Wedding Photographers, do you return all exposures to couples?

Zookeeper · 3rd June 2003

Just wanted to check this out. For those of you who do wedding shoots, do you return ALL exposures to the couple, or do you reserve the right not to give certain shots which you are personally not satisfied with? (e.g. mild handshake, blocked by passer-bys etc?)

This is given that the minimum agreed no. of exposures has been delivered already.

What's the norm?

ckiang · 3rd June 2003

I return all negs but remove bad pics from the final deliverables.

Regards
CK

espn · 3rd June 2003

I keep a copy of the files and censor those CMIs and then pass everything on CDR(s) to the couple.

scanner · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by ckiang
I return all negs but remove bad pics from the final deliverables.

Regards
CK

If that is the case, there shold be a min. no. prints, you will promise to deliver right?

If for example, for every roll of shots you took, there were 5 to 6 exposures which turns out bad. Do you only return 31-32 prints/roll to the client?

lavenderlilz · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by scanner
If that is the case, there shold be a min. no. prints, you will promise to deliver right?

I have yet to see this happen from any wedding photographer so far ...

ckiang · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by scanner
If that is the case, there shold be a min. no. prints, you will promise to deliver right?

If for example, for every roll of shots you took, there were 5 to 6 exposures which turns out bad. Do you only return 31-32 prints/roll to the client?

If my failure rate so high, then liao already.

But so far I only do for friends, only recently I have started to try to do freelance. Usually I just quote by roll. Usually I don't think the clients will go count the prints.... but I usually don't have that high a failure rate.

Regards
CK

Zookeeper · 3rd June 2003

Interesting! Thanks for the feedback so far.

I have different encounters for my own wedding and my friends' weddings.

One friend's photographer returned all negatives (film) and delivered only good prints. (like CKiang does.)

While another delivered only softcopy high-res for the successful shots which he also printed.

For my own wedding my photographer printed only selected shots, returned more softcopy high-res, but looking at the file numbers, I knew it wasn't all either.

So, I started wondering which is the norm? Coz I'm starting to take wedding pix for couples too, so I want to know.

Zookeeper · 3rd June 2003

Btw, what are CMI's?

ckiang · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by Zookeeper
Interesting! Thanks for the feedback so far.

I have different encounters for my own wedding and my friends' weddings.

One friend's photographer returned all negatives (film) and delivered only good prints. (like CKiang does.)

While another delivered only softcopy high-res for the successful shots which he also printed.

For my own wedding my photographer printed only selected shots, returned more softcopy high-res, but looking at the file numbers, I knew it wasn't all either.

So, I started wondering which is the norm? Coz I'm starting to take wedding pix for couples too, so I want to know.

Set your own standards.

You can even deliver mid-low res CD + prints if you so wish...

Regards
CK

Larry · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by espn
I keep a copy of the files and censor those CMIs and then pass everything on CDR(s) to the couple.

me too... i refuse to give final negs on the basis of quality control. had bad experience before where the client went to develop extras @ some auntie store and they look like crap, and then questioned me. so for the sake of my own reputation, i insist that future prints are done by me (gives me a chance to earn a few more cents too hahahah).

3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by Larry
me too... i refuse to give final negs on the basis of quality control. had bad experience before where the client went to develop extras @ some auntie store and they look like crap, and then questioned me. so for the sake of my own reputation, i insist that future prints are done by me (gives me a chance to earn a few more cents too hahahah).

Agreed! I got this bad experience too. I used to use Fujifilm NPH400 and solely develop at Colorlab. My client also went to some auntie shop and ended up with color cast photos and blamed me for the spoilt negatives. Apparently the shop assistant blamed that the photographer spolit the negatives and claimed that his machine was prefectly alright! Crap!!!

Anyway now that I'm using digital, I usually give my clients the "good" photos in CD format.

jOhO · 3rd June 2003

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Originally posted by Zookeeper
Btw, what are CMI's?

cannot make it's

Belle&Sebastain · 4th June 2003

on digital its easy, i load everything on the computer and screen for bad shots, delated them and voile!

3rd June 2003	#1
Zookeeper Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 760	Wedding Photographers, do you return all exposures to couples? Just wanted to check this out. For those of you who do wedding shoots, do you return ALL exposures to the couple, or do you reserve the right not to give certain shots which you are personally not satisfied with? (e.g. mild handshake, blocked by passer-bys etc?) This is given that the minimum agreed no. of exposures has been delivered already. What's the norm?

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ckiang Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,597	I return all negs but remove bad pics from the final deliverables. Regards CK

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espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	I keep a copy of the files and censor those CMIs and then pass everything on CDR(s) to the couple.

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Belle&Sebastain Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: here Posts: 3,752	on digital its easy, i load everything on the computer and screen for bad shots, delated them and voile!