Yes, spare a thought for poor Thomas and Anneka Geary, who handed over £750 to Westgate photography in Warwick to cover their wedding at at Dunchurch Park Hotel, near Rugby.
The result? Out of focus shots, the backs of guests' heads, stray children and not a single photograph of the groom's parents. We know. Horrific.
"It was an utter shambles. Just about every shot was wrong," the bride tells the Daily Telegraph. Adds the groom: "All we wanted was one picture to put in a frame of our wedding day but there is not a single one we can use."
Westgate Photography have since apologised for the photos... and gone bust. Oh dear. There's nothing like a fairytale happy ending, is there?
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KeN61
Seems I touched a nerve, would have read on but YAWN! 14 national awards, cause they can't be bought can they? I've sold a host of my photography through exhibitions and I've got a full order book, but hey I only use digital!
KeN61 - You're obviously annoyed by your own statement in regard to burning and dodging being used for film and making yourself look the inexperienced prat you are. Yes it's obvious you're digital, shame you still don't know what dodging and burning is, even in Photoshop which says a lot for your digital knowledge as well.
The only thing greater than your lack of knowledge of photography Mr Digital is your arrogance.
chas9876: KeN61 Seems I touched a nerve, would have read on
Yes many of those shots could be rescued ..out of focus and missed shots, no.. I`m an ameteur and half the fun of taking pics at a regular East London jam is seeing results.. all `grabs` as someone put it and yes.. hundreds to get quite a few right.. its always been the only way. Fashion..pro.. whatever. SO many people `huffing` about Huff Post.. its not good, but while aol/uk is using it.. are they taking notice.. most media these days aimed at 14-22... WHAT about the rest of us...
Keeft: Yes many of those shots could be rescued ..out of
the viewing of these terrible photo's was ruined by the huffington post adverts down the side which cut off half the photos almost as bad as the photographers attention to detail isnt it
stuartgeorge: the viewing of these terrible photo's was ruined by the
What utter rubbish!! I've just attended a 2 hour children's party and have taken over 500 photos and approximately 250 of those are rubbish, out of focus, blurry, out of shot etc.... The other 250 are near on perfect with the occasional 'head or arm in the way, but with modern photo editing software, I will be able to remove them without any bother.
I cant see how it is the photographers fault that there is a child running through the shot or a model bike in the background when he or she is under pressure to take the photographs in a limited amount of time before the next wedding comes in!
I can virtually guarantee that at an event such as this, the photographer would have taken in excess of 1000 photographs and these were probably the rubbish he was discarding and not the photos that would be passed onto the happy couple.
pookspoons: What utter rubbish!! I've just attended a 2 hour children's
Oh for gods sake, apart from the out of focus shots the others were what really happened and not staged. Who wants a load of cheesy photos where everyone looks like stuffed dummies. Get a life and get on with it. Surely the group photo on the steps only needs the bottom removing to make a great photo. A lot worse could have happened (as did at my wedding) so thank your lucky stars the photos were your only gripe.
Biker_girl: Oh for gods sake, apart from the out of focus
Don't think many people would pay £750 for one group shot (which has been staged) and a load of "creative" grab shots - the couple clearly wanted a tradional approach as do 95% of people getting married. £750 is relatively cheap - they got what they paid for...
arnopp: Don't think many people would pay £750 for one group
A lot of wedding photography companies tent to have a pool of photographers (not neccesarily "professional") that they call on in the area as they can't possibly cover more than one wedding at a time when you think that the photographer has to be at the house before the wedding through to the reception. At least if you are using digital you can check if there are any errors. This looks like the work of someone very inexperienced - slow shutter speeds, no fill-in flash, no sense of the final image...
arnopp: A lot of wedding photography companies tent to have a
actually the photographs are not as bad as most of the stupid things people report on and call news..really andrea find something worth while writing about..
TMG: actually the photographs are not as bad as most of
I could VERY easily take a first time slr user, put a camera in his or her hands take them to the side and have them turning out SUPER wedding photographs in a matter of a few hours.
The word professional photographer is nothing more than words ... I could pick up a camera and take a set of pictures better than any photographer in lets say for the fun of it a 100 mile radius.
A ten year old can take digital photographs and pop them in photoshop and they are auto corrected .. anyone can do it.
Alexander_Whyte: I could VERY easily take a first time slr user,
Alexander I will take your challenge with my step daughter who is Special needs and i bet she would knock spots off of you.
Yes the words professional photographer mean nothing except that most of them have either degrees or diplomas. I have been pro for many years and have possibly earnt as much or more for one photo than you earn per week.Have been published in the USA and South africs as well as here in UK
Thea_hilliard: Alexander I will take your challenge with my step daughter
Correct - to a degree! A lot of these pictures could not be rescued in Photoshop and this is the problem by a lot of todays snapshot digital photographers! They think the PC can rescue their crap! Some are through laziness in editing, (boys head in bottom picture could of been removed) some are beyond help, (blur caused by severe camera shake due to wrong shutter speed -photographers fault-cannot be corrected) But most of what of what you say is correct.
People think "professional" means good when it all it means is they charge money for it!
chas9876: Correct - to a degree! A lot of these pictures
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The Huffington Post UK | By Andrea Mann Posted: 20/04/2012 16:37 Updated: 20/04/2012 16:37