Take your camera and shove it up your ...
Ahem.
Cancelled the psycho photographer this morning after getting a confirmation email from the very, very nice new photographer we met with on Tuesday.
Here's hoping things work out ... pretty good deal with the new photographer, though - we get an "engagement" session (which ironically will be taken less than 1 month before our wedding), unlimited coverage pre and during ceremony, and reception coverage, and minimum 250 unmarked proofs, all for the same amount we were going to pay the original photographer.
So the only addition is GST and an album and some prints; hopefully we can get an inexpensive one. We lose getting the negatives (the original photographer was including them), but that's not the end of the world as we'll be getting a pretty good scanner down the road anyway, and her reprint prices are pretty good. (That and the fact that she does a lot of digital editing/smoothing/etc. of the photos. So with the negatives not having that, they have less value than they would have otherwise).
However, despite the fact that the new photographer works out to being a few hundred dollars more (especially if we don't get our deposit back from the psycho photographer), having peace of mind that we now have someone we can trust and really like doing the pictures, well, that's a pretty good tradeoff as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway. Do you think I was friendly enough in my email to the psycho photographer? (Catharina Mendonca from Cat's Eye Photography)
Catharina –
As Stephanie and I mentioned in a previous email, we are disappointed you will be unable to provide coverage in the late evening on October 10th, due to your secheduling conflict. We had been very much looking forward to having significant coverage at that time.
As such, we feel that it is best for all parties involved if we find another photographer who is be able to provide the coverage range which we require.
Because we were not made aware that you needed a quick response to our enquiry about reception coverage, and as such you made plans which conflicted with our evening ceremony and reception, it would be appreciated if you would refund our deposit (or at least a portion thereof).
So, in short -
Psycho photographer: bad & gone (whatever you do, do NOT hire this woman)
New photographer: good & hired Terry Gray Photography
Budget: Increased by a few hundred dollars
Overall sentiment: Happy, but give me back my money, bitch.
Cancelled the psycho photographer this morning after getting a confirmation email from the very, very nice new photographer we met with on Tuesday.
Here's hoping things work out ... pretty good deal with the new photographer, though - we get an "engagement" session (which ironically will be taken less than 1 month before our wedding), unlimited coverage pre and during ceremony, and reception coverage, and minimum 250 unmarked proofs, all for the same amount we were going to pay the original photographer.
So the only addition is GST and an album and some prints; hopefully we can get an inexpensive one. We lose getting the negatives (the original photographer was including them), but that's not the end of the world as we'll be getting a pretty good scanner down the road anyway, and her reprint prices are pretty good. (That and the fact that she does a lot of digital editing/smoothing/etc. of the photos. So with the negatives not having that, they have less value than they would have otherwise).
However, despite the fact that the new photographer works out to being a few hundred dollars more (especially if we don't get our deposit back from the psycho photographer), having peace of mind that we now have someone we can trust and really like doing the pictures, well, that's a pretty good tradeoff as far as I'm concerned.
Anyway. Do you think I was friendly enough in my email to the psycho photographer? (Catharina Mendonca from Cat's Eye Photography)
Catharina –
As Stephanie and I mentioned in a previous email, we are disappointed you will be unable to provide coverage in the late evening on October 10th, due to your secheduling conflict. We had been very much looking forward to having significant coverage at that time.
As such, we feel that it is best for all parties involved if we find another photographer who is be able to provide the coverage range which we require.
Because we were not made aware that you needed a quick response to our enquiry about reception coverage, and as such you made plans which conflicted with our evening ceremony and reception, it would be appreciated if you would refund our deposit (or at least a portion thereof).
So, in short -
Psycho photographer: bad & gone (whatever you do, do NOT hire this woman)
New photographer: good & hired Terry Gray Photography
Budget: Increased by a few hundred dollars
Overall sentiment: Happy, but give me back my money, bitch.
2 Comments:
yes. damn straight. hey bitch you betta have my monay!
i am in an odd mood this morning.
I concur, Catharina Mendonca has been a total bitch to me, too.
I would never recommend Cat's Eye Photography or Catharina Mendonca to anyone.
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