allison_lanzer

Thanks for your replies! I figured that as photographers, perhaps you knew what I could do with contracts that weren't that specific...

We got married in July 2005. I found out the photographer wasn't trustworthy after the fact. Before the wedding, since he was recommended by my husband's uncle, I figured we were safe. Worst case, we can print the pictures from the CD he gave us. My bigger concern is the videographer, who filmed my sister in law's wedding a few years back with great results.

Hello, I stumbled across this site when looking for advice on how to handle

wedding photographers and videographers who don't deliver the final product.

If I'm in the wrong place, any advice would be welcome!

We married just over a year ago in Canada (we live in the US). Our

photographer was recommended by a relative, as was our videographer. For the

past 6 months at least, our photographer has been giving us the run around. He

provided us with CD's of our photos at "20% quality" a week after the wedding,

and proofs a year after the wedding. Three months ago, we gave him a list of

the photos we wanted in our album, parents' albums, etc.

We have tried calling him simply for a status update and he is avoiding our

calls. He lives with family and we speak to his relatives as opposed to him.

He is, we found out too late, notorious for this. I don't know if we'll ever

see our pictures. He is insisting on full payment before sending us our

albums. Yes, we have a contract, but I don't believe it covers anyone. It has

no terms for delivery by X date or in X days, months, years.

Same with the videographer, except he's worse. He doesn't answer the phone.

What can we do?

Thank you for any input!