bluebanana763

No, nothing has been paid yet, because we have seen NO pictures. ( we asked her to send us ONE picture just so we knew something was happening, and this is when she decided to block our emails.) THis was set up more as a "im your sisters friend and i want experience... you are my friends sister, i'll give you a good deal" type agreement, and its just been more hassle than its worth.

lauren, the reason for the "pay you what we can afford" agreement was the fact that this was her first wedding, and she didnt know how much to charge. It was made more as a "pay me what you think i'm worth" type agreement than anything. and at this point, needless to say, that isnt much.

"Well, now it has been nearly 10 months, and we still have no sign of the pictures"

 

"Funny, it's usually the other way around!"

 

Are you referring to the fact that some people don't pay for the services provided by the photographer?

We do have an email from her also, stating that we would have copies of the pictures within 1 month of our wedding, that we would have 2 weeks to decide which ones we wanted, and that we would have our pictures within 1 month of that. I dont know if that holds up as a "contract" but it helps right?

Ok so this is our dilemma. We hired a photographer for our wedding, a friend of

our Sister. We didn't have any written contracts either way, we figured we

didn't need them. We verbally agreed on a "we will pay you whatever we can

afford" type of payment, to be paid after the pictures were delivered.

 

After four months of delay and excuses about broken computers and school work,

she wrote us a letter apologizing for the trouble and stated that "Once the

pictures are done, I will have them shipped to you along with the negatives,

and a letter stating that you have photocopy rights granted from the

photographer so you can have prints and duplicates made"

 

Well, now it has been nearly 10 months, and we still have no sign of the

pictures, and now she has taken to ignoring and blocking our emails.

 

Seeing how we had no actual contract at the beginning, does this letter she

sent mean anything, and what can we do to get these pictures?

 

Thanks,

Daniel & Lisa