Andi + Bryan’s Langdon Hall Wedding: What happens if your photographer cancels on you?

Whether it’s out of personal experience or someone else’s close to us, we know that planning a wedding is a very stressful process for most. People spend months and thousands of dollars to make their “big day” as special as it can possibly be. They research and put their time into coordinating everything from the venue, bar, menu, outfits, enertainment, florals, etc., to the photographer to document it all.

Try to imagine the day before your wedding, which is typically the most stressful day for the whole family, on top of everything that’s already on your mind, you receive an email from your wedding photographer saying that they are prevented from working your wedding tomorrow due to the unexpected. This is exactly what happened to Andi & Bryan.

That evening I was at home and I believe it was around 7pm when I received a facebook notification. A fellow photographer posted to a fb group, where I’m a member among hundreds of other local photographers, an “SOS – needing a photographer for tomorrow.” It had a brief description and my heart sank for the bride. Without any hesitation I put my name down and hoped that she’ll choose me. I felt such strong need to be the one that will be blessed with the feeling of helping this situation.

Andi ended up choosing me and I was really happy that she did. We made a great connection and It turned out to be a better day than we imagined. Even the weather forecast that was calling for rain changed and we were able to do all our shoots outside the Langdon Hall. Andi’s and Bryan’s families were absolutely wonderful and I totally didn’t mind being called their hero for the day🥰.

It’s amazing how things work out in the end even when the situation feels impossible. I’m a firm believer that if you put your mind to it there is always a way.

For future brides and grooms, wedding photography agreements should protect you from situations like these. There should be a clause in your agreement that provides details in what happens if your photographer is prevented from supplying their services. In most contracts it’s the photographer’s responsibility to find the replacement and not just any replacement, it should be similar style and similar level of experience. If that can’t be met then the liability is limited to a refund of any payments received.

Luckily this occurance is not very common. However, please read your agreements thoroughly and make sure that it protects you just as much as it does your photographer.

Andi and Bryan, it was a pleasure!

Stay in Love🤍