*back dated entry*
after waiting for 1 whole month, we finally went down to La Belle to check out our pre-wedding shoot photos last fri.... kind of excited cause i want see how firstly, how the photos will be like and second is of cause whether i look pretty anot =p like all companies, they have individual dept, so in la belle, there is a guy who is in charge of dealing with photo selection... if i didnt catch his name wrongly, it was rayden, i dont know if that's the correct spelling but no matter.... if you have been to La belle's wedding workshop at hotels, you would have definitely seen the guy before... he is the one who will usher people to check out La belle's store....
so we sat down punctually at 6pm.... rayden told us that kenny (our photographer) took over 300 photos and after first round of filter, we are left with 149photos.... i am not surprised with the amount cause it was a whole day shoot & i believed taking 300+ photos is the norm.... for the first round the photos wont be photoshop.... kenny did some adjustment to the colours & minimal touch up, after final selection of photos, only then he will do all the beautifying steps... fair enough, it will take super long time for him to edit every single photos for all his customers...
so rayden gave us a brief look at all the photos first... i would say in general they were very well taken but some of the photos were not my style so i had a mental note that i will filter those out.... after that he went to show us the format of the photo album, canvas & 10R table top sizes... then we go back to select our photos.... for those who are new to this including myself, the photos were taken in series, meaning like same background/theme & they will psycho you to get all the photos in a set... after first & very brief selection, we left with 76photos & like 21 series.... our package only include 36photos + 11 series, so we exceeded by 40photos.... then rayden went on to tell us about the extra cost... additional photo is $80/piece of hard copy & $40/piece for soft copy, additional series is $130.. so that will total up to $4500... CRAZY sum of $.... i mean unless you are the kind of super into photos & want to have like TONNES of wedding photos then high chance you will need to top up alot of $... personally for me & bf, we want to keep to the minimum cause we felt that no point paying so much for the photos when other than the actual day banquet, nobody is going to flip through the album everyday.... then we went onto second round of more stringent filtering.... & we left with 42photos & 12series, meaning extra $610.... i mean this is a much more reasonable sum of $ but nay... still exceed our budget..... then rayden suggest us another package which cost $1088 which include 50photos, 14 series & 10soft copies... i mean ya... attractive package whereby you can save like $700 but nope... i am insistent of what we want = save $.... so we had our 3rd round of filter & narrow down to 39photos, 11 series & 5soft copies... in the end we top up $440..... my initial plan was to select up to 40photos which is additional $320, so we exceeded our initial budget by $120 which i think is still ok....
by the time we are done with all the filtering, it was like 10min to 9pm.... i would say rayden is quite professional, i mean at the start he was happier & more bubbly but after 3rounds of filter, he seem kind of exhausted & sian about it.... cause i believed they earn extra by the additional top up we made to the package & of cause stingy couples like us will mean lesser $ for them.... at least he contained his sian-ness & still try not to show us the black face.... my bf told me that another lab mate of ours also engaged La belle & they paid like $1000+ extra for the photos... i suspect they took the $1088 package.... this is also common for other friends who took up pre-wedding shoot packages, almost everyone need to top up for additional photos....
conclusion: i think La belle services is not bad, the staff are quite professional & kenny really took pretty photos for us.... rayden was not super forceful in psycho-ing us to buy more photos... also perhaps cause we were very firm with what we want.... i guess the most important thing is what the couples want... like i said, for those who love photos & have the budget then by all means, pay more for the photos cause they are really pretty.... but for those who are not, then you have to be firm & not get sway by the staff.... i would dare to say that i am very stubborn & i am very firm with what i want especially when it comes to $ stuff.... in such times you have to be persistent or else you may end up spending like $8k+ for a wedding album which personally i think is not worth it.....
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