Photographer's card at dinner?

I would have cards sitting on each dinner table, or in a basket on the favor table or on a little table where the place cards/seating card is located, or near the entrance to the reception. You could even set them on the DJ's table and have him make an announcement like, "Information for viewing the wedding photos online is available here at my table."

As a guest, I really like being able to go and look at the photos later, and it's handy to have the information, but I wouldn't want to be interrupted during dinner and I wouldn't want the MOH/BM to have to "work" during the dinner hour.

I think this is very inappropriate and downright rude to ask of you. If he wants to put out a stack of his business cards, perhaps he can do so on a small table, but I have never heard of being handed a business card at a reception dinner! I think this is a feeble attempt on his part to drum up business. Sorry to say, but the only people that will be interested in looking at your wedding photos online would be your family and you can give your family his website address.

I would look for another photographer. OR, if you really like this one and/or already have a deposit down, I would tell him outright that this "tradition" will NOT take place at your reception. How rude of him to expect the MOH and BM to do this!

That sounds incredibly tacky. Who is your photographer? I have never heard of a photographer trying to advertise for additional print sales at a wedding. He is supposed to be working for you, not working the crowd for more money.

Personally, I would look around for another photographer.

These days, the easiest way for you to get people to see your wedding photos is by sending out an email to your friends with the photographer's website, but that should only be if you want to, and not something the photographer makes you do.

What your photographer is doing is quite obvious. He wants his business card circulated in an effort to gain more business. I would not allow such a thing to happen at my wedding. This is a wedding not a business networking affair.

I do not care if this is his custom, it is wrong, tacky and an underhanded way to advertise his business. I would never agree to such a thing.

However, you can tell him that you will not pass out his cards to anyone but will mention in your thank you notes his web site so people can see your wedding photographs. Then, it is up to you whether you want to follow through with that idea or not.

No way, no how, I would never pass out photographer business cards at my wedding as it is not a graceful thing to do. Your wedding reception is not a bridal expo to be used to advertise a business disguised as ".....how our guests can view our pics on line".

Follow your instincts and gracefully back out of that obligation and be sure it is not in the contract.

That's really gauche and you need to let the photog know he cannot do any self promotion during your wedding. My DJ tried to do that and I put a stop to it quick- he shot video of us and put it on his website later without telling us! If the photog wants to supply you with cards that have info on viewing photos online, usually the bride sends those out with the thank you cards. It would be stupid to hand them out during the reception, because the photos won't be online for weeks or months after he edits them. Tell him he can give a stack of his little cards to you for you to send to your guests after the wedding.

Besides, the guests don't want to talk to the wedding party during dinner, they want to see the bride and groom! The two of you should make the rounds and greet every table of guests before and after dinner is served, before you hit the dance floor.

Absolutely NOT during dinner- they should get to eat, and will have plenty of responsibilities throughout the evening already. He's welcome to pass out his cards himself and perhaps set up a little sign near the guest book with a box of cards (if you go with this, be sure to pre-approve the set-up). You're paying him to do work for you, not the other way around.

I have never heard of a photographer doing this. It is not his place to request anything but payment from you after he has done his job. I wouldn't hire him.

the photographer is an idiot ...im a photographer and i would never do this