Wilde Ivy Photo + Film

mony as guests were going to the pavilion to wait for dinner, they both pulled me aside and I could tell they were really upset. They asked if I had hired another photographer…to which I said “No, why?!” I assured them that we only hired them…I asked them to point out who they were concerned about and I would have our wedding coordinator talk to them discreetly. But they said “no” they would not do that and that we were in violation of our contract and they said that they had the right to leave the wedding at that point, but wouldn’t because they were “nice people”. I reassured them that we didn’t ask anyone or pay anyone else to take pictures for us. My wedding coordinator tried to talk to them but they wouldn’t even respond to her or look her which I thought was extremely disrespectful! I started crying after this and had to go into the prep kitchen to try and compose myself. The venue host saw what is happening and was appalled at their behavior…So we limp by for another hour and she comes to me *again* saying people are in their way and still violating the contract. I didn’t see anyone in the way or taking pictures, other than the usual photos that guests take at a wedding of their families/friends etc…I let the photographer know that we were happy to help fix whatever the problem was but needed to know what they wanted and to point out who was in the way, but they wouldn’t and said it was “too late”. The husband was the videographer and while filming my daughter and son-in-laws first dance he said to my husband “look my hands are shaking I’m so angry” and says again that we have been out of contract the “entire day”. What kind of person interrupts a first dance to say this to the father of the bride?! I can’t wrap my mind around what happened at our daughters wedding and how much they interrupted the enjoyment of the day! We can’t get that day back and repeat it🥹🥹 we felt like we were intruders at our own event, and that they expected the wedding to be staged and everyone knowing exactly where to stand and what to do! The wedding was calm, no drama, no alcohol, and was a typical low key large family and close friends wedding. We have been working with the photographers for the past month-and-a half hoping that they would fulfill their end of the contract. They made lots of accusations in their texts back and forth with my daughter (which I’m happy to provide if anyone asks)…one being that we had a family member there who is a professional photographer (which we didn’t!!), accusations of being unworkable (which we weren’t!). To top everything off they asked for additional money to edit the pictures (my daughter said “no”)! We received the photo gallery yesterday and sadly on top of all the trouble and disruption they caused, the picture quality and editing is quite poor, and it’s very apparent that they are inexperienced wedding photographers, and inadequate equipment. There are a few pictures that we will be able to use, but overall we expected A LOT better quality for spending $3411. We are NOT happy with our experience or pictures!!!!

t only did we find a photographer, we found Sydney and Evan. From our first call, both my husband and I felt like they were the right fit for us. They were available to answer questions and offer advice. Our family and friends also enjoyed their presence at our reception and felt at ease being in front of their cameras. We had Sydney and Evan shoot our bridal portraits about a week later and that was a very lovely experience. They brought us a drink to start off with and we just hung out together while shooting. We walked away feeling like we made new friends. All of that to say — their work is beautiful and we are so happy that we had them be a part of our celebration. I would 100% hire them again and recommend them to anyone!