Photography by David Avant

or my destination wedding. About 2 months from my wedding date as I was confirming details of my wedding with each vendor David informed me only one photographer was included, instead of working with me he argued, was incredibly rude and unprofessional. Finally I got him to realize I had paid for 2 and instead of having a professional photographer assist him he got his girlfriend too. David was very hostile and rude to me on numerous occasions. As a bride I was highly aggetated and did not want to be stressed over my wedding especially because of the most important part the photos. Upon David's arrival for our pre wedding session - David and his girlfriend took photos of me and my husband the day before the wedding. Upon arrival David asked my husbands name several times (something he should have known with us being his weekend wedding) David then took our photos and was very random and inconsistant on direction for us. He was very unprofessional at this session making comments about women breast in front of our daughter who is 13. On the morning of the wedding I was suppose to have him taking getting ready photos and his girlfriend was supposed to take photos of my husband getting ready they did not get many photos at all of getting ready as discussed. He rushed our family photos prior to the wedding and he did not prepare for the lighting at the beach and all photos were very light or to bright to see. Again at this session with family he kept making inappropriate comments and family members made comments to me about that (very embarrassing) He did not pay attention to my request to have plenty photos of my daughter instead he focused on my niece who he asked me 20 times, my family members 20 times her name- it is not hard to remember a couple of important names. The photos of the wedding were amateur, his girlfriend actually did better. The reception was the worst and the leaving reception photos were not legible at all due to lack of concern for lighting . Again on the photos his girlfriend did better. After the wedding my photos should have been easy to obtain, instead he kept sending me links that were corrupt (not our agreement) and I kept asking for a usb drive as we had agreed it took me 8 months to get the Usb drive and the only reason I received it , is because my attorney sent him a demand letter to give me my images as agreed. My recommendation is to never waste your time on this photographer as he is very unprofessional, inappropriate, does not provide good work, is not knowledgeable on wedding etiquette and is not concerned with upsetting his clients. Take my advice and look elsewhere for your photographer.