BRIDE & GLOOM; Wedding snapper takes 3 YEARS to produce albums.Byline: VICTORIA McMAHON FURIOUS newlyweds are warning brides-to-be not to hire a wedding photographer who left them in the lurch lurch 1 intr.v. lurched, lurch·ing, lurch·es 1. To stagger. See Synonyms at blunder. 2. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically: The ship lurched in the storm. . Wives who hired Derry wedding photographer Edel Payne have hit back at the snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. through a wedding website designed to help couples plan their big day. The women are so angry at their treatment at the hands of the young photographer they posted warnings on website weddingsonline.ie They claimed they have been waiting for their wedding albums - in some cases for three years - despite handing over hundreds of pounds to the photographer to record their dream days. The Daily Mirror has also learned one wife who has been waiting for her album for three years is now in the process of getting a divorce and still hasn't seen the wedding album she put a deposit down on. A pal said: "She's getting a divorce now, so she just wants to forget about it. "But it's ridiculous that she'll probably get her divorce through quicker than her wedding album." Ms Payne has already been ordered to pay more than pounds 4,500 to furious couples who have taken her through the Small Claims Court. A spokesman for the Courts Service confirmed the photographer has also got four cases pending. Derry woman Ursula Wray, 31, who used Ms Payne for her wedding three years ago said she had to fight tooth and nail to get her precious photographs of her wedding. She added: "It's the same story with everyone - she just doesn't deliver what she's paid to do. I got married in June 2006 and I was told after I came home from honeymoon I could come in and pick what photographs I wanted in the album." But the new bride was disappointed to discover the hundreds of photographs of her day hadn't been edited for her to choose. The Glasgow-based woman said she then rearranged another appointment to choose the photographs. She added: "The worst thing was when I'd booked a flight home to sort out the album. I arrived on the Saturday morning as arranged to find the shop was closed. I waited and waited and she didn't turn up. "I went upstairs to the hairdressers to see if they'd seen her and they stood shaking their heads saying I was one in a long list of brides looking for their albums. "When I eventually got hold of her mum she said Edel was sick. But it's just so unprofessional not to even let me know. "I'd paid pounds 500 deposit and they made out like I was being a nuisance nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor's light) is one that affects one or a few persons, while a public nuisance (e.g. asking for the album." It was only on the threat of legal action Mrs Wray finally got a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. of her photographs. She said: "My sister went one time to the shop to collect the DVD as had been arranged and after waiting for ages was then given a DVD which we later discovered was blank. I think she was given it just to get rid of her." "It was only when I said I was going to get a solicitor involved she had the DVD ready. "It isn't edited and her dad who was helping her out that day is in nearly every shot - and he's so noticeable as he was wearing a bright pink polo polo, indoor or outdoor ball and goal game played on horseback. Rules and Equipment Two teams of four compete on a level, rectangular grass field that measures 200 by 300 yd (182.88 by 274.32 m). shirt. "To be honest it took the joy out of even looking at them, it was such a hassle Hassle () is a location in Närke, Sweden, where a Celtic treasure was found in 1936. It comprises a large bronze cauldron which contained two Bronze Age swords of the Hallstatt type, a pommel of bronze, two bronze buckets with ." CAPTION(S): IN SLOW MOTION Wedding snapper Edel Payne PROMISES The website advertising Edel Payne's photographic services for couples on their big day |
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