Fix my Wedding…
Being a storefront studio on Boor street in Toronto we have the occasional walk in that is a bit off the wall But to be honest that is why we absolutely love this city. But there are times when a walk in becomes a problem and sometimes we cannot fix it. This week we had a couple walk and asking if we can “fix” their wedding images.
At first I thought that they wanted us to color correct and or add filters. Since instagram appeared everyone has a love Jones for filters. This coming from a person who loves instagram. However my assumption was wrong, as it usually is. What this couple meant be fix their images was to make it look like what we had on our walls. Not sure what they meant I asked for them to explain further.
They went on to mention how our wedding couples looked happy, excited and very much in love. In short they looked like they were having an awesome experience. Still a bit confused they showed me a few of their wedding images on their phones. Not a single smile among the 20 something images I glanced at. The problem was not the photography because it was very good. It was the expressions and or lack there of, and so I dug deeper.
Turns out they booked a larger studio with multiple photographers and did not meet their photographer until their wedding day. Not a good sign. It takes time to build a relationship and did not make a mistake you start to build a relationship with your photographer from day one. Most likely your first meeting. In short the only thing that could “fix” their wedding images was meeting their photographer earlier. When they tried to do so their schedules never worked out.
They acknowledged that they were not comfortable with the photographer and are a bit shy. Things that take time to work on and not the sometime 1 hour you have to work with a couple on their wedding day. This is not to put larger wedding photographers with multiple shooters down. I am pretty sure their are a large number of great places in which this is the case. But if they had met their photographer prior to their wedding this could have been avoided.
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