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I'm working on making a functional template. The one I made originally was too hard for people to figure out. I didn't use photoshop much back then so I made it in a very round about way. So I'm looking for a few template guinea pigs. Someone who would want to make a brochure soon, but not in a hurry needing the thing done ASAP. You can test out my new template (work in progress) and we'll see if it's functional. PM me if you are interested & I'll post here when I have enough volunteers.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host really, he didnt like EM's pics? weird My thoughts, too. Who doesn't love bright & beautiful?

I've heard of many people having an old camera turned into an infrared camera. That could be what he did & in that case you won't be able to do a lot with the images. I think they will look much nicer in B&W at least though & get rid of that brown/ mint green.

Quote: Originally Posted by Kits55 Morgan, you are too funny!! This had me laughing so hard! Yes, he is still planning on giving us a disc with unedited photos but because he used a filter on so many of them I'm not sure just how clean they will be! I feel that from the moment we hired him he's been all about getting great work for his portfolio and not about making the bride happy. I loved his passion, his years of work plus his degree in photography and I do think he does great work. I am at a loss now. I think I may just tell him that I'll still pay for his album but that I want our unedited photos and be done with him. I know a DIY album may not turn out as nicely as one from him but I refuse to use the gross ones with black water and weird dresses. You think the filter was on the lens? Not something done afterwards in photoshop? If he did it afterwards, he should still have the pre-photoshoped version that he can do clean processing on. Having your wedding treated like the top priority is to be a portfolio builder is pretty common when you work out a trade of travel for photography. I know it isn't the case with everyone. But, I definitly felt that way with my photographer. I felt like we had to do certain things to keep her happy. And when I'd suggest pictures I wanted to have, she'd rudely remind me that she wasn't making money off of my wedding. I still ended up with pictures I really loved, but I know I would have had a less stressful experience if I would have hired someone instead of making a trade. I also hired someone who's pictures I loved, but her style didn't suite us. I wasn't really interested in having a bunch of ultra-sexy shots. That is she style she likes. I felt like we just had to do those shots make her happy. I like them, but they aren't the ones I love or would put in my album. If I had to do agian, I'd find someone with a style that suites our personallities. That is just what I did for our anniversary photographer. I found someone that shoots couples being silly & having fun. Photography is such a hard thing to shop for because you don't realize what you wish you did until its too late. I've been meaning to do a post with some tips for picking a photographer. I think I'll work on that today.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tammy Host Can you ask for the unedited files? At one point he was giving them to her only with the purchase of an album. Actually, two albums. She was having to buy his studio album.

send him this

Oh my you were not kidding. That is horrid! He probably has photoshop actions to do these effects. You open the picture, press play & the action creates a look. Actions can be used tastefully to enhance a picture, but they are often overused to make things look terrible. The problem is, with only these files you can't really go back. The best option would be to turn these in to a nice black & white. Is he not giving you the disc of full color images anymore? Since nothing else on his site looked like this, I really think it's wrong that you were given images with these funky edits & he won't give you clean images now. I don't think they are artistic at all. They just look like someone got carried away with a new action set. I know when I first learned how to use actions I did some pretty horrible things to my images.

You can't take a B&W photo & bring back the color. You can possibly fix washed out. Can you post some?

on wikipedia there is a list of his dances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Da_Silva_(dancer)

I've also been in 9 weddings & only two of the girls came to mine. I didn't let it get to me. It's just not worth worrying about who is coming to a destination wedding or not. Just enjoy who is there.

I love dress one. I actually just bought a similar dress to wear on the beach for anniversary portraits. I can picture all 8 girls turned to the side holding their bouquets in the shoulderless arm gathered around you. I think it's super cute & your BMs sound really happy with it. also with dresses what we end up buying is usually so different than what we pictured.

Quote: Originally Posted by MrsSparrow2B Any help mods? I don't think anyone knows exactly how it works. But, really it doesn't matter. You don't need karma on the forum to do anything. It's just there, but as far as I know it doesn't change anything.

Keep looking. There is a lot of info on photographers on this forum & a lot of great local photographers in Mexico. I don't know of any in Cozumel, but plenty are in Playa Del Carmen & they could take the ferry across.

Quote: Originally Posted by bunnyfly Hi, I'm new to this site. I'm hoping to get married at the Catalonia May 2010. I'm just wondering were any of you worried about rain? I asked Elena what would happen if it rains on the day of the wedding, and she just said there is a tent set up on the beach, I already knew that. I haven't been to Mexico yet so I dont really know what the weather is like but when it rains does it rain all day? Were any of you given the option that you could change the day if it rains?? Thanks when it rains it rains really, really hard & then it's done. It's kind of fun. I doubt that is always the case, but that has always been my experience in Mexico & I've heard others say thats how it is there. It wouldn't be hard to wait out the storm & have the ceremony. All of our rains were like 10 intense minutes & then clear skys.

Quote: Originally Posted by act1980 Hi, Has anyone used Moments that matter photography? Their prices are so reasonable that I am skeptical about the quality of their work. Many thanks they are BDW members. Search their name & you'll find lots of info. I have only seen positive reviews.

Quote: Originally Posted by KimmyG You should think about opening an Etsy store to sell them online! I'd really like a white one if you're offering to make any extras of those?! The white on the top or bottom? I do have another white one like the one on the bottom. PM me if you are interested in it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I checked with some photographers here in Houston and they were more expensive than using a local photographer in Playa Del Carmen. I just have to look around more! Thanks again for the advice! It will vary a lot. Some people will want their regular fee + the cost of travel. If they already have destination wedding experience or are not looking to add them to their portfolio they will charge a lot more. Destination weddings are hard & take a lot of time so it makes sense for people to charge more. But, if they want the experience or DWs in their portfolio, some people will give you a great deal. I hired a photographer for only a little more than the cost of travel. many brides on the forum have. Check out the vendor section of the forum & PM some people who work you like.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di $3799 Funever + Claudia TTD $4750 Wedding + TTD (Claudia) including two day passes $120 extra if we have more than 35 guests to add them to the guest count. Both packages are for 8 hours. I could ask Claudia to customize her package to 6 hours then it would be only maybe $500 less. In our wedding package from our resort, we will get 24 free photos from Funever as well. Photo quality is very important to me! Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it. You can TOTALLY find someone great to fly in for that amount. It might even be less expensive or you will get a lot more photography. By the time you plan on a wedding & a trash the dress it's often makes sense to fly someone in. BDW has a lot of photographers you can check out. Or check with people in your area. many offer a discount for a destination wedding if it's something they are interested in doing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Lady_Di I am having a little bit dilemma...my guy has been working off and on this summer due to his job budget cuts so no constant income as now. I am planning to book Claudia Rodriguez's team for my wedding but I just saw photos from Funever photos that The Royal resort use for their weddings...Their pictures are not too bad...They are about $600 cheaper than Claudia but I would get more features out of Funever such as albums and etc. I reallly want to use Claudia but I would have to pay $200 for her and her partner for the day passes and would have to add them to the guest count. We are expecting around 30-40 people. We got a wedding package for 35 people. My issue is that i don't know if my guy will get a permanent job very soon. I have not made my deposit with Claudia yet. I was thinking of using the resort's photographer then use Claudia for our TTD. That would save us about 1k. I really want to use her for our wedding but don't want to put us in debt. Anyone use Funever and are happy with them?? Thanks so much! What would it cost you to hire funever for the wedding & claudia for the TTD? You might be able to fly someone in cheaper. If you are considering funever, find out who they would be sending to your wedding & ask to see an entire wedding from this person. Not every single picture, but a whole wedding story (like the slideshows people post). You want to know who you are getting & the quality you can expect.

Quote: Originally Posted by DreaP Has anyone had an experience with Ivan Luckie photography? Any info you could pass my way would be great! Thanks search his name on the forum & you'll find a thread.

Quote: Originally Posted by MarieSam so cool!! Morgan you kill me, you are a woman of endless ideas and creativity ~ you are the shiznit haha thanks. but, really it was my friend that suggested it. I just had to give it a shot. Her mom had them done for all the girls when they were kids. Back then it was someone tracing their image with a projector. I think it would be cool on a necklace. Kind of like a cameo.

My friend was saying this weekend she'd like a silhouette of her daughter, so I thought I'd give it a try. I started with a profile picture of her baby. In photoshop, I traced along the image with the pen tool. Then I filled the selection with black. I thought people might be interested in this idea of wedding stuff of baby shower gifts. A cute idea would be to stand apart holding hands & then silhouette that for a save the date. Next I'm going to try a friend's dog. I think that will be harder with the fur.

i really wish i had a mariachi band to play immediately after the ceremony. it's my only wedding regret. what about contacting some local restaurants & seeing if they can get you in contact with some musicians?

we used sinal tours now known as mayan landscape. If you search "sinal tours" on the forum you'll find my thread with all the info. I highly recommend them. Avoid Lomas at all costs. That company is sketchy.

Quote: Originally Posted by cdnvb9 ok i dont even know how i came to this thread and then ended up in a thread with a bunch of dressed up ferets.. but im dying. welcome to the club