We hired Micah Weiss to photograph our wedding, May 17, 2014. Last year, September 9, 2013, we made…read morea written agreement where Mr. Weiss was to work for 6 hours for $1000 to capture our day, and we would pay for his travel expenses, SF to Mill Valley, $35. We received similar quotes from other wedding photographers. Mr. Weiss was to provide ALL unaltered wedding images, so we agreed to pay him in full prior to the wedding shoot. At the wedding Mr. Weiss was staggeringly unprofessional. He arrived an hour late to the wedding, missing important shots such as the boutonniere being pinned to my husband. He arrived just about 20 min before the official I do's. He asked me just hours before the wedding for the address and start time, information which was provided months prior. Mr. Weiss fought with the parking attendant, because the parking staff told him that he was blocking other wedding guests. He refused to move in spite of protests from parking staff, forcing the groom to stop his preparation to intervene. Mr. Weiss dressed in clothing not appropriate for our formal wedding day, bright blue tennis shoes, plaid shirt, and khakis. Mr. Weiss did not work during parts of the wedding: for example, during the ceremony he stopped working and then later at the reception he sat down at a table for guests. All other staff appropriately sat at other locations that did not impede on guests. It wasn't until a minute after the reception began that he discovered the open bar. Midway through the wedding he became visibly drunk, there wasn't a contract about not drinking the bar dry, but it's apparent that he did. Multiple guests noticed this, including one who wrote me about it. His photos are all unusable after that point in the evening, showing a noticeable degradation in quality. He neglected to bring the list of formal photos he was provided a week in advance. A bridesmaid had to print another copy for him. He did not take all of the formal photos he was supposed to. A guest overheard him bragging that he was going to skip one of the most important images (B&G with parents on both sides) because it was "too complicated" to organize the people involved. Mr. Weiss only took photos from one side of the ceremony, so no shots of the bridesmaids exist. Mr. Weiss skipped major moments of the ceremony and reception, which were requested. He then takes a bottle of champagne home at the end of the evening, which was for guests. I was reluctant to say no because he was shooting our wedding. He DID NOT provide the images he promised after we paid him in full. He stated that ("but as i see you guys traveling from country to country .. its very clear that you had money , you were just stiffying me so you could spend it on yourself ... making you look pretty bad .. and after I got your free rental gear !!! you really didnt make yourself look like a great client ... w all these actions and expecting so much") he wanted more money after the wedding was over, while we were on our honeymoon (it was more than stressful), stating that if we can afford to travel on a weeks long honeymoon, then we can afford to pay him more money for the images that we want. Beware, he's untrustworthy, will try to gouge you for more money after the event, and staggeringly unprofessional.
