NI Wedding Tog sued by Couple...

not looking good for her .... google her name and see what other are saying, i dont think she will be in business for much longer
 
Hi that's bad that is, from doing a Google search into her name is appears that she has upset more than just one couple from not producing any photo's of their special day. I hope she goes down for this!!! ;-)

I see that she still has a website up and running promoting her work.

Mike.
 
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We hired this so-called photographer for our wedding over one year ago and we have paid her in full and still have not received our album. She does not return calls, emails, letters or even threats from solicitors. From what I have been told she could wallpaper her house in solicitors letters and is currently being taken to the small claims court by 3 different couples (soon to be 4 when I do the same). Please warn anyone you know not to deal with this woman. She is all pleasant and professional before the wedding but after that you have to hound her to even see your photographs.
Time for another job
 
Jeez, thats terrible. Am glad to see its been covered in the media - at least it may save some other couples from going through the heartache these guys are going through.

We were searching last year for a wedding tog and fortunately did some serious asking around. One of the ones we were going to use (his photos were fabulous) had a terrible reputation on getting the pp work done and sometimes sending a "stand-in" to the wedding if he was busy.

In the end we found a guy who also works for the local paper, he was great and did us a wonderful album.
 
Seems mad that she can take all that money from people and yet happily go about her business everyday at least up until this week. You can stand next to her knowing she has taken 2 grand or whatever it is of your money and yet all people use use is words and court orders which she ignores. Suprised. Clearly that isn't enough to concern her, not condoning it, but I would have expected another type of knock on the door.

She looks a youngish girl (?), appreciated she is an adult, but amazed she hasn't bowed to family or peer pressure to sort out peoples pictures as I am sure most people would be disgusted if their close ones had ripped off people on such an important occasion.
 
I like this quote from http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/Rage-as-Derry-brides-get.5555743.jp

"Another time she told me the album wasn't ready because someone close to her had died. She told me: 'when you think about it, wedding albums are not that important.'
"Last Wednesday I sat in her shop for hours and refused to leave until I saw Edel. The receptionist said she tried to get hold of her but didn't.

What an effin' cowboy! Or cowgirl, as it turns out.
 
Shocking story! You wonder why someone who obviously doesn't want to be doing that job, is doing that job?

I always try and have wedding proofs with the couple in a fortnight, typically when they return from honeymoon! Most people can take ages to choose the images for their albums, but once they have I try and get it back to them in 2-3 weeks, depending on the printer!

At least the people of Londonderry now know to avoid her at all costs!!

Dave
 
I guess luckily this isn't the norm. It raises a question that I have always wondered how many wedding togs put contracts in place? Not just protect the client but themselves also?
 
Just a little reminder before this thread gets any further:

Please don't start commenting on other peoples work when they are not hear to defend themselves
Keep in mind this is a public forum and you comments could easily be seen by anyone (including anyone related to these stories) so keep it civil.

I know none of this has happened yet, but I can see where this thread could be going!
 
There was almost a full page in today's Mirror about this, I'll take a photo of the article tomorrow and post it.

The two stories I remember from it are that she shot a wedding 3/4 years ago and they still havn't received the photos and the couple are in the middle of their divorce so they don't even have any need for them now :lol:

The other was a woman turned up for viewing her images and they weren't edited and her dad (who I assume was assisting her on the shoot) was in all the photo's and was very noticeable in a bright pink shirt.
 
I wonder if theres a reason behind whats happened? it doesn't make sense to just stop doing the albums etc, maybe the person who was doing the albums/editing has left or something.
 
My sister's wedding tog did not produce the photos for years, and only did when being threatened with a solicitor.

She took great pleasure, when a few months later HMIT (as it was then, now HMRC) asked her if she would give details of how much she paid for the photos.

It appeared as though he had not declared all his earnings to Mr Tax Man. Very naughty
 
Derry photographer Edel Payne last night broke her silence to give a "personal assurance" that all her clients will receive their missing wedding albums.
Speaking exclusively to the 'Derry Journal', Ms Payne said she would honour every contract - claiming that she had already completed some of the missing wedding albums.
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Full story here
 
On the other side of the coin we had a couple come back to us last month after 3 years choosing their pics for the album, amazing! (trouble is the bloody prices have gone up since then)
 
As a wedding photographer I was horrified to read the BBC item on the callousness of the toger Payne and the plight she has left the Diggles in. Wedding photographers everywhere are mostly ethical but every once in a while you hear of a baddie like this. Hopefully the couple will eventually be successful in their pursuit of Ms Payne but if I were in their shoes I wouldn't be holding my breath.

My own policy is to complete and deliver the album within a maximum period of 90 days. Even when I was hired by an American couple to shoot their October wedding in the US, they received their 30 page album by registered post for Xmas.
 
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