Apr 22 2012, 05:04 PM, updated 14y ago
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Are these Britain's worst wedding pictures? Newlyweds devastated as photographers fail to get couple in frame and took blurry shots
Shots were out of focus, blurry, showed the back of guests' heads and not a single pictures of the groom's parents was taken
A newlywed couple were devastated after bungling wedding photographers ruined their big day by taking 'horrific' pictures - including one which featured a spooky floating hand.
Thomas and Anneka Geary commissioned professional photographers Ian McCloskey and Nikki Carter £750 to cover what should have been the best day of their lives.
But they were stunned when the pictures arrived and included out of focus shots of the couple, the back of guests’ heads and a snap of the bride’s mother whose face was completely obscured by her hat.
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Shots were out of focus, blurry, showed the back of guests' heads and not a single pictures of the groom's parents was taken
A newlywed couple were devastated after bungling wedding photographers ruined their big day by taking 'horrific' pictures - including one which featured a spooky floating hand.
Thomas and Anneka Geary commissioned professional photographers Ian McCloskey and Nikki Carter £750 to cover what should have been the best day of their lives.
But they were stunned when the pictures arrived and included out of focus shots of the couple, the back of guests’ heads and a snap of the bride’s mother whose face was completely obscured by her hat.
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I did a search and found http://www.westgatephotography.com/ LOL.
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Please note that we are in no way associated with the Westgate Photography mentioned in the article published by the Telegraph and the Mail Online on the 20th April 2012. We pride ourselves on delivering the best possible service to our clients and maintaining successful and long lasting relationships.
Poor thing company with same name also probably got some bad press.
I saw some commented "you get what you paid for." - while the statement is true in many areas of life, I don't think it's a reason to deliver horrible photos just because one is lowly paid. Delivery is delivery.
Looking at the execution, the photographers clearly lack the knowledge of critical elements that are involved in photography (eg settings to freeze motion) and also the lack of knowledge / understanding of weddings, and even anticipating events.
It also looks like there's a huge lack in attention to detail, and also the lack of skill to control the crowd (as photographer, you do have some authority that day to move people around. most people would oblige to the request.
I think the more alarming matter is how the service provider could even deliver images that failed. For me, I make it a point to NOT show failed photos, unless so happened the failed photo has some redeeming points, eg slightly out of focus but composition and moment looks decent.
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2 things for people to realize.
1) Check the photographer portfolio. Some photographer uses other people's portfolio. One way to check is to notice the styles, usually a photographer will have a similar style across his / her portfolio. If in doubt, ask for their qualification (not everyone has them, you don't need qualification to be a good photographer. Not having them doesn't make you any less a photographer either).
2) Don't bother getting into the industry if you can't deliver.
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But worse is the shooter don't have any communication skills at all. 
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