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Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ I feel this is the biggest decision of my wedding (more so than the resort or dress!) and I think I may lose my mind before its all over! I think i spent more time planning photography than anything else, too. it's so worth it though.

The other website was already there. I think that is his old site. studio i do looks like a new name for him. If you look through his blog you can see he hasn't been doing this long.

My friend suggested Pure Sleep, but I read mixed reviews online.

i see you already figured out how to make your emotion say "yeehaw." I leave mine on yeehaw most of the time

Quote: Originally Posted by ebredhawk stephanie, you should really be proud of yourself! i can't believe how controlled and matter of fact your responses were. i can't say i could have controlled myself the same way! also... here's a fun fact: if you google his studio now, this thread DOES show up. like you said, i hope it helps another bride to avoid the pain he has caused. woo hoo, i've been checking for google to pick this up.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ He replied ladies. And threatened Slander. they always do. please, people get the word right if youa re going to toss it around all the time! Quote: Originally Posted by ~Stephanie~ Stephanie, Sorry I came off rude to you! I hate the non-apology. It is not an apology!!! The market is tight and I am getting over shopped. We should have talked instead of email. Things always get lost in translation/ interpretation when written. It was very unprofessional of you to copy and past my email and put it on a forum and link it to my business name. unprofessional of YOU? You are not the professional here. One, it is not appropriate for me to devalue the market with doing events cheap or inexpensive it hurts the entire industry. Two, I photograph all walks of life, tall, skinny, same sex marriages, black, white and make them all look beautiful on their day. I don't see any of this on his site. I guess he will photograph all sorts of people, but won't clutter his gallery with the uglies. You were asking for best deal offers and bargain shopping. I am honest and up front. If I was to take the job for dirt cheap I had some requirements for portfolio building. This is not my desire to need a client to have a certain build and look. It is an unfortunate part of society that certain individuals generate interest ( why we have an industry called modeling ) and I was honest in letting you know that I was looking for a particular individual. For $k I can't loose 3 peak days of business. That is still too cheap to take on the job as a standard client. Best of luck with your wedding and future. Please take a breath and ask the individual that you have conflict with before slandering them. take a breath! like you lost your cool. he needs to take a breath before he sends out tacky emails. I would be very careful with the legality of what you just did and so bravely staked claim to! Bryce ***I responded to this reply last night with the following: Bryce, First off, I asked what you would charge me if I paid for travel, I never asked you to perform services for a certain price. You are the only photographer that had an issue with naming a price you felt comfortable with, nobody else felt the need to inquire about my looks or if I was having a "cheap" wedding. Second, I work for about 20 attorneys. I have not done anything slanderous to you as to slander is to speak falsely about another person, what you are accusing me of is libel. To be guilty of libel you have to print false statements about someone. I simply quoted the exact words you sent to me, and none of the statements were taken out of context, thus not false and not libel. As for the explanation you gave. It is not needed, the damage you have done to me is already there. Most women would like to see examples of wedding photos containing real women like themselves, not models. Regardless of your reasons you still crossed the line in the manner you choose to express yourself. I would be happy to quote your further explanation if you think that would help, but since I did not take anything out of context I'm sure my fellow brides will still be as upset as I am by the disturbing questions you presented to me. Please choose your words more carefully in the future, I would hate to see another bride subjected to the same distress. Please do not contact me again. Stephanie you go girl

Quote: Originally Posted by ikupoo Haaaa haaaa!!! If I were you, I would have replied... "What do you look like? I only prefer to be photographed by a super-fit, hot photographer who has enough experiences and clients under his belt" haha, that's great.

Quote: Originally Posted by ~*Kathy*~ "Wedding rates have a wide range (simple to elaborate). We strive to fit each clients needs for their real world budget. Please contact us for date availability and a quick quote." translation: "Wedding rates have a wide range (simple to elaborate) just as clients come in a wide range of sizes (fit to large). We strive to fit each clients needs for their real world budget, as long as they fit our needs for a hot bride that we can show off in our portfolio. If you are really hot, we’ll post your picture more than once. Even if it’s the same picture. Please contact us for date availability and a quick insult."

Quote: Originally Posted by hulaqt Thanks!!! Re: reception... There's so much wasted space - terrace outside of Bellavista and the terrace below Le Creperie...I wouldn't suggest a reception in the buffets. So, if you could - see if you can reserve the terrace outside of Bellavista - that's where we had our dinner and again - it was completely private and closed off to the public - our waiter, Eddie, was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also - it is quite muggy outside, but the view is breathtaking and you don't even care about the humidity! yeah, i was wishing we did ours on this terrace. it was so beautiful.

notice how he wants to do an engagement shoot before the couple books? wonder if he wants to check out the bride first and make sure she is hot enough.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB I totally agree that is VERY unprofessional. Ok I had a "shoe string" budget and I hired my photographer for 3.5 hours, and you would never have guessed my budget based on the amazing photos we received. And the way he approached how you look, is also very insulting. Photographers like this won't go far in the business. I'm sorry you had to deal with this, but I'm sure you will find an amazing photographer that fits your budget and will give you great photos in the end. :-) I was thinking the same thing. My wedding was a "shoe-string" wedding too, but it was beautiful. Doesn't take a lot of money to have a beautiful wedding when you have the beaches of mexico as a backdrop. I'd email him and say, "sorry, I'm probably too fat and ugly for you...but I'm loaded. I'll take my huge budget elsewhere." No really, I wouldn't say that. I'd probably just send a short email saying I thought he was very tacky. If it's too wordy he'll probably jsut think you are ultra sensitive. Someone needs to get it through his head. Well, maybe you don't want to teach him it was out of line because then he will just mask his shallowness in emails. let him dig himself a hole.

Mine was cheap. It was just a bunch of us girls hanging out at a friend's house. Some girls brought drinks & snacks. I don't think anyone spent over $20 & we had a lot of fun. I'm always happy that I have not been able to attend any of the expensive bachelorrette parties I've been invited too. I am not interested in spending $100 for a limo & expensive activities. There is always at least one person who doesn't chip in and someone gets stuck with a big bill. I think it's just too much hassle. I would rather just spend time with my friends without all the expense.

the limit is 20 people for having a reception in one of the restaurants. We were able to squeeze in a few extra people. Otherwise your reception would be in one of the buffet restaurants. I was very happy with our reception in the mexican restaurant. having the reception in the buffet restaurant wouldn't be idea, but it would work. The main cons are that you have to serve yourself and it's open air so it's a little muggy.

Quote: Originally Posted by BillysBride Something else I wanted to add; I think it is really unnecessarily rude NOT to take an individual bridesmaids financial circumstances into account when selecting a dress. I agree. So often people compare prices of the norm for a BM dress & assume that means it's acceptable to ask friends to spend so much money on a dress they probably don't even like. The most expensive clothing I have ever bought (by far) have been bridesmaid dresses. I've spent more on a single BM dress than I did on my wedding dress. So often they forget to consider alterations in the cost. I won't even get started on matching shoes... Quote: Originally Posted by purrfected Ok, I think I may be the cheapest bride thus far. I recycled! My 2 bridesmaids are wearing the dresses that we wore in my maid of honor's wedding 2 yrs ago. They are simple champagne colored tea length dresses that are sexy. I loved that dress. I gave the dress that I wore to my maid of honor and my other BM was in that wedding too, so she is getting to wear her dress for the 2nd time!!! I bought their shoes and jewelry and am going to pay for our spa treatments the morning of the wedding. My friend is a makeup artist and her gift is to do all of our makeup! (One less expense, I told u guys I was a cheap bride!) I don't think there is anything wrong with paying for your BM's dresses if you have the extra money, but I don't think that most people expect it. I do think that it is a nice gesture in this economy to try to be somewhat conservative and not expect the wedding party to go into debt. Just my opinion.... My friend did the recycled dresses. I loved her for it. I understand that not everyone can afford to buy $100+ dresses for their entire bridal party. But, it doesn't have to stop people from still giving the bridal party a break. Get creative & look at other possibilities. We had fun rewearing the dresses. We recreated some pictures from the first wedding. Quote: Originally Posted by jawedding hmmm.. I'm thinking that maybe I should be contributing.. I am getting my girls gifts (worth close to $150 each).. if you were a BM.. would you rather have your dress paid for or recieve a gift? bah I don't know what to do! I'd much rather get the dress than a big gift. My favorite BM gift ever was a photo album with funny pictures of us together. We laughed so hard flipping through the album together at the rehersal dinner.

photobucket does that a lot. I really like the one with the mirror although I think her tag is showing. Do you know how to clone something out in photoshop? It can't hurt to give DIY pics a shot. If you aren't happy with them, you can always hire a pro to do it later. With things like boudoir pictures, engagement pictures, etc you can always reshoot. I would not suggest DIY wedding pictures because there is no chance for a redo. I'd be very careful with hiring a boudoir photographer off craigslist. It would be devistating to have your pictures end up on a porn site or in a magazine. I personally wouldn't be comfortable doing a BD session that is a portfolio builder for someone if they planned on using the pictures for advertising. I wanted to be very selective of how my pictures were displayed. I went to a photographer with a lot of boudoir experience. She had all of the bases covered for privacy. The images were hosted in a secure online gallery that was password protected. In my model release I got to pick what I am comfortable with. I opted for my pictures to be shared via an ipod touch with other women interested in booking a session. They will not be posted on facebook or printed on advertisements. There was also the option to not have my pictures shared at all, but i was comfortable with other women who are thinking about booking seeing them. Retouching is a big part of making BD pictures look great. The previous DIY pictures look really nice, but that girl does look pretty flawless. I don't think my pictures were airbrused a bunch, but the processing done on them was really flattering. Lighting is important too. A room with a large window where you can let in a lot of natural light helps. if you are using a point & shoot camera, set it to portrait mode. I found cute outfits at target, jc penney & kohls. They were inexpensive and I really liked them.

I was worried about just being "in the book." But, when I got there sure enough I saw the book & I was in it. It's such a simple little book, too. I think I emailed to confirm everything was still "in the book" a month before the wedding. I just had this uneasy feeling about not having a receipt. I was also the first catalonia bride on the forum & didn't do a site visit.

Quote: Originally Posted by koolatta Morgan how do you put the links to the thread in a message...I am so clueless..lol just copy & paste the url that you see at the top of your browser.

Quote: Originally Posted by Scubadiva Thank you! That was some great advice~ Since the day after posting this I just shrugged my shoulders and was like o'well. I moved on. If my FMIL and FSIL can come great if not its not the end of the world. I know they both wanted to be a part of this however its understandable. I think they are ok with not being able to go now too. I told them Ill try and take pics if I can and if I cant decide on a couple of dresses Ill bring them back for their opinions. good, i think this is the best way to handle stuff like this. you could always go back with them later to try on the favorites if you are having trouble deciding between a few. I think we all start off trying to please everyone with the wedding stuff & it starts to ruin the joy of planning a wedding. I know I was so worried about what i thought everyone wanted from me that it was really draining. I finally decided that as long as my intentions are good, everyone sensible will be happy. Some people will always find something to be pissed off about.

hotel photographer ? ? I don't care for what they do. Too much flash & cheesy poses. Also, the stuff in their gallery should be their best stuff. You don't really know who you are going to get & if they are even as good as what is shown in the gallery.

Wow, that price is not bad. I edited my own video & it was a PITA!!! I still need to redo it to get it the way I want. I had to do a quick job before our AHR. I pulled out my reference book this weekend to get back to work on video editing. I want to take our childhood videos & chop them down to something watchable.

Quote: Originally Posted by jennie.lewis hi morgan, I love your planning thread! i see you live in durham, nc, so do i. we're planning our may 7th, 2010 wedding at The Royal in Playa del carmen. I love your welcome brochure. do you have a template you used? did you do it yourself? I posted my welcome brochure template, but it is not easy to do. it was hard to make a template for it. I made it in such a round about way, because i really wasn't sure how to put it together. I'm happy to see someone else from durham on here. A few girls joined from durham but never posted after their first few posts.

i think it helps to just write without censoring yourself. When you start to overthink it you get writters block. So just grab a pen & scribble it all down. Then take a break from it and come back later to do the editing. often i'll think what I'm writting is really cheesy, but when i come back to it I'll often like it. For the last MOH speach I gave I started with saying how I knew the bride. i figured the people who don't know me would be thinking "who's this young lady up there talking about <bride>?" After saying a little about our friendship I said something about how when you have a friend like that who you care so much about you want to see them happy & <grooms name> makes her happy. Then i said something about their relationship & wanting to toast at their 50th anniversary. Then I clinged the microphone to all the champagne glasses instead of clinging my glass. oops Keep it short & sweet. people want to get to drinking & dancing.

i bought mikes at stainless steel jewelry depot. they only have titanium & stainless steel now. they have them on overstock for around $20. I bought 2 so he has an option of sizes. I agree with what was said that if you work with your hands you shouldn't wear any ring. gold & platinum can be crushed into your hand which can be a lot worse than not being able tog et a ring off.

If your hand gets smashed wearing a gold ring it can bend & crush into your finger. So it's not like any ring is safe in an accident. People who work in factories & plants are usually not allowed to wear rings for this reason. People have called ERs to confirm they can cut off a tungsten band. Jewlers would have a reason to discourage people from buying tungsten & titanium. They are industrial metals so they are much cheaper than gold & platinum. but, they have many advanatages & make a great ring. They just happen to be cheap. I got my husbad's for around $8 online. jewlery stores mark them up a lot because people are already expecting to spend over $100 on the band. There is no reason to. It's a cheap metal.

Does he already have a passport?