Everyone has a camera nowadays.  Even the humble mobile phone has the ability to capture very pleasing pictures  – outdoors on a nice sunny day, or even in the cold and  snow –   and many people rely on this or the new, big camera sported by a keen photographer friend, so anyone can take nice pictures nowadays… or can they?

If the person behind the lens understands the technology and is able to compose a good picture, and has experience of what sort of pictures a bride and groom wants, and has the dedication and knowledge to edit them properly he or she might get a few good daylight images.  What about poor weather conditions though?  I personally cringe when I see the pics shot by friends and family on Facebook, as they are almost always too dark, and usually pretty blurry, as well as just being a jumble of people all over the place. But at least they will have something and save a lot of money…? Depends if photos are important to you… or is it just the wedding dress and great day out and personal memories that count?

What happens though, if the person – or people – entrusted to take your wedding photos, duffs up?…  There are so many horror stories around, but this particular one has left the couple without any usable photos at all of their wedding day, and now the friend is no longer a friend!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159749/Bride-groom-left-snaps-wedding-day-photographer-lost-memory-card-boozy-brawl-couple-claim-said-sorry.html

If you don’t have time to follow that link, basically their photographer friend just put the memory card in his wallet, instead of downloading and backing up the pics, then lost it a week later when he couldn’t find his jacket with it in, after a pub visit, so they don’t have any wedding photos they can use now!

All that time spent planning a wedding day, paying for a beautiful wedding dress, flowers, and venue, yet nothing left to show for it once the food had been eaten… Such a shame!

“Oh I do sympathise, I made the same mistake! A friend offered to take our photos as a wedding present. He had done weddings before and showed us his photos, which were lovely. But on the day, without our knowledge, his camera broke so he borrowed one and couldn’t get it to work. He gave us the film undeveloped (I think he knew what was coming!) and when we got the film processed they were awful! We also had disposable cameras on the tables – which meant no-one used their own cameras so most of our wedding snaps are grainy poor quality snaps. I was in tears and sadly it did cause a rift with our friend. If we’d known the camera had broken we would have asked our friends to take as many photos as they could! We’ve been married for 7 happy years now and have one beautiful photo that we salvaged in pride of place in our living room, and I love it 🙂 Whenever anyone tells me they are getting married my one piece of advice is to invest in a good photographer.

– Helen, London, 16/6/2012 01:23″

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159749/Bride-groom-left-snaps-wedding-day-photographer-lost-memory-card-boozy-brawl-couple-claim-said-sorry.html#ixzz1yELBmDoY

Compare this first dance pic…

Mrs Sanderson, who lives in St Blazey, Cornwall, said: ‘I am absolutely gutted. We can’t even talk about the wedding now, the whole thing has left a bitter taste in our mouths’

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See literally hundreds of thousands of wedding pictures on Reel Life Photos website  or if in a hurry this one is quicker to view www.LeedsWeddingPhotographers.com and decide for yourself whether it is worth paying for a lovely experience and personal wedding photos of your whole day or if its not that important to you I understand you  why you would want to save money… but…

xx Elaine

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