I want to start by saying we had an incredible wedding photographer whom we love dearly! She is super talented and took amazing engagement photos and is just so kind. However, we aren’t as in love with our wedding album itself. She had 2 assistant photographers at our wedding, so there had to be a lot of photos from our day, but I was confused by some of the photos our she chose (or didn't choose) to include in the album.
Full disclaimer: I am probably a little more sensitive because we had an entirely outdoor wedding on a 95 degree + sunny day and my curls fell out immediately after first look and my makeup didn't stay as fresh, so I look very sweaty for pretty much the remainder of the day and I'm truly very disappointed that I didn't look my best. Even for someone who didn't dream about her wedding for eons, I did imagine I would look the nicest I've ever looked, and I wouldn't have liked my wedding look even on a normal day, let alone the most photographed day of my life.
My photographer can't do anything about that. Here's what I'm wondering if she can do anything about...
We only received one photo of me/my husband + my family, and one photo with us + his family (and his sister is looking at the wrong camera in it!). These will likely become holiday cards so it would be nice if there was more than one to choose from.
Also, there are several photos that are not just "meh" but are like truly some of the most unflattering photos of me ever taken (I am on the smaller side, but there are two photos where I have like 10 chins because I'm laughing hard and my mom even admitted they were the worst photos of me she's ever seen). I don't really want friends and family passing those around when they see the gallery -- can I ask her to take them out? This, along with some other less than flattering photos of my husband and I mid-word during our first look, leads me to believe that she may not have chosen the photos I would have chosen for myself or my husband...
Lastly, there are one or two photos I would have loved if they had been cropped slightly differently (i.e. more zoomed out) but I'm not sure if it's okay to ask for that.
Our photography cost 2.5x the price of our venue, so is there a polite way for me to ask for more or different photos? Or do I just have to suck it up?
