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Bride and gloom: Newlyweds win £1,500 compensation after
disastrous wedding photographs ruin their big day
Marc and Sylvia Day don't spend much time flicking through
their wedding album.
And looking at these pictures, you can see why.
Heads are chopped off, angles are askew and in many shots
you would be hard pressed to spot the bride.
Add unfortunate positioning and poor lighting and you have
a day that is unforgettable for all the wrong reasons.
If that wasn't bad enough, thankyou cards provided for the
newlyweds to send to their guests are emblazoned with their
misspelled names.
This was the work of photographer Gareth Bowers from Fresh
Images who charged them £1,450 for the privilege.
The results were so dire that the Days sued him for
damages.
Last week a judge in the county court in Pontefract, West
Yorkshire, agreed, saying Bowers's service was 'woefully
inadequate'. He was ordered to reimburse the couple £500 and pay
£450 damages, £170 court fees and £100 compensation.
Bowers refused to comment after the case. The Days,
however, have plenty to say. 'Some of those memories we will never
get back again,' Mr Day said.
'He is the Don Quixote of wedding photography - he just
doesn't believe that he can't do it.'
The Days examined the work of photographers at 11 wedding
fairs before choosing Bowers to photograph and video the wedding on
August 24 last year.
But the day was one disaster after another.
'The videographer missed us turning up at the reception so
he filmed the driver opening the car door with nobody inside it,'
Mrs Day said. 'Bowers also missed the cutting of the cake and you
can see how angry I'm getting on the wedding video - I even do a
psycho slashing knife action, which I can't believe they left
in.'
But nothing could compare to the moment the couple sat
down to look through the 400 photographs taken. They managed to
find a mere 22 they didn't mind too much.
Exhibit 1: The compiled evidence of the poor photos that were
shown to the judge
more photos
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