In
case you are wondering what this photo is [unconnected to the above lines!] – it is ‘ Double Exposure Wedding Photography’
courtesy fubiz.net.
The most sought
after person in a wedding is not even the priest – but the photographer. From the days of 3 or 4 rolls [around 100 to
150 photos] – [photo for reception only !] – and printing only good ones – life
has come a long way – now a days, the Karizma albums are wrapped in beautiful
suitcases – and more than a couple of copies go round. Infact, these days, Wedding photography is
not restricted to the day of Wedding alone – there are pre-wedding and
post-wedding at choicest places, some even take the photographer along for
their honey-moon to be filmed at scenic locations ! - so has the photographers’ life changed for
the better ! – making them uber-rich !
A
court in Spain has ordered that a photographer pay €8,000 (Rs.5.80 lakhs
approx) to a newly-married couple after he lost their wedding photos and
couldn’t deliver what they paid for. ABC
de Sevilla reports that the Seville, Spain-based photographer had been hired to
photograph the wedding of a couple named Charles and Charlotte in July 2012 for
a digital album and two mini photo albums. After the event in Seville, the
photographer somehow deleted the photos without making any backup of them — and
presumably without any way to recover the data.
The couple sued, and a judge has now ruled that the photographer needs
to fork over €8,000 — the price it cost for the couple to fly from New York to
Spain and for all the expenses involved in reshooting pre-wedding photos at
various landmarks around the city.
Elsewhere another photographer records that at a beautiful venue, a
venue staff member was holding a handful of sparklers and handing them out to
guests. The photographer joined the
bandwagon – the sparklers caused great damage making the experience
nightmarish.
In another Wedding
photography, much talked about - with a beaming smile, Bali Nine member Andrew
Chan is pictured marrying his
girlfriend, in a ceremony just a day before he faced the firing squad. Chan was
seen placing a ring on the finger of Febyanti Herewila. They would have had precious few hours together before Chan was
executed for drug crimes. Photography
had been banned on the Nusakambangan island and media was kept away at a nearby
port.
‘the
most attractive thing is a photograph of Self [not necessarily a selfie] and
the sweetest thing is calling of one’s own name !” ~
but an Australian bride has been
left devastated after falling out with her wedding photographer, claiming he
branded her "ugly" and a "bridezilla".
NZ Herald reports
that Ashlea Howard and her husband
Daniel Howard were left stunned by the photographer's comments. An image of 30-year-old Ashlea Howard with her
husband Daniel Howard was posted on photographer Lee Maxwell Judd's Facebook
page, alongside the caption: "ugliest bride I have ever photographed.
Winged (sic) the whole time #Bridezilla#1."
Mrs Howard said she
couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the Facebook post. "It was really
disgusting, I was absolutely mortified at his behaviour, it was just
unacceptable," she said. According to Mrs Howard, from Greystanes in
Sydney's west, she was unhappy with 90 per cent of the 1200 photos captured
from her outdoor wedding and claimed they were overexposed, leaving the
background blurry and people's faces contorted. He hit back by saying it was a
"creative style".
The pair hired the
Sydney photographer after scouring the Southern Highlands Wedding directory
before their nuptials. They picked Mr Maxwell Judd to capture their magical day
for $1500. The couple were looking for someone local, affordable and down to
earth, who could produce a simple shoot. They married in Bendooley Estate,
Berrima, NSW on February 21. While Mrs
Howard claimed Mr Maxwell Judd was acting a bit "bizarre" while
taking photos on the day - snapping pictures over his head and taking
"random quick shots" - she told Daily Mail Australia her jaw dropped
when she saw the results for the first time.
When she tried to
contact Mr Maxwell Judd afterwards to complain, she claims he wouldn't return
her calls. Mrs Howard said the feud
really started between the pair when she initially struggled to get the
finished photographs, as she said Mr Maxwell Judd had posted the USB stick to a
different Ashley, who had once inquired about his services. According to Mrs Howard, Mr Maxwell Judd
insisted he had spoken to her mother on the phone and he believed he had sent
the photos to the right address. However, when Mrs Howard told him that her
mother died when she was 13 years old, she said he hung up.
Mrs Howard and Mr
Maxwell Judd have now become embroiled in a bitter social media feud over the
comment, which she branded "unacceptable". The photographer. He says his Facebook account was hacked. Mr Maxwell Judd claimed the Facebook post
where the photographer called her a "bridezilla", which has been
deleted since, was written by a hacker. Taking to his Facebook page he wrote:
"Apologies to all concerned. My FB page was compromised by a computer hack
yesterday evening." Mrs Howard claims the photographer sent further
offensive comments to people who reviewed his personal page.
According
to Mr Maxwell Judd, the scandal has attracted more people to his photography
page and he is now booked up until 2019. Since the matter has been made public,
Mrs Howard has received 18 offers to photograph her and her husband in their
wedding attire, however, she revealed that she had put on a bit of weight since
the wedding and does not feel at her best.
Strange
are the ways of people !
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
7th May
2015.
