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I was photographing a wedding doing my usual mixture of traditional groups and plenty of informal when a couple started to mutter in my ear "I wish we had you at our daughter's wedding. Their photographer was rubbish".
Intrigued, I asked them if they knew who the photographer was and was very surprised when they named a guy that I actually recommend, and I knew he was certainly not 'rubbish'.
I asked them what the problem was and their reply was "he didn't take the family groups like you did". Thinking this might be a generation gap issue, I asked if their daughter & husband were disappointed too? They seemed unsure!
To their credit, they actually contacted me later, said their daughter was delighted, and the photographer covered the wedding exactly as they had asked.
So 'NO', not every wedding should have traditional groups if the client has specified differently.
Having said that, I shoot them on almost all weddings but I don't think ANY family groups appear on my website or blog. They are in my sample albums though.
Intrigued, I asked them if they knew who the photographer was and was very surprised when they named a guy that I actually recommend, and I knew he was certainly not 'rubbish'.
I asked them what the problem was and their reply was "he didn't take the family groups like you did". Thinking this might be a generation gap issue, I asked if their daughter & husband were disappointed too? They seemed unsure!
To their credit, they actually contacted me later, said their daughter was delighted, and the photographer covered the wedding exactly as they had asked.
So 'NO', not every wedding should have traditional groups if the client has specified differently.
Having said that, I shoot them on almost all weddings but I don't think ANY family groups appear on my website or blog. They are in my sample albums though.