Paula did our engagement, bridal, and wedding photography. She is really nice however the following events left me wanting for professionalism. \r
Engagement: We arrived at the scheduled meeting place 15 minutes early and waited for 20 minutes then called her. She had forgotten that we were scheduled. We ended up waiting a total of 45 minutes for her to show up in windy Abilene. So my hair was a mess. I will admit the pictures were good but it left a bad taste. I should have known then that it was going to be bad.\r
Bridal: My number one advice is take someone with you. She paid little attention to making sure my dress was straight and not getting dirty (she wanted me to sit down on red pine shavings but I refused.) The people that were with me had to stop her numerous times from taking a shot with my dress being blown everywhere.\r
Wedding: Luckily she was on time to the wedding. She took very few shots of the bridal party getting ready and no shots of the groom and groomsmen. We had a set time for the groomsmen to start taking pictures and when they said they were ready she was said ""we can start whenever"" and didn't start in time to get many pictures taken. She was not assertive at all. Which is not good in a wedding situation. I didn't get several shots that I wanted ie. groomsmen with bride, bridesmaids with groom, each bridesmaid and groomsmen couples,(only pictures of them walking out and there is no pic of the best man and maid of honor together at all), no ring pictures...the list goes on and on. I went before the wedding to discuss with her what pictures I wanted and felt like she blew me off. After the wedding I scheduled an appointment to pick out pictures for the album and she missed one appointment (forgot again). Then told me that I had to have all the pictures picked out before I came and she would arrange them. \r
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In conclusion I paid A LOT of money for this and did not receive the service I deserved. And some memories were missed
Cons: Late/forgets scheduled appts, not creative in any fashion, not a professional person.
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