Rant: Why hire me just for formals?

I don't understand. The bride says they like how I bring out the personalities of the people in my photos, and then she hires me for 1 hour just to take formals of her family and the wedding party.

I wrote up a list of photo ideas, none of them bland formal shots, and we didn't use more than 1 or 2 because she wanted to have specific photos of specific family members and so on.

The chapel provides formal photos. Why hire me for that?

I am sure it sucks, and not the most fun, but getting paid is getting paid, right?

Why rant, you could have said no

Thats how it is here in Norway, It is not common to use a photographer more than for b&g shots.

I was under a general impression that they were going to have me do some photos of different style. Maybe it has something to do with how I handled the situation?

form wrote in post #9455321
and then she hires me for 1 hour just to take formals of her family and the wedding party.

The chapel photos aside, they just want a lot of "wall hangers" and prefer you do them.

The customer is always right.

well it is not exactly the same but I am hired to do a wedding photo set like that. This is only because they are getting married in costa rica and then they will have a large reception in the states the next week. So the B&G wanted me to do formals ,the reception, and put it in a book and thats it. This will be a first for me.

Marius B wrote in post #9455344
Thats how it is here in Norway, It is not common to use a photographer more than for b&g shots.

wow, i gotta move to Norway!

FamilyJules wrote in post #9455878
wow, i gotta move to Norway!

I guess it is not common to spend a lot of money on photographer either... As far as I know most people get their shots, between the ceremony and dinner. Usually the photos are taken in studio.

But I see more and more weddingpictures from location.

If you are in this as a business, suck it up and do it, unless you have a better opportunity elsewhere.