WANT A PHOTOGRAPHER YOU CAN TRUST TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP? DO NOT HIRE FELICIA LEE!
Picture this: It’s your wedding day. Two hours before the ceremony, your photographer sends you a TEXT saying she has a family emergency and can’t make it.
A few d...ays later you see on social media that the family emergency was a big lie. She double booked and chose to photograph another wedding.
That’s exactly what happened to my son and daughter-in-law when they hired Felicia Lee Photography for a June 15, 2019 wedding.
I understand that mistakes happen. I am also pretty sure Felicia knew she had doubled booked well before the day of the wedding. Instead of handling this like a professional, she lied to cover her mistake and created significant additional stress for the bride and groom.
Felicia did, however, send a last-minute back-up photographer. Unfortunately, it appears he had never shot a wedding before. He arrived about 10 minutes before the ceremony started. He neglected to get important shots – like most of the wedding party entrance, including the bride and her father walking down the aisle. There are no close-ups of the bride and groom during the ceremony.
The photographer made no effort to arrange people for the group photos. People gathered together, he wordlessly shot the images, and then asked for the next group. As a result, none of the group or family photos look professional. In some cases, not all faces are visible. In many cases, at least one person has their eyes closed.
The photos arrived a month past when they were promised, and were pretty much unusable.
On top of everything, Felicia refused to make this right. The bride and groom paid full price for this disaster.
If you’re looking to hire a photographer who will actually show up on your wedding day, Felicia is not a good choice. DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE WE DID!