sharing my bad experience ...

about wedding videography and photography and makeup artist

i think mine was bad.  so many pictures were missing:
1. picture of the bouquet
2. jewelry for the wedding dress
3. gold jewelry for the red chinese traditional gown
4. bride and groom only in chinese traditional gown
5. bride in chinese traditional gown with her whole family is missing, only the parents
6. head to toe shot of the bride in wedding dress was so blurry. can't see the wedding dress at all. the background is white!!! only 4 were taken and they're all bad
7. only 3 pictures of the bride walking out. i thought they'd do continuous multiple snap shots as the bride walks out...
8. multiple pictures of the groom putting the ring into the bride's finger but none of them can see the ring
9. many pictures were taken from the bottom up. seeing people's double chin and nose
10. wedding cake eating is blocked with the hand in the face
11. when doing those 'stand still and pose' photos, didn't teach us how to pose. turned out weird like big-small eye, high-low eyebrow, wrinkles in the forehead... those photos are just wasted
12. took too many pictures of the babies. should focus more on the bride and groom more
13. photos after the ceremony took much longer than needed. had a lot of down time/waiting time.

i suggest you make a list and put it on paper saying exactly what you want to be included. for example, when you're in the red gown, you want to have A then B then C. i regret so much that i didn't make a list....

i thought i'd be okay by picking a safe company. this company was mentioned in this lyk website. it wasn't the cheapest type either. but i guess it was bad luck for me. the photography isn't a newbie, yet it still turned out bad. i'm so sad...

the videography part wasn't any better. the tea ceremony was so confusing and it turned out bad. the videographer left early too and kept saying this and that won't turn out good or can't see so didn't bother videotape certain parts! again, i didn't pick someone cheap or inexperience but it still turned out bad....

my makeup artist was 15 minutes late. when we called to find how what's going on, didn't bother answer our call. it was in a rush with the hair and the makeup... and the hair was not the same as the trial session look but i had no choice but to accept because we were running late. and the makeup didn't last long either..... again, this artist was mentioned in the lyk website before a couple of times too. and i thought i'd be safe to pick this makeup artist but no...

maybe it's just me.... bad luck with video/photo/makeup...
there is nothing i can do now...

lizzie

Don't feel so upset la!  At the end of the day, its a celebration and it's the wedding moments that counts.  

When I got married, I specifically ordered my bouquet to be pink flowers and I said no white flowers in the bouquet.  Then on my wedding day,  the florist made me a bright red flower bouquet mixed with white flowers.  I guess Red mixed with White = pink LOL.  I was upset for a while... then I told myself just forget it.  The important thing is I had a good time and I married a good husband.

cremedelacreme

I feel sorry for you too, and I understand why you would be upset.  Cuz wedding day is one of the biggest thing in a girl's heart, at least to me it was back then when I got married.  And I was very into details for everything as well.  But try to think of it more positively, at least the wedding is over, you and your husband has a great time with all your family and friends, and the most important is you will have a happy future from now on.  And like siu lek said, you can always look into some of the nice pictures your friends captured for you.  cheer up and be happy!

小叻

Just read this post~ I feel sorry for you too~ >x<
but it's ok~ maybe u think it is bad at the first time when you looking at the pics..becoz u have high expectation *thinking to get similar styles of pretty look as ur pre-wedding photos*~~ however after awhile~ u will get used to it...as those are your real face mah~~ u dun want all ur wedding pics photoshop right? kekeee..I was a bit surprised when I saw my wedding day pics too..coz I laugh sooo big and I was doing some crazy poses~~*all captured* but oh well.. that is a true you mah~ so dun be upset la..it's just part of the memories~~ ^^ and ur frds also took some pics for you mah..so u might also find some nice pics that u want from ur frds' camera too ne~ cheer up~!

布小熊

I have the same thought as tofu too .... but I don't want to get OP upset.

I feel sorry for you.
It sounds like you get a catch a moment type of photographer instead of a traditional photographer. And it's very common to give your wedding photographer a list of "photos to include" before head. So that they capture those you want.
I think it's a communication problem....

My friend hired a cacusian photographer team and their picture... are exactly like u described. And they love them. section of faces, (except jewlery and shoes and bouquet all had their own photos) very few photos have ppl standing still and smiling in their best way. And don't think there was any head to toe full gown shot with the bride in it neither. There was one with the back of the gown and her walking down... but not the front. winkled eyes and big open laughing mouths were frequently seen in their pictures too.

btw for the MUA, being 15 min shouldn't affect your schedule unless the rundown was too tight to begin with. my friend's MUA was half an hour late and everything still worked out fine.

tofu

read your story, feel sorry for you, because you are not happy with your wedding photo.  but i think you two are kind of miscommunicated.  like #10 & #11 are pretty normal.  they want to keep the "natural" part. but seem like it is not what you want.   yes, people should tell their team exactly what they wanted, never assume, because no 2nd round. you should ask them to touch up the pic to make it more perfect
usually the my makeup artist would come 2-3 hrs ahead, if she was only 15 minutes late, you should still have lot of time ar.

yoursecret

if they are that bad then be sure to report to BBB so there's a record somewhere to warn other people.

khaki

And mind to post some of the bad pictures here, even with your faces censored?
Ultraman 發表於 2009-11-30 13:12

how can you see the bad faces that photographer took if she censor the photos? suen la... I guess you just wanna guess who she is jeh....haha

Ultraman

And mind to post some of the bad pictures here, even with your faces censored?

siumaibb

how much did you pay for it?