ive just read that post. cant believe how rude he/she was!!

I know, it's disgusting and it really annoyed me. I really dislike judgemental people

sijen i used to live in anfield... on dacy rd...then moved to walton then moved to scottie hahaha (classy!!!!)... the scum paper as far as im concerned is scum lol

omg just read it!!.....but where the fook and who the fook would spend 20k on wedding equipment?? my mum has bween a wedding photographer for 30 years and she still works with the SLR cameras rather than digital....she doesnt need any fancy pants stuff (no offence to those lovely photographers out there that do have this kinda equipment lol) she started off with the basic stuff and has much and such the same....she's a fab photographer (not just sayin this cause im bias) but she's never had one complaint other than 2 very nasty people who were insulting her work when she was doing the best she could do with the situation!!!

gahhhhhhhhhhhh lol

have they closed it cos i had something too add .... my first photographer cost me £2.5k and her service was appauling...... and i mean appauling so much so i cancelled her with a loss of 500 quid i did start a thread about it before.... arrrghhh really wanted to give her a piece of my mind

Yeah it's been closed. I'm shocked that "so say" a photographer has posted the thread somewhere for other photographers to see!

Surely they should understand pretty much every bride is on a budget? And aren't all going to be able to afford to spend loads. They should understand there will be people who are going to have a rant about it!

I don't think my photographer is going to be crap because he isn't charging the usual. He doesn't need to charge a fortune, it's not his main income.

Everyone is different and it's really bugged me to think photographers are moaning about us brides for not wanting to pay there mental fee's

Ohhhh I just read it too and its a shame that they cant spell "Under £1500 is cheep"
It actually gave me a laugh 20k for equipment - nah dont think so, and trust me, self emp photographers, make a mint with creative accounting.
Can you imagine booking someone like that????? Shocking!!!

In fact I praise that post and think that all Brides should read it. Now I am DEFO meeting potential photographers as I was just gonna pick one from looking at the photos.

I hear you Melody!

I wouldn't say that they're unreasonable in saying that their equipment costs around £20k. The cameras most good photographers use will be at least £1500 just for the body (they need at least two, in case one breaks). Then they have multiple lenses which cost hundreds and head up into the thousands for some. Then they have flashes, other lighting set-ups, a high spec PC and all the photo editing software (another few grand). Add to that training to keep improving their skills, membership of professional bodies, advertising, insurance and even coffees while schmoozing potential clients.

You wouldn't ask a high school kid on minimum wage to fight your case in court, or if you did you'd deserve the results you get; why should a photographer have to get by on less than minimum wage because you think that their art is enough reward?

Sure you can get someone to do your photography really cheap, but you won't get a full time professional photographer who doesn't have another job.

My few friends who are starting out doing wedding photography are still working in full time jobs on top of doing weddings some weekends. They still lose a lot of money in keeping their equipment and training up to date. My partner is a keen amateur photographer and even with buying his equipment from Hong Kong he's spent well over £5k on cameras, lenses, lighting and accessories over the course of about five years.

I just get really fed up with all the rants about how overpriced any photographer charging over £300 is.

I for one have not had a rant about how expensive they are, I don't have a budget for photography but I found I didn't need to pay a lot as I come across a photographer with reasonable prices, £860, who's work is just as good as anyone else's.

I understand why they have to charge what they do charge but I don't understand why they think some people aren't going to moan about the prices and when they do it's wrong and they are rude to people.

I'm glad I'm not handing my money over to someone like that

I would be happy to pay up to £1500. What I think needs doing is a "bride" friendly registered body (aware that this may put up prices) I just think that there is just no consistancy of packages and prices so if becomes difficult to compare.

LOL - cheers hahahahahah

and on a different note why are pretty shoes so bloody high these days.. I want to be able to walk without getting nosebleed lol :-( I hate shoe shopping

There are a few photographers bodies that you can search to see if your photographer is registered and qualified and there are varying levels of qualifications. Expensive equipment isn't the be all and end all but there is only so much you can do with a cheap digicam, no matter how much skill you have.

I have seen some who are really expensive and I personally don't like (like the Yerburys) but other people love them and they're said by many other photographers to be worth every penny.

melody i had that problem!!!! I wanted nice shoes but am 5'10" so couldnt get any high ones - also h2b is only 5'11" so he'd look short! I've ended up with some with a 6cm heel as thats the smallest i could find in a style i really liked...oh well, I'll just have to take them off for the photos or something :o) xx

ouch 6 hour drive hun:( hope u got a good mag and some sweeties :d

I am at the end of 'on' would that theory still work>?

I am doing the driving so I think my BM might complain about me reading a mag hehe about to go shopping after have sorted the car wanna cook a nice dinner for us all tonight

aww nice...i might be goin to a BBQ at the in laws on sunday for my bday on mon but not sure yet..thats about the extent of my weekend lol

Not really but I prefer things to match lol and I did have a look around to see if I could find something similar but no luck! x

I'm cheerful today but still knackered. I need to drink lots of water and eat lots of fairly healthy food today in the hopes I can survive the wedding tomorrow.

Why is it that I miss all the exciting stuff on here?

Awww bless hope it gets resolved ! Ummmmmm good news? I'm feeding a pheasant who has been sleeping in my garden coz he only got one eye bless lol think he had a fight with another one lol

just read that topic on photographers lol mines £1000 so is he rubbish hahah and wats wrong wiv shoppin at asda? and havin a mcd's?lol

i've done the asda mcd's trip becky so no prob here as far as i am concerned

bleh to gas man - they are annoying and never come when they say!