Amanda Nippoldt Photography

nnected with this bride and sent her a very genuine apology because again, the past four years I had no clue there was an issue and was absolutely heartbroken to see this review. In terms of late arrival, I believe there is some miscommunication on this. My Collections include complimentary styling which is up to an hour of styling prior to my start time. Meaning my “arrival time” and “official start time” are different. Understandably this can cause some confusion, but I was “early” and had plenty of time to style her rings, shoes, dresses and we had a great time getting to know each other during the getting ready period. I have since given this bride insight into the frustration I felt as a wedding photographer trying to work with her videographers. I prep my clients before about their “wish list” and things they would like captured and work relentlessly to get them those images. I always introduce myself to the videographer team, ask them their preferences, how they like to communicate, and talked them through my process as a film photographer and I thought we were going to work great together. However, this team repeatedly stepped in front of my camera throughout the day, stepped in for posing, interrupted me, moved them to different locations and took over all of the portrait time for their video. In a balance to keep them on schedule, make sure a pregnant bridesmaid didn’t pass out in the heat and advocate for their wish list, I was curt with their team. I was frustrated with the lack of respect by the videographer constantly stepping in front of my camera (this is considered extremely rude in the event world) In fact, I did try to work with them with suggestions like divvying up groups with his team so we could make up for any delays and get the couple back on track. At points of this day, my second and I were standing with our cameras in our hands unable to shoot anything. We felt we needed to speak up and advocate for ourselves so the couple was not disappointed with the lack of images on our end. The stepping in front of my shots was so bad, I had an entire folder of shots of the videographer blocking me, just in case the couple complained. Most of my second shooter images were unusable because he’s standing in them. I 1000% agree we both could have handled ourselves better. However, had I not repeatedly advocated for the time & space I needed they wouldn’t have received the images they admittedly still love. I do believe while I was walking backwards taking photos I bumped into a ceremony arrangement. At the time of this wedding I was six months pregnant and had thought someone offered to help and let us keep going so we could keep on schedule with photos, but as it’s so long ago, I cannot recall. Again, I potentially misheard, or it was a miscommunication. Had this bride mentioned this to me in any of our post-wedding emails, I would have apologized for my mistake and confusion. Ultimately I am saddened that this bride chose for 4 years to pass before bringing anything to my attention. I wish I could have helped remedy this situation earlier and wish them nothing but the best.