Eddie Mulkeen Wedding Photo

05/15/2008 Posted by js77

It took Eddie just over 2 YEARS and 2 months (and lots of emails, phone calls, prodding on my part) after our wedding to get our album to us. I don’t know how others received this wonderful 5 star service from him, but that’s definitely NOT anywhere close to what we got. I’m amazed actually at how high his rating is on here!! Especially considering I’ve met another couple who had the same lousy service from him. I don’t recommend him to anyone, and as a matter of fact I specifically tell people who are hunting for a wedding photographer to AVOID him. --- Like another reviewer below, it took him FOREVER to respond to phone calls, emails, etc after the wedding with any type of information about the status of our album. And when we finally got our album, it wasn't what we had discussed ordering. The pictures were all there, but it was from a different 'bindery' company. He didn't bother to tell us he wasn't going to order from the original place. --- We had an “assistant” of his taking candid shots and then she was the only one who showed up later at our reception. The photo’s she took at the reception were not good. There were only a few that were worth keeping. The rest had either too much flash, were not in focus, too dark… it was very disappointing. It’s also disappointing that Eddie couldn’t show up at our reception (he did inform us before the wedding, but I don’t remember what it was that was more important than a client contract) when we had booked his “unlimited” deluxe package. So there are no pictures of the bouquet toss and most of the reception like we thought there would be. We barely got a good picture of cake cutting. The actual pictures themselves are decent, but going with him isn’t worth the risk in my opinion. Not a good experience at all. It shouldn’t take over 2 years and be that difficult to get your wedding album – it’s just unacceptable from a "professional".

Cons: Slow, bad customer service

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03/23/2008 Posted by junebug123456

One of my co-workers showed me her beautiful wedding album done by Eddie Mulkeen and I was really impressed. I went to his website ( eddiemulkeendotcom )and looked at his blog where many of his 2007 weddings were posted and I could see the variety of his work. My entire experience with Eddie and his co-photographer Jen was just what I wanted. They arrived in the morning at my Parent's home to take pictures of the bridal party getting ready. Eddie and Jen helped us relax and knew just what to do, and he never directed us like we were at a photo shoot. Eddie and Jen covered our day from preparations to garter/bouquet toss, following us everywhere we went and recording everything, putting in at least 12 hours on our day. When I saw my album design projected in his studio I was in tears...My wedding was preserved in an artistic storybook that was many times more beautiful than I had imagined. I had seen the other albums he has made from other weddings and they were beautiful...but this was MY WEDDING and it was preserved beautifully and I could relive the moments with my album. It's different when you are looking at YOUR OWN WEDDING PICTURES, you can really see the artistic eye of the photographer at work. We almost hired a cheap photographer on Craigslist because our budget was tight but thank goodness we didn't. Many of my friends cut corners on the Photography and it was the biggest mistake they made in planning their wedding. We did pay $900 for our wedding cake (but all that's left of it is the Pictures) It's easy to spend on the tangibles but the experience of the wedding photographer and their artistic ability is an "Intangible" that you forget about when planning a wedding. There's always one more thing to buy and if you don't plan carefully you could spend your whole budget before you get to the photographer and have to hire someone who only does it on the weekends and have to live with embarrassing results for the rest of your life.

Pros: Money well spent

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