An acquaintance of mine stopped me recently and told me how her daughter had her wedding in Tampa last year and got the disc of digital negatives from her photographer. This is very common these days. She also said how terrible she looked when they looked at the images. She said she did not remember looking that bad! I assured her that most likely it was not her or anyone else at the wedding, but the problem with the product she was looking at. A digital negative is just that. A negative. There has been no artwork done on the image, no retouching done on the skin to remove fine lines, wrinkles or blemishes. This is very normal; however, you as the consumer should be educated about this. Some photographers will also give very large files, thinking that this is what the client wants. In most instances this is a mistake. Your computer is not usually set up to handle all this extra file information if all you want to do is print up to an 8×10.
She also told me after more than a year, her daughter has no wedding photography album.
This is why in all my current wedding photography packages I include an album. You should not have to put this together or design it or have to do the research to find a quality supplier of wedding albums. That really is the job of the professional. Designing a wedding album is hard work! It takes not only a great deal of time and technical knowledge, but also artistic ability to create a finished quality wedding photo album. Also, in the album, all the wedding portraits that are your favorite should be retouched. Do you as a consumer really know how to do this? Do you want to take the time to do it? This job can be overwhelming. Please go with a professional wedding photographer that provides full service from start to finish. Contact me to discuss your wedding photography today. 727-787-9655
