Sucks, sounds to me like the guys didn't have a good way of keeping up with their memory cards.
I make it a point to never clear a memory card during the event until after I have written the files off to a DVD backup. But that is just me :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 5:22 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wedding Photographer Lost our pictures > > ..they shot digital...The memory card was empty when he went to get the > images off it...Joy and I have done some weddings ourselves, video not > photos, and how you could loose this stuff is eyond me. As to whomever > mentioned paying big bucks for guy then having his assistant show > up...We got a simular situation where we were paying for a particualr > person to shoot the wedding instead her husband and son showed up > instead. The guy was awesome with inanimate objects but with human > subjects,,,he left a bit to be desired for me. We got it cheap either > way though...but its up to us to print and color correct. He just took > the pictures and gave them to us on a CD.... > > Adam H > > On 7/11/05, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You know, I shoot weddings on occasion and luckily have never run into > these > > problems. > > > > We usually take around 1200 pics at a wedding, and make backups > throughout > > the day. To me it is hard to see how somebody could loose the pics. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:57 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Wedding Photographer Lost our pictures > > > > > > I know it's going to be little consolation, but a large chunk of our > > > wedding pics came out blurred :| > > > > > > We knew we were in for something when the photographer called and > > > asked if he and his boss could come over to the house to discuss the > > > pictures. > > > > > > I felt more bad than angry. Was hard to be angry when the > > > photographer was willing to do everything they could to make up for > > > the problem. They offered to essentially re-create the church scenes > > > (paying for tux rentals, flowers, etc). Unfortunately, we got married > > > in AZ (where I lived at the time, and my wife and in-laws are from), > > > but my relatives are from NJ and were obviously already long gone. > > > Most of my wife's relatives (except for parents) live in CA and were > > > also long gone. So most of the church pics are just of me, my wife, > > > and my in-laws. Plus, of course, we look at them and know that it's > > > not really our wedding :| > > > > > > Dunno. maybe hearing that similar stuff has happened to others will > > > help lessen the "why me?" aspect of it all :) > > > > > > On 7/8/05, Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Yep..thankfully not all of them but he lost a bunch of pictures > taken > > > > after the wedding. Mostly pictures that will be impossbile to ever > get > > > > again since it contained picutres of our extended family that live > > > > throughout the WORLD. Needless to say I am slightly irritated. He > also > > > > lost the picutres of me and Joy filling up the unity sand vase > thingy, > > > > its like a unity candle only instead of lighting a candle you pour 2 > > > > different colors of sand into a vase it looks much cooler on display > > > > than a candle :). > > > > > > > > Anyways sometime in the near future I will share the ones we DO > have. > > > > > > > > Adam H > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164292 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
