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August 2011 Moms
chillyupnorth
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Vent... This is why DH's family drives me insane.
chillyupnorth
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DH's aunt considers herself to be the family "photographer." So for DD"s baptism I asked that she take photos of the ceremony, since obviously I wouldn't be able to. That was almost a month ago and I have seen zero photos. I just emailed her asking if she would upload them to my shutterfly account, since apparently she ignored the 3 times I asked her to send them. She won't do it. She wants to send me me prints. GODDA&*( &*(&() $%^&$% *(#%*& IT. It's like talking to a brick wall, and I have a suspicion that I will have drive over there with a flash drive and put them on there myself. I guess some lessons have to be learned the hard way.
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Re: Vent... This is why DH's family drives me insane.
I hate that! I mean really how hard is it to just send them...Hope she will cave in and just send them.
I can totally relate to your frustration. I have the hardest time getting pictures from DH's family! They all have digital cameras but either don't know how to e-mail them, don't have time, forgot, would rather give me prints, etc. etc. etc.
There was a period of about a year where I didn't have a camera and had to rely on them from pictures. I felt like such a brat always pestering them to send me the pictures they promised and then usually my MIL would end up getting prints made, which I didn't want. (I hardly ever get prints done because I keep a digital scrapbook.) It was so frustrating!
Finally, I saved up the money for a nice camera and now I'm the family photographer. I take all the pictures AND send them out to people. (Who would have thought it was possible??)
Dude, My cuz-in-law really is a professional photog. Does great shots. And she never charges "sitting fees" for family and just cost for whatever you want printed (or free for a cd).
She called me when DD was a week old and asked if she could use DD for a model for a couple of newborn shots she wanted to try. Sure! The only problem? My child was born OVER 4 MONTHS AGO and I have yet to see anything. I leave her messages about 2 or 3 times a month asking if we can get some prints done (and even begging her to let us pay full price) but I never hear back from her.
Another part that pisses me off? My MIL got dear ole cuz to process and print out birth announcements (w/o asking me if I was ok with _____ photo or wanted to use ____ instead). Our Cuz had to design the announcements, print them, drive 3 hours to deliver them to MIL...and I can't get a lousy call back?
Cuz happened to be in town while I was in labor, she swung by and took pictures the whole time. She told everyone else not to worry, that she'd get all the pics so everyone could just relax (candid shots). Have I even seen any of them? NO.
Oh and it took nearly 6 months for us to get our wedding pictures back (which her sister finally went and downloaded them to a cd and mailed to me). And it's not just me. My SIL (who was best friends with cuz growing up) STILL has not gotten her wedding pictures....and she has been married 4 years!
Well, screw it. For DD xmas pics, I am doing them myself, taking them to frickin walgreens! I love my cuz, she's a sweetheart in every other way, but I am sick of this!
........Sorry for hijacking your vent, your situation just got me bubbling mad about mine. Maybe we should band together and start a club: The Pic Pals : No related photographers allowed! lol
Ugh... no worries on the hijacking - I'm glad I'm not the only one dealing with this! DH's uncle actually IS a professional photographer and he took pics of DH's extended family in July. I still haven't seen those pics and there are several that I would really like. What's the point of spending a couple of hours shooting photos if no one ever see them????
Hate, hate, hate it. I got myself a good camera for my last birthday, now I just need to get my sh!t together and use it.