How long did you wait for your engagment pictures?

[DisneyBrideToni]

I am sure it will all work out.

The one bright side is at least you found out now and not after your wedding!

 

[MainStMandy]

I am sure it will all work out.

The one bright side is at least you found out now and not after your wedding!

Absolutely! I just got the Black and White CD to work for like 5 minutes...it just gets worse. Hopefully tonight I can upload some from my home computer. My work laptop hates me!

 

[padisneyfour]

Absolutely! I just got the Black and White CD to work for like 5 minutes...it just gets worse. Hopefully tonight I can upload some from my home computer. My work laptop hates me!

I am sorry your pics weren't what you hoped/wanted but like Toni said it is better that you found out now rather than later. everything will work out

 

[Sarah <3 Disney]

You know, I will probably get bashed for this but I have never liked Randy's pictures. There is just something about them. They are blurry and dark and I am not a fan. His pictures were actually really good at one time but now the pictures I have seen lately are not my favorites.

I think if you are not happy with the photographer you should change him. It is important to have a good connection with your photographer on your wedding day. If you aren't happy with him it will show in your pictures and that isn't what you want. You will be looking back on your pictures for years to come and you don't want to be disappointed.

Oh I totally agree. The Roots have always been my favorite, followed by Misty. It is just recently there have been so many threads about how amazing Randy is, it was interesting to see the flip side.

But I definitely agree, change the photographer if you are not happy! Mandy! Fly back down to Disney the week of Thanksgiving and get new photos done! That's when I will be there! We can paaaar-tay!

 

[bjgrazi]

It's really not professional for someone to not get back to you. If he were away he should at the very least have an automated response to the emails. I'd really think twice before using him or sending him deposit money.

 

[pezaddict231]

I'm so sorry your were disappointed with your pics. I have seen Randy do some great work, but it's a shame that you didn't get it. It's much better to find this out now than on your wedding day. Are you able to change photographers if you wanted to? I hope he works something out with you.

 

[MainStMandy]

Thanks everyone. I have contacted Randy and am waiting for his response. The quality of his work is just not what I have expected or seen here.

I am also concerned about his lack of communciations...it's not professional. It's funny I emailed him Friday to ask when our pictures might be ready an that is the same day he mailed our CD's...but still not contact.

I will say this, having the e-pics done and finding all this out now is a HUGE relief...because hopefully it's something I can fix before the wedding. I would have been crushed if these had been our wedding pictures.

Here are a few of the bad one, but I haven't gotten through them all since it keeps crashing my poor laptop.

This is the first one I saw (in B&W)...you can see how blurry it is:

I got about 15-20 of these...you can barely see us even if they are one of the few not blurry.

We got quite a few of these...too dark to see us though.

Not sure if you can tell on these images, but on the original these are all out of focus.

 

[Sarah <3 Disney]

Well, if it makes you feel any better... you looked great! But I totally see what you mean. I like the last one though, too cute! Should try and recreate it in focus.

 

[MainStMandy]

Well, if it makes you feel any better... you looked great! But I totally see what you mean. I like the last one though, too cute! Should try and recreate it in focus.

Thanks!

I have to go through and look...some of the images I have like 4 or 5 blurry and one in focus...not all of them though.

Oh and if you follow my pj, you know what a disaster my hair was. It's funny to see in pictures my hair get worse and worse. It looked great during the first couple of shots!

 

[Dr.Cinderella]

Hi Mandy, Sorry you werent happy with your E-pics. I wanted to let you know I tried emailing Randy's address on the website (info@chapmanphotography.com) and got a response right away, so maybe there is a problem with his other email address he was using before (i think it was mindspring or something). Im a bit nervous about my epics now as well, but Im still going to go with him because he has the best prices for engagement shoots. We dont want to spend a lot on them because we dont neccesary need e-pics. We got some great ones from our actual engagement thanks to my fiance's dad- but I want to make one of those cool photo guest books with the professional ones! Anyways, keep us updated with what happens and I hope you got at least some shots you love!
Marissa
PS I just saw your PM, sorry I didnt see it before! I usually dont log on.

 

[torsie24]

Aww, sorry you didn't like your photos Mandy.

You look lovely in them, but I can see what you mean about them. Also his lack of communication is more worry to me!

I can't reccomend the Roots enough (unless of course you don't like their style of photography as we've learnt a lot of folk dont recently ), they are always very friendly, quick to respond and are super fun to shoot with. The main reason I wanted the engagement session was to check I would be comfortable with them there at my wedding day, as I hate having photos taken and have been to weddings where the photographers have been so surly and bossy that I just would be scared all day if that were me!

Needless to say I can't wait for them to be there!

Definitely drop them an e-mail if you are interested.

(Also the last 3 photos all look pretty good on my computer here, so all is not lost if you do need some photos for invites, guest book etc. But certainly don't contract someone for your wedding who you are not 100% comfortable with.)

 

[MainStMandy]

Aww, sorry you didn't like your photos Mandy.

You look lovely in them, but I can see what you mean about them. Also his lack of communication is more worry to me!

I can't reccomend the Roots enough (unless of course you don't like their style of photography as we've learnt a lot of folk dont recently ), they are always very friendly, quick to respond and are super fun to shoot with. The main reason I wanted the engagement session was to check I would be comfortable with them there at my wedding day, as I hate having photos taken and have been to weddings where the photographers have been so surly and bossy that I just would be scared all day if that were me!

Needless to say I can't wait for them to be there!

Definitely drop them an e-mail if you are interested.

(Also the last 3 photos all look pretty good on my computer here, so all is not lost if you do need some photos for invites, guest book etc. But certainly don't contract someone for your wedding who you are not 100% comfortable with.)

Thanks! I have contacted Randy and a few others and am kinda waiting his response.

The pictures are so large that when I upload them to shutterfly and they "shrink" you can't notice the blurriness...but if it were to actually be printed, it would still be blurry (plus all the other mistakes).

I am trying to stay positive...again, glad I found out now!

 

[Dr.Cinderella]

HeY Mandy did you see my message about Rand on the previous page?

 

[MainStMandy]

HeY Mandy did you see my message about Rand on the previous page?

Oh I did now...sorry!! Thanks...I'll try him at that address.

The only wierd thing is he happened to mail them out the day I emailed asking about them...I have a feeling he's getting my emails.

 

[pezaddict231]

You looked great! I definitely see what you mean though, I am super picky with pictures and I would have been disappointed. You may be able to fix some of them on your own, by cropping and adjusting the shadows, etc., I know probably not what you really want to do.

I'm with Torsie, I absolutely love the Roots. I know they are more expensive than a lot of other photographers in the area but they are totally worth it to me. I loved all my engagement pics and they are truly a delight to be around. You also get the engagement session as part of their package, so you could redo your e-pics or I'm sure they'd let you do a Trash the dress or just married session instead if you couldn't make it down there for epics.

Good luck with everything!

 

[Boardwalk_bride]

I'm really freaked out now! I have put all my deposits down on Randy....I would be really upset if I ended up with bad pics

 

[dhay]

Hey lady- I am sorry you are so unhappy with your pics. I know you only looked at a few and I am sure you have a ton on there. Before you make and prejudgements look at ALL the photos. If you are still unhappy you know I can't say enough about Misty. Maybe she is available and her CD only package isn't much more than Randy I think. She really is worth it and I don't think you will be disappointed at all. She is a doll to work with and she is very talented. I think it would just be a matter of availabilty at this point.

Good luck!

 

[MainStMandy]

You looked great! I definitely see what you mean though, I am super picky with pictures and I would have been disappointed. You may be able to fix some of them on your own, by cropping and adjusting the shadows, etc., I know probably not what you really want to do.

I'm with Torsie, I absolutely love the Roots. I know they are more expensive than a lot of other photographers in the area but they are totally worth it to me. I loved all my engagement pics and they are truly a delight to be around. You also get the engagement session as part of their package, so you could redo your e-pics or I'm sure they'd let you do a Trash the dress or just married session instead if you couldn't make it down there for epics.

Good luck with everything!

Thank you It's not even that they didn't come out how I wanted...they are just bad. And I know they were only engagement pictures, but as a professional he should have the same standard of quality.

I'm really freaked out now! I have put all my deposits down on Randy....I would be really upset if I ended up with bad pics

Don't be...I seem to be the exception to the rule. Everyone else seems to love him and get great phoots.

Hey lady- I am sorry you are so unhappy with your pics. I know you only looked at a few and I am sure you have a ton on there. Before you make and prejudgements look at ALL the photos. If you are still unhappy you know I can't say enough about Misty. Maybe she is available and her CD only package isn't much more than Randy I think. She really is worth it and I don't think you will be disappointed at all. She is a doll to work with and she is very talented. I think it would just be a matter of availabilty at this point.

Good luck!

When I got home from work Eric and I went through all 450 photos. He was as shocked as I was as to how bad they really are. I wish you guys could see...maybe once I upload them directly from the disk to shutterfly you can get a better view. The light is off in so many pictures...akward poses...blurryness. We just aren't happy. Thanks for the positive review of Misty! I'll look into her. Since the wedding is on a Wednesday we don't seem to be running into a problem with availablity. It's just stressful!

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

I am with Dawn on Misty. I adored her and her husband Nelio. They were so much fun. Bobby and I still talk to them to this day. I know Dawn still talks to them too. They are like friends. I am not sure if she still does but she did offer a discount to Disney brides.

 

[pezaddict231]

Thank you It's not even that they didn't come out how I wanted...they are just bad. And I know they were only engagement pictures, but as a professional he should have the same standard of quality.

I feel so terrible for you guys. I would be so upset too. It shouldn't matter if they were engagement or wedding pictures. They are still important to you and you were still paying for his time and services, so they should have been taken just as seriously. Especially given that he is hired to be your wedding photographer, I would think he should try even harder to make sure you were happy and to answer your emails.

I'm glad that you are finding other photographers are still available and I hope it all works out. I know it's stressful now but at least now you can do something about it. I hope it all works out.