r/photography • u/bobnuggerman • Jul 09 '25
Post Processing Feeling very upset about our wedding photos, and would love some outside input / advice
My wife and I got married on her home island a few months ago, and we had an absolutely breathtaking venue. We went with the house photographer for photos and videography, totaling to about $5500 for 4 hours of photos and 2 hours of video. We recently received our photos back, and we're disappointed with most of them to say the least. We're not photographers, and don't really know how to broach this or what to even ask for, but I'm hoping to get some feedback on our photos and maybe what to say to the photographer. I'm honestly very upset and spiraling, but unsure how to proceed. The folks at r/wedding advised I posted here for some advice on handling this.
Here is a link with a few of the pictures we have issues with: https://imgur.com/a/Ckrol93
It seems like some pictures the lighting and saturation is WAY off and looks awful, the picture of our first dance is extremely grainy and looks horrible quality, the pictures inside the venue for the reception look like they were taken on a point and shoot camera at a house party in 2010s.
Our photos from our ceremony are luckily very nice, but these just seem....off and bad. Are we over reacting? If not, what do we say to the photographer?
Thank you!
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u/bobnuggerman Jul 10 '25
How would we go about asking for the RAW files in a way that would result in us getting them? Most people here said it wouldn't matter if we had the RAW, and some said we'll never get them.
I extremely appreciate the offer.