I have been married for only 2 years...and here's what happened:
I searched for an awesome photographer. And I found one. I paid her a LOT of money to do our engagements, bridals, temple and reception pictures. I had had friends use her, and their pictures were INCREDIBLE so I wanted to hire her as well! My pictures...not so incredible. I feel like I got the shaft. I paid her a lot of money and I feel like she did not do anything close to her best work on our pictures. My bridals were pretty great, but our temple pictures and reception pictures...horrible. I feel like she half-assed her way through my wedding, but as she had already taken my pictures...obviously I had to pay her for them! Now I see more of her work, and it is flawless! What the?
Secondly...my hairdresser went out of town due to a family emergency (totally legit...I'm not complaining about her) the night before I got married and so my SISTER IN LAW who is a crappy hair dresser, did my hair and it was AWFUL!! Not to mention...I had my eyebrows waxed a few days ahead of time (which I do on a normal basis anyway) and the lady BURNED MY SKIN above my eyes!!!! So...needless to say, I look less than beautiful in my pictures.
My question is...would it be weird to have wedding pictures re-done? I really feel like we got screwed. I have found a very reputable photographer in Utah (I live in Idaho) and have given thought to emailing her and asking what kind of rate she would give us for a shoot? Is that tacky? My husband always says: "Oh honey stop it, you look amazing. Our pictures are fine!" But I am JUST. NOT. SATISFIED. and I have to look at these pictures for the rest of my life!!!
What do you think?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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I say go for it. It is obviously bothering you alot. I would do it now before you get any older or have babies or too much changes. I don't think you will regret it. I wish I could do my bridals over and I have been married for 7 years!
I have a photographer friend who specifically does "femininity shoots" and markets them partly for this very scenario...people who didn't like their bridals. She also does really fun couples shoots, and loves doing them for couples who haven't had pictures of just them taken since they got married, especially if that was more than five years ago. Absolutely go for it, if you can afford it.
If you're so worried about having super awesome pictures of you and your husband, then I guess go ahead. But I think it would be lame if you tried to pass them off as your wedding pics. Like if you take them in your wedding clothes, at the temple, and hang them in your house as if they're the real deal. It's not like you'll be fooling yourself, or anyone else, into feeling like they're really looking at your wedding photos. Personally I've never understood the hype about wedding photos. Sure, it was an important day of your life. But it was ONE day, and who wants to see 800 pictures of themself in the same (or a couple) outfit, at the same (or a couple) place, on the same (or a couple) day? I'd much rather have 800 pictures of 800 different awesome days in my life. And bridals are the worst! I think that's SO tacky to have a bunch of pictures of yourself all over your house, or a whole album full of them. Puke!
I think it would be incredibly silly to get all dressed up in your wedding clothes and PRETEND that it is your wedding day. You will get over it over time. In the scheme of things, less than perfect pictures is no big deal.
I think it is a waste of money, and like some others said, it's not the real deal. The pictures you have now have such a great story to them (someday you will be able to laugh, or at least your kids will)! Renew your vows or something at the 10 year mark, and get pictures then.
i'd have to say it sounds pretty silly to redo your wedding photos 2 years later. at least for me i think it's weird to have "wedding" pictures displayed that aren't truly from your wedding. it's kind of like they are fakes. maybe if it was right after but it's been 2 years!! you have to have changed somewhat in 2 years! i'd say have nice pictures taken of you and your husband now!
I don't have any pictures from our wedding hung up on our walls anymore. We do have an album but it's more for the memories of our wedding day.. not super nice pictures. I think down the road you would feel kind of foolish looking at an album full of fake wedding pictures that you spent a lot of money on.
Can you actually even fit into your wedding dress still? A lot of women can't after even just a few months.
Now that I re-read your original post, I have to agree that I wouldn't make the shoot look like your wedding day. But definitely do a femininity shoot or get new pictures with your husband.
Sorry sorry sorry! I didn't mean like...dressed up in wedding attire and going to the temple and stuff..SORRY! I said "wedding pictures" and I was talking about my wedding day but I should have specified what I meant.
I meant doing like a "couples shoot" type deal...just me and my husband. But I wonder if that is a weird thing to do because we don't have kids...so they really wouldn't be "family pictures" ya know? So they'd be like new engagements...only we're married. Ya know? I guess I just don't know if people do that sort of thing...
and PS. though its irrelevant.. YES I can fit into my wedding dress. YAHOO!
Whats wrong with getting dressed up and taking pictures again? If you still look almost the same (you cant have changed TOO MUCH in 2 years if you dont have kids yet) and can afford it...why not?
But I would say do like..downtown shots and stuff. Nothing at the temple to make it look like it was really your wedding day. Thats kinda weird.
But like a couples shoot in your wedding stuff would be fine. We shot ours when we got home from our honeymoon...I don't see the difference?????
OOOHHH, okay! I think couples shots would be great! Just no "re-do" of the actual wedding pictures! lol
Sorry...I definitely didn't say what I was thinking correctly.
1:12 here again. that's funny. yes i think you should definitely get nice pictures with your husband! there's nothing weird about it without kids! it's still your family and it's always fun to see the change over the years!
I am glad you aren't really thinking about getting back in your wedding clothes and re-shooting those pictures! Haha
I think a couple shoot would be totally fun and great to do. We have a couple that we're friends with that do it every year.
I also had a neighbor really re-do her wedding pics, at the temple, etc. I thought it was odd and goofy, but it made her happy and who does it really hurt? I'm too obsessive to have it work for me, I'd know it wasn't really what I was trying to pass it off as.
I would re-do almost every aspect of my wedding, not to mention Prom, the way I looked pregnant, and every other event. It doesn't mean I'm going to go back and pretend like it's that day and get better pictures done. These pictures are part of you and your family history now, I promise nobody else cares, so you should just get over it.
My husband and I have scarce to none pictures of just the two of us. We didn't even purchase a camera until our first child was around 8 months old. So all our pictures are of the kids. I recently asked my photographer friend to take some shots of my husband and I. I think there's nothing wrong with having pictures done. I love photography and looking at pictures. Why else would the phrase 'A pictures worth a thousand words' be so popular? If you don't like the words that come to mind with your wedding pictures, get some pictures that bring to mind glorious memories of you two. I am all for it!
I do photography and when I do a couples pictures I actually make them do their wedding pictures 2 weeks before they are married. (to ensure everything turned out perfect) so when their wedding comes we focus on family pictures and any others they want so they don't have to spend ALL DAY taking pictures and it's a no stress day. To me what you say makes perfect sense, because how are people going to know that it was your actual wedding pictures or not? I say do it.
9:20 that's exactly what my photographer did. which was a really great idea because we didn't have to rush getting temple pictures printed off for the reception...
My husband and I have a few couple pictures, and what I did was framed the one I really liked and One of my Parents when they were younger, and I put them on a little end table together.
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