the waiting game (waiting your photos.. now!)

taken from www.wedbykez.com

Once the wedding is over, the bills paid, the hangover fading and the guests gone you are now faced with one of the hardest waits imaginable. More painful than the leadup to Christmas for anyone under the age of 10 is a bride and groom on the edge of their seat waiting to get the photos back from their photographer.



I'll admit in my case I am guilty of being overly anxious to see the photos but as yet I haven't "channelled Bridezilla" although from what I read on some wedding forums - a lot of couples do. But before you blow your stack and stamp your feet about the album being a day late consider the following

• You have paid a professional to give you great looking photos, and most likely you paid a lot of money. Don't rush genius. You rush genius you get iSnack2.0
• You are not the only wedding on a photographer's books. The wedding season is strong through October to April and in that time a photographer has a lot of clients. Weekends are out so they are working through the week to get your photos done for you.
• You are the most excited about your photos. Sure your mum and immediate family might want a copy but the guests have probably taken enough snaps with their own digital to capture the moment.

If you really are having a conniption about getting the photos you could have saved yourself a lot of pain by simply asking one question of the photographer before you hired them

"What is the turnaround for photos after the wedding"

Any photographer who has been in business for a while will be able to take a look at their books and give you an estimate as to when you will get the photos back. As a good rule, mark the date they give you in your calender and then wait another week on top of that before chasing the photos up.

Fortunately, I have a lot of photographer contacts who I am sure can comment on the below with some of their own stories and experiences as to how the wedding photographer business works. Y