To cut a long story short; Due to finances we had to cancel our original photographer, we were hoping because he knows Ross and he seemed like a decent bloke that he'd refund our deposit, but he point blankly refused - upsetting but fine, we signed a contract so not really in a position to complain. My 'friend' who is a photographer offered to step in and help us out except his package was sh!te to say the least, we would have had to pay for him AND his friend to do the pics, no album, no disc, just 10 prints, wanted to charge us £850 and then had the cheek to say he'd need to use our shots for advertising because of the 'reduced rate' Anyway, I messaged him to say a polite thanks but no thanks and explained that we wanted a lot more than 10 pictures for that sort of money but he was still welcome to join us as our guest. Had a message back - "I'd love to come as a guest. Tell you what, I'll bring my camera and if I get any shots you like you can have them for £20 each"
Cheeky little s0d!! I cannot believe how greedy he is. Sorry, I'm not going to pay any other of my guests £20 per photo I want to pinch off them, in fact most of them have offered to get the shots of us so we don't have to pay a photographer, as they said, they're taking pics anyway and it'd be nice for us to have a copy. Some people really do astound me!! xxx
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CommentAuthorlelbel1
What a blooming cheek!! Tell him to stick them - or better still, ban him from bringing his camera! x
CommentAuthorMrsPrestleton2be
that would cheeze me off aswell hun! xx
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CommentAuthorjodie b
i'd be annoyed as well i'm with lelbel1 tell him his not allowed to bring his camera or to use any for advertising - and if he wants to use them charge him £20 per photo he uses lol xx
CommentAuthorclewsy
What a cheeky s**t thats disgusting trying to cash in on your wedding. have you got a family friend witha decent camera who could do some shots for youx
I'm seriously considering not inviting him at all now because he's annoyed me so much!! He's even hawking his holiday photos from Scotland on book of face.
lmao jodie - I can just picture the look on his face if I said that to him :D xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorKerrylou
clewsy - my brother's partner has a professional camera (it's his big hobby) and he said he'd do a load of piccies for us and most of our friends/family have really good digital cameras and they've all offered to take some shots for us xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorminniesjocky
OMG! What a joke! money grabbing ba5tard comes to mind (sorry if i offend) but you don't say you can have photo's at £20 each when you can get them printed at a much lower rate! What is he on....?!
On the upside i hope you manage to sort something babes xxx
CommentAuthorekielty(now Trow)
Thats sooo cheeky! If he is there as a guest he has no right to charge you £20 for a picture - he should just email you the pics or put them on a disc or something for you to do with as you please?? How rude!!! xxxx
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CommentAuthorAtaraxia
He can't use your photos for advertising unless you sign a release form stating he can use them... so even if he comes and takes the photos, without the forms he hasn't got a leg to stand on legally.
And you could charge him for the photos, if he wants to use you for advertising as it's your likeness being used... the pictures 'belong' to you if you are in them so if he wanted them that badly then you could always use Jodie's idea :P
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CommentAuthornickers
bl*@dy cheek of him!!!!xx
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CommentAuthorMrs (Dove) Pidgeon
NEVER let him take a picture of you... EVER!!!!!!!!!!
If you do invite him to the wedding, check his website after. Or ask a non-mutual friend to check his portfolio.
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CommentAuthorltw979
I'd tell him to leave the fecking camera at home otr not bother coming. My friend is our photographer for family parties, he does natural shots of the day rather than posed photo's and does it for drinks! I always insist on paying him for his time though but he takes it as an insult most of the time. He is a professional photographer as well! Sorry you're friend is so insistent on charging you! x Suppose times are hard and he is trying to make money where he can (devils advocat - sorry) x
CommentAuthorpixie.bunny
Oh that is terribly cheeky!! Tell him to leave his camera home as the rest of your guests are taking the photos for free!! Xx
CommentAuthorEmsy5000
that's rubbish we are stealing all our guests pics
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CommentAuthorKerrylou
I'm glad I'm not overreacting to this one - I'm still really upset about it!!
I was thinking as a bit of a safeguard to get him to sign something saying that if he does bring his camera he's not allowed to use any of the shots for advertising or posting them on social networking sites (ie FB & myspace) and if any of the shots ARE used then he has to pay us £20 per picture used.
On the other hand it might become a case of "Sorry N, your invite got lost in the post" xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorKerrylou
ltw979 - I understand your Devil's Advocate bit but there's trying to make money because times are hard and taking the p!ss - he has a full time job and does make a fair bit of cash on his photography and he knows damn well how hard up me and Ross are at the moment. If we'd made an arrangement with him to take some pro shots then yes, we'd be happy to give him a bit of cash but he's invited as our guest and not in a professional capacity and that is why I'm so blinkin' annoyed!! xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorLittle Miss Bump
I'd univite him, he sounds like a cr@ppy friend, and i wouldn't want to spend any money on him (food/favours etc) to come to my wedding xx
CommentAuthorprincess_alicia
bloody-el what a cheeky sod!i would politely tell him to JOG ON! haha xxx
CommentAuthorpinkrobbers
LOL!!
Tell him you're happy to pay the £20 and as you are paying for him to be a wedding guest you will send him an invoice for his dinner.
CommentAuthormartha
You would so not expect that from a friend! I wouldn't even send him an invite after that!
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
I wouldn't be either. I can understand not getting the deposit back from the first guy but the second is taking the mickey big time. I wouldn't ask to be a guest just to make some money out of a friend.
CommentAuthorKerrylou
pmsl pinkrobbers - you managed to get me to smile over this so thank you :) xxx
I made a decision over this - I'm still going to invite him because I'm far too nice for my own good, but only to the evening do (as it's not costing us anything for the guests). I'm also going to ask my head usher to make sure he doesn't have a camera with him when he enters the venue and if he has then it'll be confiscated until he leaves.
It's true what they say - a wedding really DOES sort the wheat from the chaffe!! xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorltw979
Oh i completely understand where you're coming from. I'd be mad as hell and i do think he is taking the piss without a doubt! I was just putting both sides to the argument! I like your style with the invitation getting lost in the post!! Or simply say "feck off, you cheeky pig, you are no longer invited in any capacity!", lol. x
CommentAuthorKerrylou
I know you were ltw and I understood that's what you were doing (sorry, did I sound ranty at you? :S) Style is one thing I've DEFINITELY got hahaha xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorAtaraxia
Nice idea Kerry. Hopefully he'll leave the camera at home cause he won't be a happy bunny if he gets his camera taken away if he's milking his income from it haha :P
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CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
He isn't allowed to use them unless he has your consent in writing and you can sue his ass if he does.
CommentAuthorden1se
cheeky sh*t. id pop a little note in his evening invite stating due to exlusive pics no camera's allowed and if any camera's are spotted by the wedding party (ie ushers) then they'll be confiscated. then when he asks why other ppl have their camera's on the day just say they all offered their services for free lol.
CommentAuthorden1se
*exclusive not exlusive lol
CommentAuthorhaylsmccrone
what horrible friend. i agree with what den1se says, :)
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
What how can he say that. Sorry but martyns bro takes pictures for a hobby and we are thinking of having him take a few and we will give him some money but if we decide not to have him take pictures and just have the photographer i am sure he wont charge me for a picture. I cant believe the cheek of him. And charging you 850pounds so have 10 photos sorry digital camera 100 pictures would only cost you 30pounds(not saying you should have a digital camera for your wedding photos Well not all of them any way)
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CommentAuthorKerrylou
I know he can't xjox but I've seen him do it - on Facebook of all bl00dy places. He gets the shots, edits them and then posts them in an album, supposedly for the couple to see, but EVERYONE can see them, 2 seconds later it's followed by a status update inviting people to look, then 5 minutes later he's hawking his services for wedding photography. I just know he'd do that with ours *grrrr* xxx
I might just do that Den1se - chipper idea, ty :) xxx
Do you know what though Mrs Hall2B - I've got a Panasonic Lumix digital camera and reportage photography is my hobby, I've taken so many shots on it and once they've been tweaked on the basic windows programme you can't tell the difference between the pro shots I've got of me and the shots I've taken. To be honest these days the digi cams are pretty much on par with pro cameras and I really wouldn't mind if all my wedding pics were done on digi cams xxx
It's right what they say
"The course of true love never runs smoothly"
But if it had been easy then we wouldn't love each other as
much as we do right now - 1 week to go :D
CommentAuthorRoxy_Blade
All of my photos are being taken by my little brother on my digital camera. Mainly because we cant afford a photographer...
CommentAuthorMcDonnell Images
Sounds like if he does make a go of it he won't be in business long. Not a good way to start a professional career. If I were you I would email him, saying you don't want him to use any images from your wedding. Get a read receipt if you can. That way you have proof that he has been told. Doesn't sound like the sort of person you need as a friend!
CommentAuthorUnknown
that is very cheeky. doesnt sound like a friend to me
