It’s time for another Wedding Gone Wrong Wednesday!
In any relationship between people, communication is key. When it comes to the relationship between you and the photographer you hire to cover your wedding day… that communication should be even more important. Regardless of whom you choose, the terms of your contract need to be very clear for the expectations and requirements of both parties. If you are unclear about any part of the agreement, but sure to ask before money is involved.
Here is Jeff’s story:
My wife and I hired a well known photographer to cover our wedding. At first things seemed to be going great. Reasonable price, his portfolio seemed to have some nice pictures and he was always extremely prompt in returning and answering phone calls. This all ended once he received his 50% “non-refundable” deposit.
The problems started when we wanted to confirm everything would go seamless on the day of the wedding.
I placed phone calls and left voicemails 21 (this is when I started documenting the calls), 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 6 and 5 days before our wedding. Emails were sent 9, 7, 6, and 5 days before the wedding. Text messages were sent 6 and 5 days before the wedding. We received no response…
Do you see why we started to panic?
Left with no other options, 4 days before the wedding we hired another photographer and sent an email demanding our deposit back. Within minutes he responded and called us… Reminding us that he still wanted to shoot our wedding and the deposit was non-refundable.
Have you been the victim of a Wedding Gone Wrong? Do you know of someone who has? Email us and share your story. We may even feature your story in our blog.
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