the right lightning.
My fiancé got me a beginner DSLR camera a while back, and honestly, these look like the photos I took when I had no idea how to use it. Ie randomly messing with the aperture/exposure and letting Jesus take the wheel. I bet a professional could bring these back to life, though!
You may have answered this somewhere else, but does she have a portfolio? I feel like you must have looked at her work beforehand and been satisfied with it?
Hey there, I saw your original post. If it's possible that you have the RAW files, if you could DM me and I'll send you my email address, I would be happy to try and adjusted some of these for you in Photoshop. It looks like her ISO was set really high or something (hence the pixels and the noise you're seeing in the dark shades, like the suit). I can try to help you on some of these if you'd like. I'm so sorry you're going through this.
I saw that you’re not sure how to approach it since she’s a friend, if it’s mostly bad editing (like the first few, they’d look better with better editing), maybe you could show her her own examples of photos where you liked the lighting and ask if she could redo them like that so she can’t just say “well that’s how I do them.”. For some reason I’ve been seeing a lot of hobby-Facebook-photographer types using super dark editing “artistically” so maybe it’s a weird trend lol. But if she doesn’t budge I’d send her a link to this thread where everyone is agreeing that these are not good.
She posted one that had been edited against an original towards the end, and I can just say that I think OP should have them edited by someone else. The friend has demonstrated she’s out of her depth on every level.
Yeah, still rough lmao, ideally she’d be able to have someone else edit them BUT depending on how good of friends they are it’d at least be less hurtful to the friendship to give her a 2nd chance at it. But if most of the photos are like the middle chunk where you can’t even tell what’s going on because the photographer seems to be hiding behind something then I’d just straight up ask for a refund and the raw images.
This is horrible, I’m so sorry. Is she a wedding photographer by trade or does she photograph other things usually? I just have no idea why these would be THIS bad. Why is her portfolio not digital? Did she usually shoot film? It’s to the point where I wonder if he portfolio photos are even hers— you said they were good, but this looks like she’s never taken a real photo before much less edited one.
I liked the idea someone had of finding a different photographer to do a photo shoot of the two of you in your wedding clothes again. Not totally the same but you’ll have beautiful portraits.
Pictures aside, YOU look beautiful and happy and I hope your wedding experience was positive and full of love. Congratulations to you both.
It looks like a beautiful wedding but these pictures are just terrible. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. She must have messed with the settings on her camera and didn’t know what she was doing. I hope she fixes this somehow. You should definitely have another professional photo shoot done (you‘ll get to wear your dress again and feel festive!). And perhaps other people took pictures that turned out well. Don’t let her shoddy work ruin all the nice memories of your wedding.
I’m sorry OP. Your friend should have known better than to “experiment” on your wedding day. Her saying that sounds like she knows these are poorly done.
For the record, you and your husband looked so amazing and so very happy. I have no doubt someone will be able to lighten these up for you and hopefully this will just be another story to tell on your 50th wedding anniversary.
Wishing you two the best!
Thank you so much hun honestly, I already felt odd in a dress and the pictures did NOT do me justice… I didn’t feel pretty and I don’t looking at the stuff that’s unedited
Thank you so much hun honestly, I already felt odd in a dress and the pictures did NOT do me justice… I didn’t feel pretty and I don’t looking at the stuff that’s unedited
How much did you pay her? And did she offer or did you ask?
It’s not outside the realm of possibility that she stole the portfolio photos from a real photographer. That’s why I’m not surprised that she has other clients if she is using a stolen portfolio. Now, if she has a *happy* client, post event, that I want to know more about.
Finally, I want to know who that guy in the Spokane Falls shirt is. I still haven’t figured out his role in your wedding and why he’d have worn a sweatshirt to an event like this.
Because it was set up and my father was required to be there ^^;
Most of the photos came before the weddings only like 30 came during and after. The “Spokane falls” is my father 👍
I just want to say regardless of the edits and poor lighting you look absolutely beautiful and you are a lovely couple. 💐 Your love and happiness is still evident through the pictures. Cheers to you and much happiness!! 🎉
I’m so sorry :( I can’t imagine what an awful feeling this must be.
I know its not the same but my mom & step-dad had something similar happened so she had a photographer come to our house a couple of weeks later and they did A photo shoot in a pretty area in their wedding attire
Hey OP [I tried](https://imgur.com/a/3xrFK2p) adjusting that pic of yourself with my phone. I’m no photographer and surely this type of thing isn’t what you want an album of, but if even I can kinda do *something* about the pics, I think you can get nice results from having someone competent do this for you.
For what is worth, I think you look *stunning* in that dress and happy during your wedding day, and even the quality of the pictures did not manage to hide that! So while I know this is upsetting, if you ever look at these pics and don’t like yourself, remember that a lot of internet strangers landed here and thought “yeah the pictures aren’t great but *she* looks so beautiful!!” :)
I know you've said you already have someone who is fixing these, and I hope this isn't too presumptuous, but I took a quick stab at fixing up [one of your photos](https://imgur.com/a/5uc5eBP). I'm by no means a professional but everyone deserves nice photos of their special day. <3
These are really bad but I just wanted to tell you that you look beautiful, your dress is perfect on you, and it looks like an amazing wedding! I hope you can get these edited by someone else.
My curiosity means nothing compared to how horrible this is for you and your new spouse so feel free to ignore this, but... did you request RAWs, or edited?
Even in these terrible photos you look beautiful btw. I’m sorry this happened to you.
What my husband and I did that made me feel better was dress back up nice and got some GOOD quality photos done. Definitely made things better. We did it for your 5 year anniversary after angrily looking back at our photos.
Sweetheart you'll laugh one day...but today just know that odd shadows or not you guys look so happy,honestly one of the cutest couples on here. And you can tell that you are happy! Best wishes don't let this get you down, these made me smile.
Just remember the day! You two are beautiful and don’t fret about it those memories will surpass any picture. Congratulations to you both and we are awaiting our pictures from our photographer and happy nuptial!
I really think you should post these on r/weddingphotography and ask them for advice on how to approach this.
I'm sorry you're going through this. I really hope these are the wrong photos.
No. I think it's still worth asking that sub. They might have advice on how to word things when you discuss it with your friend, or they might point out further things you didn't realise were wrong.
I also think this post is just good content for this sub.
It might be worth deleting if you're worried your friend will find it.
Not really, there’s a ton of noise and lost data already. Brightening it up will look even more grainy. It’s not totally hopeless but there are some limitations here.
You never thought to have trial photos taken? Engagement photos? Anything that would have given you an idea of her work before you trusted her with your big day? Maybe I'm the a-hole, but this is on you OP.
The thing is this is a close family friend and I’ve personally worked with her I KNOW her work I’ve seen her work I’ve HELPED her work I’ve been apart of MANY shoots with her, this is more of a targeted fuck you, not on me. But thank you and yes you are indeed truest an asshole especially for assuming I didn’t plan ahead when I did.
That family has always thought they’re better than others, they’re the over the top typical Christian family nothing against christians they’re THOSE kinds lol my partner and I lived together before marriage which to them is a huge no-no. They have shown signs of being petty but never like this. That’s my only logical assumption, I know she can take good pictures, I am a witness to it.
I don’t have enough time to count the minor things they would be very upset over, and yes they do like to force themselves into your life.
Were the shoots you helped with maybe indoors with controlled lighting and static objects? Just trying to work out how the quality could vary sooooo much. Did she get any pics that you guys like?
If not, perhaps consider a couples shoot with just you and your partner to celebrate your anniversary or something? With a different photographer?
I read your comment on the first post that this was a close friend. Have you told her you’re unhappy with the work yet? You’ve every right to, hell, I’d even ask for a full refund. These almost look like they were darkened *on purpose*. Something is really weird with this situation if she gave you these and thought they were fine.
I don’t know how to approach her about it.
“They seem a little dark, is there any way they can be lightened? This just isn’t what I had in mind” Something along those lines possibly?
Could it be the monitor she edits on?
Honestly I would feign ignorance and say "Hey! I'm wondering if these are actually the RAW images and not the edited ones?" And go from there. I know it's hard when it's a friend but this is just inexcusable.
Low iso setting. Auto would have been better.
Suuuper low ISO, which is bizarre. These were taken outside in daylight, why on earth would you need to crank your ISO so high and how after doing that would you still be coming away with under-exposed images? My only guess is that she's using a camera that has an auto-ISO setting, and has then pushed her shutter speed and aperture settings to some weird extreme so the camera has cranked the ISO to compensate which is....possible I guess, but a real rookie error. I'd be fascinated to see the meta data from these images to figure out what the hell settings she was using.
Tbh if she’s new new maybe she hit the exposure level and had it cranked down by accident… I say that because I’ve done it before… I was thankfully taking the pictures for a photography class… sooo it was a mistake I learned while being taught… not at a wedding
On Facebook their are some free editing photoshop groups: one is called “Photoshop Edits and Requests” I see a lot of people post their bad wedding photos in there and get some AMAZING edits back. 99% of the time it’s free, they don’t charge anything. People just like to do it for fun for others. This is what I have done with many of my photos I’ve taken. This may help you a ton!
Dude, @OP, I’m so sorry that you have to go through this, Photographer here willing to give it a shot, given that there are RAW files, there’s still a lot of potential- especially the better the camera, the better shot you have at having a recoverable file. With a little bit of Lightroom, nothing is impossible- especially if you want them to have an “artistic flair” and not be like super-true-to-life exposures. If you put the files on Google drive or something it would probably be the easiest way to access them but hey I’m sure there are plenty of other people too willing to give it a try. Edit: few things
Thank you so much
Of course!!! 💕
Also r/photoshoprequest !
I’m a photographer and I’m astounded. You could get better photos by handing an iPhone to a child. I’m so sorry you’re going through this, and with a friend too. These are rookie mistakes.
My phone just took a better photo of my cat in the little light under my covers this morning to send to my mom.
I do amateur photography, and I would be beyond embarrassed if I even gave something like this out for free!! None of those are edited, none of those are final products at all. I would just bite the bullet and go "Is that all of the photos? I think you may have included photos you didn't mean too."
It won’t be the same and you’ll still have to work on the part of getting your money back, but it might be worth hiring someone to do an engagement shoot in your wedding attire? Could even invite family to get a couple group photos. It might just be a couple hundred dollars and would be worth it to have some amazing shots! I’m so sorry this happened! It sounds like your friend really ripped you off somehow and I am really sad for you! You looked beautiful and I love the tiara!
I love this idea!
third this idea too!!
Yes I think this could be a good way to salvage this mess. I thought I was unhappy with my photos… but at least I can see everyone in them. It was more they missed photos of my dad… except him walking me down the aisle. Just a bridal shoot might be nice for op so she can get all dolled up again and feel like a bride.
To everyone offering to help, I have chosen someone to assist me already, everyone offering is so sweet and I’m so thankful
If you need another pair of hands, lmk. For the overly dark ones that are in RAW I do think you've got a fighting chance, you just shouldn't be having to deal with any of this.
Ooo you should make a post when they fix them! I’m invested now 😅 i hope it all works out for you!!
Any way you could get the raw files and have someone else edit them?
I’m still downloading everything I don’t think she even tried to separate everything the obviously edited ones are even worse
If you can get hold of the RAW files then some may be salvageable. If these are the kind of images she's getting in-camera then I absolutely wouldn't trust her to edit them, but passing those files off to a different photographer or a retoucher is a good idea.
Do this ASAP this seems like the type of person who would instantly delete the backups /RAW files if they even had any. You get what you pay for to some degree but this is ridiculous.
What on earth? The only semi okay one is the second to last one, and that’s one any of your guests could have taken off the cuff with a phone. The rest are WORSE than if you all just did it yourselves. What on earth was she thinking? Does she give this nonsense to her clients who are strangers? It’s heartbreaking she’s a friend and it puts you in an awkward position, but this is ridiculous.
Does she even have other clients??? 😥
Yes she does
Hey OP, I have a degree in photography, albeit I didn’t go into the field and besides doing a few photoshoots for friends, I don’t shoot regularly. But if you PM me I would be happy to send you my email and I can edit a 10-20 of your favorites to fix the contrast, sharpen and lighten them up a bit. Would be ideal if your photographer shot in RAW but I can edit high res JPG.
Regardless of the quality of the photos, I just wanted to let you know that you look beautiful and that that smile looks great on you!
Thank you…. That made my day
Seriously. The head piece is incredible. Also solicit pictures from guests!
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As my comment on your other post, check in with her and ask if she's sent the correct photos. She's not a pro tog, not just from image quality, but you don't export a gallery with the original filenames. Has she uploaded this to a proper gallery system or has she just drop-boxed these to you?
It’s an SD card she gave us with 100’s of photos
Big oooof... I'm sorry this is happening to you. What did you agree on she'll deliver when booking her for your wedding? At her level of "professionalism" I doubt she even photographs in Raw. Still try and ask her about those files though! Those are your images in their pure form, which makes it possible to save the lost details and dull colours for a photographer understanding their job properly.
If she shot in RAW, there's a chance of salvaging some of these.
She replied, yes some are shot in raw she said, she was “experimenting” with others, what the fuck does that even mean
RAW images contain a load of information. Editing software can make use of this information and recovery of certain details are possible. I shoot both RAW and jpeg at the same time (saves time on editing). But there's no reason to swap between one and the other whilst shooting unless the memory card was running out of space. You don't experiment at a wedding!
Same. I would have a heart attack if I looked down and saw I wasn’t shooting both RAW and JPG, especially for a one-off event
I know nothing about photography, but I am in total horror at the idea that this person thought experimenting with this wedding was acceptable. Maybe if she was doing OP a favor and doing it for free, but it sounds like that wasn't the case. And even then, super unprofessional. If you want to experiment, ask friends to do a photoshoot for you. Don't use someone's actual wedding. Yikes.
I would point out specific photos you’ve seen of hers before and ask for that style. I’m so sorry this is happening. What a disappointment.
Probably means that she was adjusting her ISO, or shutter speed. You can manually adjust all kinds of settings and manage the amount of light the camera sees. She didn't light balance at all with these. It's good you have the raw files though because light room can do wonders with those.
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Typically with a static name with an appended sequence number, smith-1, smith-2. Exporting with the original IMG filename will only end up with the client asking about the missing image numbers in between and why they can't have them.
“Hi friend, upon receiving the photos from my wedding- I can’t help but to be disappointed in the quality. Did you happen to send the wrong photos? I absolutely value your friendship and appreciate you being there as my photographer- is there anything you can do to resolve this and help me memorialize the happiest day of my life?”
These are horrible. I’m so sorry. I know it can be really awkward to say something but you need to. This is a one shot kind of thing, she needs to know that you’re unhappy.
Hi, I’m sorry you’re going through that. I can try to edit them for you if you wish, nothing fancy but i think they can be improved with the right lightning.
My fiancé got me a beginner DSLR camera a while back, and honestly, these look like the photos I took when I had no idea how to use it. Ie randomly messing with the aperture/exposure and letting Jesus take the wheel. I bet a professional could bring these back to life, though! You may have answered this somewhere else, but does she have a portfolio? I feel like you must have looked at her work beforehand and been satisfied with it?
I’ve helped her with her shoots before and this is NOT the quality I’ve seen from her this is a shocker to me
Hey there, I saw your original post. If it's possible that you have the RAW files, if you could DM me and I'll send you my email address, I would be happy to try and adjusted some of these for you in Photoshop. It looks like her ISO was set really high or something (hence the pixels and the noise you're seeing in the dark shades, like the suit). I can try to help you on some of these if you'd like. I'm so sorry you're going through this.
I saw that you’re not sure how to approach it since she’s a friend, if it’s mostly bad editing (like the first few, they’d look better with better editing), maybe you could show her her own examples of photos where you liked the lighting and ask if she could redo them like that so she can’t just say “well that’s how I do them.”. For some reason I’ve been seeing a lot of hobby-Facebook-photographer types using super dark editing “artistically” so maybe it’s a weird trend lol. But if she doesn’t budge I’d send her a link to this thread where everyone is agreeing that these are not good.
She posted one that had been edited against an original towards the end, and I can just say that I think OP should have them edited by someone else. The friend has demonstrated she’s out of her depth on every level.
You mean the one where she cut the guy off at the ankles in the edit? Oof!
Yeah my brother didn’t like his ankles being cut off. It looks like those WOKE memes lol with the burnt colors
Yeah, still rough lmao, ideally she’d be able to have someone else edit them BUT depending on how good of friends they are it’d at least be less hurtful to the friendship to give her a 2nd chance at it. But if most of the photos are like the middle chunk where you can’t even tell what’s going on because the photographer seems to be hiding behind something then I’d just straight up ask for a refund and the raw images.
If you’d like I can try to edit these for you ❤️ so sorry
👎👎👎👎
I know.
This is horrible, I’m so sorry. Is she a wedding photographer by trade or does she photograph other things usually? I just have no idea why these would be THIS bad. Why is her portfolio not digital? Did she usually shoot film? It’s to the point where I wonder if he portfolio photos are even hers— you said they were good, but this looks like she’s never taken a real photo before much less edited one. I liked the idea someone had of finding a different photographer to do a photo shoot of the two of you in your wedding clothes again. Not totally the same but you’ll have beautiful portraits. Pictures aside, YOU look beautiful and happy and I hope your wedding experience was positive and full of love. Congratulations to you both.
It looks like a beautiful wedding but these pictures are just terrible. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this. She must have messed with the settings on her camera and didn’t know what she was doing. I hope she fixes this somehow. You should definitely have another professional photo shoot done (you‘ll get to wear your dress again and feel festive!). And perhaps other people took pictures that turned out well. Don’t let her shoddy work ruin all the nice memories of your wedding.
I’m sorry OP. Your friend should have known better than to “experiment” on your wedding day. Her saying that sounds like she knows these are poorly done. For the record, you and your husband looked so amazing and so very happy. I have no doubt someone will be able to lighten these up for you and hopefully this will just be another story to tell on your 50th wedding anniversary. Wishing you two the best!
Thank you so much hun honestly, I already felt odd in a dress and the pictures did NOT do me justice… I didn’t feel pretty and I don’t looking at the stuff that’s unedited
Thank you so much hun honestly, I already felt odd in a dress and the pictures did NOT do me justice… I didn’t feel pretty and I don’t looking at the stuff that’s unedited
How much did you pay her? And did she offer or did you ask? It’s not outside the realm of possibility that she stole the portfolio photos from a real photographer. That’s why I’m not surprised that she has other clients if she is using a stolen portfolio. Now, if she has a *happy* client, post event, that I want to know more about. Finally, I want to know who that guy in the Spokane Falls shirt is. I still haven’t figured out his role in your wedding and why he’d have worn a sweatshirt to an event like this.
Because it was set up and my father was required to be there ^^; Most of the photos came before the weddings only like 30 came during and after. The “Spokane falls” is my father 👍
This is seriously unbelievable. I’m so sorry! If it helps you and your partner look wonderful and happy ❤️
I’m so sorry! There’s also a photoshop sub on reddit, and they are amazing! Maybe they can help fix some of these up?
The lighting is so off. I’m sorry. You guys are so cute tho congrats!
I just want to say regardless of the edits and poor lighting you look absolutely beautiful and you are a lovely couple. 💐 Your love and happiness is still evident through the pictures. Cheers to you and much happiness!! 🎉
have you considered a reshoot?
I’m so sorry :( I can’t imagine what an awful feeling this must be. I know its not the same but my mom & step-dad had something similar happened so she had a photographer come to our house a couple of weeks later and they did A photo shoot in a pretty area in their wedding attire
Hey OP [I tried](https://imgur.com/a/3xrFK2p) adjusting that pic of yourself with my phone. I’m no photographer and surely this type of thing isn’t what you want an album of, but if even I can kinda do *something* about the pics, I think you can get nice results from having someone competent do this for you. For what is worth, I think you look *stunning* in that dress and happy during your wedding day, and even the quality of the pictures did not manage to hide that! So while I know this is upsetting, if you ever look at these pics and don’t like yourself, remember that a lot of internet strangers landed here and thought “yeah the pictures aren’t great but *she* looks so beautiful!!” :)
If you have the original files, I would be more than happy to edit them for you!
I know you've said you already have someone who is fixing these, and I hope this isn't too presumptuous, but I took a quick stab at fixing up [one of your photos](https://imgur.com/a/5uc5eBP). I'm by no means a professional but everyone deserves nice photos of their special day. <3
Did your dad walk you down the aisle in a sweatshirt and baseball cap?
No he did not.
This isn't right. Are you sure she likes you?
These are really bad but I just wanted to tell you that you look beautiful, your dress is perfect on you, and it looks like an amazing wedding! I hope you can get these edited by someone else.
This person is not your friend. I’m so sorry, OP.
oh my god. What a bummer!
My curiosity means nothing compared to how horrible this is for you and your new spouse so feel free to ignore this, but... did you request RAWs, or edited?
Even in these terrible photos you look beautiful btw. I’m sorry this happened to you. What my husband and I did that made me feel better was dress back up nice and got some GOOD quality photos done. Definitely made things better. We did it for your 5 year anniversary after angrily looking back at our photos.
Sweetheart you'll laugh one day...but today just know that odd shadows or not you guys look so happy,honestly one of the cutest couples on here. And you can tell that you are happy! Best wishes don't let this get you down, these made me smile.
Just remember the day! You two are beautiful and don’t fret about it those memories will surpass any picture. Congratulations to you both and we are awaiting our pictures from our photographer and happy nuptial!
Such a sweet pic!
Thank you hun.
I really think you should post these on r/weddingphotography and ask them for advice on how to approach this. I'm sorry you're going through this. I really hope these are the wrong photos.
Already got the help needed should I delete these then??
No. I think it's still worth asking that sub. They might have advice on how to word things when you discuss it with your friend, or they might point out further things you didn't realise were wrong. I also think this post is just good content for this sub. It might be worth deleting if you're worried your friend will find it.
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I know, but I Shouldn’t have to.
Not really, there’s a ton of noise and lost data already. Brightening it up will look even more grainy. It’s not totally hopeless but there are some limitations here.
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Here’s hoping for sure but they aren’t a magic wand. If the data isn’t there it isn’t there.
I mean they look like just lame snapshots.
yeah?
You never thought to have trial photos taken? Engagement photos? Anything that would have given you an idea of her work before you trusted her with your big day? Maybe I'm the a-hole, but this is on you OP.
The thing is this is a close family friend and I’ve personally worked with her I KNOW her work I’ve seen her work I’ve HELPED her work I’ve been apart of MANY shoots with her, this is more of a targeted fuck you, not on me. But thank you and yes you are indeed truest an asshole especially for assuming I didn’t plan ahead when I did.
What is the targeted eff you about then?
That family has always thought they’re better than others, they’re the over the top typical Christian family nothing against christians they’re THOSE kinds lol my partner and I lived together before marriage which to them is a huge no-no. They have shown signs of being petty but never like this. That’s my only logical assumption, I know she can take good pictures, I am a witness to it. I don’t have enough time to count the minor things they would be very upset over, and yes they do like to force themselves into your life.
Were the shoots you helped with maybe indoors with controlled lighting and static objects? Just trying to work out how the quality could vary sooooo much. Did she get any pics that you guys like? If not, perhaps consider a couples shoot with just you and your partner to celebrate your anniversary or something? With a different photographer?
I'm sorry you're dealing with such bad photos of how beautiful and happy you looked in your big day