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Ok so i am going to be as honest and truthful as i can be! We looked over shinepics reviews and previous work and as they were so reasonably priced we thought OK we will book them, they were kind enough to let us pay monthly so we weren't left with a bill come the wedding! Our package cost 750 for all images on disk, a 15 min film of the day and uncut footage of the ceremony and speeches! We also had to pay for their accommodation and an evening meal so altogether was around 1000 which is still quite reasonable for a photographer! Now i wished we paid the extra for a more experienced photographer and videographer!!!! Firstly Diana and Jody didn't arrive until after 2 o'clock or so, they assured me that they didn't need much time before our 3 o'clock ceremony! They first met the boys in their cabin, they took some pics of the boys getting ready and a few snaps of people sitting in the cabin! They did not take any of Darragh (the groom) on his own, they did not take any of darragh and his parents! They then came to the girls cabin, i asked them to take pics of us on the balcony from outside which they did, they took a few snaps of us getting ready, but again they did not ask who was parents of the bride, they did not take any photos of me and my parents! They didn't take photos of my mum helping me get ready even tho i asked them to! Jody was recording me walking down the stairs, as my maid of honour was standing waiting to give me my flowers, he walked away before she gave me flowers so that wasn't captured in footage! During the ceremony the video itself looks amateurish, its not in focus at some parts and when people are talking the camera is looking at someone else, there is so many "natural" shoots of people but its not as if they r looking up or happy, we have been sent some photos of people on their phones or the back of people's heads, a pic of a cup and saucer, waste of film in my opinion. During our photos i was getting so stressed out trying to think on poses to do or where to go as Diana kept asking me "what do you want to do, where will we stand..." at the end if the day it was her job to know these things, not ask me what i wanted! Yes i gave her a few ideas but she should have done her research on the place, found out good photo locations and she should of been directing us! In many pics Diana did not tell people where to stand, she didn't say "move in" "close that gap" "everyone look and smile at same time" things that u would expect a photographer to say and do! All the photos we have of the page boys and flower girls are disappointing, one of them is either eating, or looking around them, they clearly weren't told "all look now, smile, 1,2,3..." she didn't get people's attention at the same time! When it came to family pics i was so stressed out and annoyed, we then didn't get half of the pics we wanted! When you are on the spot you can't think of all the things you want, that's why you pay a professional to do the job for u! Why did Diana not make sure their was photos of me and my parents or Darragh and his, that would of been the first thing to ask!!! We looked through the photos and yes some are great but unfortunately some are out of focus, some are bad shots of people and there's just so many things that were missed! We had a photo display of people who had passed away, diana took a pic of that for us, Darraghs grandads pic is facing the wrong way! Attention to detail was just not there, my dress was never fixed for any pic unles i done it myself. After watching the dvd the coverage is bad, am sorry but someone on their mobile could of focused better! There is no footage of us walking down the aisle, there is no uncut footage of our first or second dance! Also Diana agreed to take a few pics of our fireworks display but we received 1 pic of fireworks, that was it! There is a small clip of them in the video but we thought they would just send us the whole display at end of dvd. All in all we are extremely disappointed, yes we have some great photos and Diana sent me 2 extra disks free of charge, and yes we had a fantastic day, but if we could change anything truthfully it would be the photographer!