Wedding Photography

We drove to Bountiful, Utah to attend

our son's wedding - as well as many other relatives. My father who is 78 and step-mother flew up from San Deigo

at a great sacrifice for them, as my

step-sister was dying from breast cancer

during this time. Her funeral was just

this last Wednesday. My sister was at

the wedding, as well as many of my son's

good friends and cousins, etc.

Imagine our shock and surprise when after the ceremony and one group picture, that our family was told by the

photographer that she would not be including our side of the family in the

photos, as she was contracted by the

brides family and was only planning to

do photos at the moment of the bride's

family and of the couple. We paid for

a very expensive luncheon and most of us

had a great deal of travel expenses and

we were not allowed in any of the photos, except an initial group shot.

We were in such shock, we didn't know what to say, so many of the family started taking their own photos so we would have something. We were then told

by the photographer to but out, as she

was under contract by the bride's family. Many of the groom's friends were

disgusted and left. And had it not been

for my own son getting married, we would

have too. I finally just burst into tears, as the day was so stressful and

very disappointing to be treated so rudely and listen to endless hours of tacky comments. Ex- How brown eye people are not as wonderful and as beautiful as blue eye people, etc. My

entire family has brown eyes, except my

Dad. My son in Law is Mexican/Indian and

those jokes got old as well.

By the time of the reception, my side of

the family were disgusted and no longer

speaking to the other family. Our son has no idea of how rudely we were treated, as the photographer hogged them

up for hours on end, we never saw them

the rest of the day! Finally, to appease

us, the photographer took some shots of

our family but we were still pretty

disgusted about the whole issue. It was

just for show though, as when the preview came out for the slideshow of the wedding photos, our pictures are no

where to be seen.

My stepsister had just passed away and

I was already an emotional wreck, so I

was totally disgusted as to how this

photography company and the bride's family handled this. It was just another

blow or slap in the face. I feel that the whole day was ruined by not including our family in the whole affair. I was so upset that I totally

railed a complaint to the photograpy

company as to how unprofessional she was

and what a disgrace she is to the whole

profession, as well as to the state of Utah. I was not happy at all and felt

that someone would have to be pure evil

to not include both families in this joyous event. To date, I have not heard

from the photograper or anyone else to

answer my complaint as to how we were

treated. Rumor has it that supposedly,

she was planning on doing some pics for

us, but had no intention on including with the main wedding slideshow; but now

because of my complaint and angriness

at the whole thing, the pics were destroyed and we are not getting any pics at all. Just another ugly evil act

as far as I am concerned. It wasn't bad

enough to snub us on our son's wedding

day, but now we are not even allowed any

pics at all. It is just pure evilness

on the part of the photographer and the bride's family, who can't stand my son

anyways. I do not know these people and

they have know valid reason to behave in

such a disgusting manner, except they are disgusting people.