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Carli P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
18 Mar 2022, 10:18
Horrible experience
I write this with a very heavy heart. I’ve worked with The Lightbulb Photography (previously June & July Photography) a few times before. She has never been great with the admin side of her business, but I let that slide, because her photos were always so beautiful. So I booked my child’s newborn shoot with her. I didn’t want the typical newborn shoot, and discussed what we wanted and I sent her reference pictures, etc. I provided all the props, so didn’t ask her to bring anything. All was set. I was excited to work with her again. But, without sounding dramatic, it quickly turned into a nightmare. I messaged her after a month of not hearing anything and I was ghosted. Continued calling and messaging, but she never answers. Finally she says she is in front of her computer and sending the link as we speak. It never came and her phone was switched off. Fast forward another two or three weeks where she continuously lies about power outages, being sick, dealing with personal problems, being hospitalised or just being too busy, I finally had enough and gave her a deadline. And then another. And another. One excuse after the other. I finally received a total of 10 edited images of my newborn…each photo was only a few kilobytes big, so very pixelated, and “edited” so badly with blurry backgrounds and extremely bad deep etching. This is so sad to me as I can never get this special time in my life back. I am warning all that might think of choosing The Lightbulb for their special occasions to reconsider. There are tons of amazing photographers in SA. Photographers that will deliver and not disappoint. Stay
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Carli P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
18 Mar 2022, 10:18
Horrible experience
I write this with a very heavy heart. I’ve worked with The Lightbulb Photography (previously June & July Photography) a few times before. She has never been great with the admin side of her business, but I let that slide, because her photos were always so beautiful. So I booked my child’s newborn shoot with her. I didn’t want the typical newborn shoot, and discussed what we wanted and I sent her reference pictures, etc. I provided all the props, so didn’t ask her to bring anything. All was set. I was excited to work with her again. But, without sounding dramatic, it quickly turned into a nightmare. I messaged her after a month of not hearing anything and I was ghosted. Continued calling and messaging, but she never answers. Finally she says she is in front of her computer and sending the link as we speak. It never came and her phone was switched off. Fast forward another two or three weeks where she continuously lies about power outages, being sick, dealing with personal problems, being hospitalised or just being too busy, I finally had enough and gave her a deadline. And then another. And another. One excuse after the other. I finally received a total of 10 edited images of my newborn…each photo was only a few kilobytes big, so very pixelated, and “edited” so badly with blurry backgrounds and extremely bad deep etching. This is so sad to me as I can never get this special time in my life back. I am warning all that might think of choosing The Lightbulb for their special occasions to reconsider. There are tons of amazing photographers in SA. Photographers that will deliver and not disappoint. Stay
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Kirsten McIntyre-Erasmus
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
25 Aug 2020, 13:45
Scamming couples out of their money with shocking service
It has taken me a long time to muster up the courage to write this review as our experience with June & July Photography it is still an enormous disappointment to me even though we are 2 years down the line from our wedding day - 27 April 2018. We contacted Zeone Burger to determine the various wedding packages available to us. We were keen to book with her and she provided us with an invoice and then began to chase us for the first payment by offering a discount. Once the deposit was made the wheels already began to fall off. I had explained to Zeone that my husband is a quadriplegic and makes use of a wheelchair. I shared our concerns with her around the fact that a lot of the "traditional photos" wouldn't work for us and that we would like to meet with her to discuss our options so that we could be at ease about still capturing magical photos on our special day. She refused and said she was busy with fashion shoots and that meeting up ahead of the wedding is not something that she does with her clients. We were also unable to secure any date for the Engagement shoot that was included in our package. She had countless excuses of being sick, attending funerals, being hospitalised. We reluctantly agreed to do a post wedding shoot to make up for all of the photos we were not able to capture on our wedding day. To date this post wedding shoot has also never materialised. There are times were 4 weeks would go by and I would not have received a response to my emails as well as reminders I had sent to Zeone to please respond to me. I preferred to communicate this via email since I wanted our communication to be on paper to have confirmation of what was discussed/agreed on. A few days prior to our wedding Zeone contacted me to inform me that she had to go to hospital and would in every likelihood not be able to photograph our wedding. I told her that we had made payment for her to photograph our wedding – if another photographer were to fill in we would have a completely different look and feel to the photos which is not what we had agreed on. I had asked her to please give us a full refund if she was not able to photograph the wedding herself and she said this would not be possible. Nevertheless she was surprisingly present on the day of our wedding. As a result of us highlighting our concerns and the fact that we were disappointed with her service leading up to our wedding our photos were never featured on her website or Facebook page. We never received or “Sneak Peak” photos that we were promised and also only received our photos, memory box & USB stick in October 2018 which was 6 months down the line from our wedding. After our wedding Zeone even went as far as to photoshop a very distasteful photo of my husband and I together and use it as a WhatsApp profile picture while manufacturing a fictitious story that someone had contacted her with this particular profile picture pretending to be me and was requesting my wedding photos. The lies, the excuses and the disappointment with this service provider are endless. Please do your homework thoroughly before electing to make us of Zeone’s services. Your photos are the only way for you to remember your special day years down the line and no couple should have to look back on this day wishing they had used someone else instead.
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Kirsten McIntyre-Erasmus
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
25 Aug 2020, 13:45
Scamming couples out of their money with shocking service
It has taken me a long time to muster up the courage to write this review as our experience with June & July Photography it is still an enormous disappointment to me even though we are 2 years down the line from our wedding day - 27 April 2018. We contacted Zeone Burger to determine the various wedding packages available to us. We were keen to book with her and she provided us with an invoice and then began to chase us for the first payment by offering a discount. Once the deposit was made the wheels already began to fall off. I had explained to Zeone that my husband is a quadriplegic and makes use of a wheelchair. I shared our concerns with her around the fact that a lot of the "traditional photos" wouldn't work for us and that we would like to meet with her to discuss our options so that we could be at ease about still capturing magical photos on our special day. She refused and said she was busy with fashion shoots and that meeting up ahead of the wedding is not something that she does with her clients. We were also unable to secure any date for the Engagement shoot that was included in our package. She had countless excuses of being sick, attending funerals, being hospitalised. We reluctantly agreed to do a post wedding shoot to make up for all of the photos we were not able to capture on our wedding day. To date this post wedding shoot has also never materialised. There are times were 4 weeks would go by and I would not have received a response to my emails as well as reminders I had sent to Zeone to please respond to me. I preferred to communicate this via email since I wanted our communication to be on paper to have confirmation of what was discussed/agreed on. A few days prior to our wedding Zeone contacted me to inform me that she had to go to hospital and would in every likelihood not be able to photograph our wedding. I told her that we had made payment for her to photograph our wedding – if another photographer were to fill in we would have a completely different look and feel to the photos which is not what we had agreed on. I had asked her to please give us a full refund if she was not able to photograph the wedding herself and she said this would not be possible. Nevertheless she was surprisingly present on the day of our wedding. As a result of us highlighting our concerns and the fact that we were disappointed with her service leading up to our wedding our photos were never featured on her website or Facebook page. We never received or “Sneak Peak” photos that we were promised and also only received our photos, memory box & USB stick in October 2018 which was 6 months down the line from our wedding. After our wedding Zeone even went as far as to photoshop a very distasteful photo of my husband and I together and use it as a WhatsApp profile picture while manufacturing a fictitious story that someone had contacted her with this particular profile picture pretending to be me and was requesting my wedding photos. The lies, the excuses and the disappointment with this service provider are endless. Please do your homework thoroughly before electing to make us of Zeone’s services. Your photos are the only way for you to remember your special day years down the line and no couple should have to look back on this day wishing they had used someone else instead.
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Lyana P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
28 Mar 2018, 08:48
Disgusting service!!!
I took a moment to explain our experience with June & July Photography: This specific supplier's scamming is getting out of hand and I would like to warn anyone about her, before she causes more tears on your wedding day. In May 2016 we got engaged and we immediately started planning our big day. First our Venue then we started looking for photographers. We narrowed them down and then we met with Zeoné Burger from June & July Photography. She promised us the world and she had a special if you pay the deposit before a certain date you get a free videographer on the day. Now who wouldn't go for that I mean she already sweet talked us and we put our trust in her and paid her the deposit. Once we paid, sjoe her sweet talking and services flew out the door. We had to nag her for an engagement shoot date (emails, calls, whatsapps). The day of our engagement shoot she cancelled the morning, because she was sick. From this we move the date twice and eventually forced her to do the shoot. This should've been the second sign to us to get out. Yet, we decided this was a minor issue and we kept with her for the wedding. We were supposed to have another brief meeting before the wedding, but this was also unsuccessful, because of her so tight schedule and sickness. The Wednesday before our wedding 27 May 2017 she emailed me, as if I didn't have enough stress. That she can't do the wedding as her doctor said she may not work until end June when she has to go for another operation. She promised to send 2 photographers and the videographer, and she will prep them beforehand. I was very sympathetic towards her, but deep down I wanted to scream at her. Wedding day came and yes neither the photographers / videographer was fully prepared for the day. She promised us ALL the picture (1000+) yet we just go over 800. The short video is good, but the entire one has some glitches. A few weeks after the wedding we followed up on the photos and she gave us a time frame and then she made arrangements to drop everything off with my husband. On the day of the drop off she called him saying her cleaner bumped her table or something like that and all her USB sticks (made from glass) fell and broke and she has to drive to Pretoria to get new ones, so she won't make it, but my husband was also fed-up with her excuses and lies he told her she will drop it off today she must make a plan. And guess what we did get 2 USB sticks (made from glass). The photo on the block to mount on the wall is such a bad photo that doesn't look nice at all, we are going to throw it in the fire to burn. I thought maybe this was just our experience with her, but then I resourced to HelloPeter.com and there is a review in March 2017 (wish I could've seen it earlier). Months later there is more reviews with the similar experience. She even did it, but even worse to someone I know personally. Please make sure before booking with a supplier. Look them up properly with us there was no warning as the 1st review on HelloPeter.com was in March 2017 and we booked her in May 2016 already. You won't see our photos from the engagement shoot or wedding on her page and I have been conveniently blocked from her page
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Lyana P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
28 Mar 2018, 08:48
Disgusting service!!!
I took a moment to explain our experience with June & July Photography: This specific supplier's scamming is getting out of hand and I would like to warn anyone about her, before she causes more tears on your wedding day. In May 2016 we got engaged and we immediately started planning our big day. First our Venue then we started looking for photographers. We narrowed them down and then we met with Zeoné Burger from June & July Photography. She promised us the world and she had a special if you pay the deposit before a certain date you get a free videographer on the day. Now who wouldn't go for that I mean she already sweet talked us and we put our trust in her and paid her the deposit. Once we paid, sjoe her sweet talking and services flew out the door. We had to nag her for an engagement shoot date (emails, calls, whatsapps). The day of our engagement shoot she cancelled the morning, because she was sick. From this we move the date twice and eventually forced her to do the shoot. This should've been the second sign to us to get out. Yet, we decided this was a minor issue and we kept with her for the wedding. We were supposed to have another brief meeting before the wedding, but this was also unsuccessful, because of her so tight schedule and sickness. The Wednesday before our wedding 27 May 2017 she emailed me, as if I didn't have enough stress. That she can't do the wedding as her doctor said she may not work until end June when she has to go for another operation. She promised to send 2 photographers and the videographer, and she will prep them beforehand. I was very sympathetic towards her, but deep down I wanted to scream at her. Wedding day came and yes neither the photographers / videographer was fully prepared for the day. She promised us ALL the picture (1000+) yet we just go over 800. The short video is good, but the entire one has some glitches. A few weeks after the wedding we followed up on the photos and she gave us a time frame and then she made arrangements to drop everything off with my husband. On the day of the drop off she called him saying her cleaner bumped her table or something like that and all her USB sticks (made from glass) fell and broke and she has to drive to Pretoria to get new ones, so she won't make it, but my husband was also fed-up with her excuses and lies he told her she will drop it off today she must make a plan. And guess what we did get 2 USB sticks (made from glass). The photo on the block to mount on the wall is such a bad photo that doesn't look nice at all, we are going to throw it in the fire to burn. I thought maybe this was just our experience with her, but then I resourced to HelloPeter.com and there is a review in March 2017 (wish I could've seen it earlier). Months later there is more reviews with the similar experience. She even did it, but even worse to someone I know personally. Please make sure before booking with a supplier. Look them up properly with us there was no warning as the 1st review on HelloPeter.com was in March 2017 and we booked her in May 2016 already. You won't see our photos from the engagement shoot or wedding on her page and I have been conveniently blocked from her page
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Lyana P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
28 Mar 2018, 07:29
The MOST disgusting service received from Zeone Burger
Our experience is similar to the other reviews. She is a sweet talker, promises you the world until you pay the deposit. You have to nag for engagement shoot date and then she drops you during the week of your wedding. Please NEVER NEVER use her services as you will be disappointed.
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Lyana P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
28 Mar 2018, 07:29
The MOST disgusting service received from Zeone Burger
Our experience is similar to the other reviews. She is a sweet talker, promises you the world until you pay the deposit. You have to nag for engagement shoot date and then she drops you during the week of your wedding. Please NEVER NEVER use her services as you will be disappointed.
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Ané Sieberhagen
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Mar 2018, 16:11
Awful service from June & July Photography
What an awful experience we had with June & July photography (Zeoné Burger). First of all: her communication is terrible! She sweet talks until you pay deposit then you never hear from her again. We had to constantly nag her to set a date for our engagement shoot as we wanted to get our save the dates out ASAP. Finally after we decided on a date, I had my make up trial done (which was supposed to be included in my package but cancelled, cause she wants me to drive to Alberton from Sandton and back to Muldersdrift and I couldn’t cause my fiancé had flown from CPT especially for this shoot (for 1 day only) and I had to have my hair done etc.) Anyways so I did my make make up, hair everything and she canceled on us 30 minutes prior to our engagement shoot. As a result of these happenings we canceled her services and demanded our money back. She refused so we had to seek legal advice in order to get our money back. #junejulyphotography #zeoneburger
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Ané Sieberhagen
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Mar 2018, 16:11
Awful service from June & July Photography
What an awful experience we had with June & July photography (Zeoné Burger). First of all: her communication is terrible! She sweet talks until you pay deposit then you never hear from her again. We had to constantly nag her to set a date for our engagement shoot as we wanted to get our save the dates out ASAP. Finally after we decided on a date, I had my make up trial done (which was supposed to be included in my package but cancelled, cause she wants me to drive to Alberton from Sandton and back to Muldersdrift and I couldn’t cause my fiancé had flown from CPT especially for this shoot (for 1 day only) and I had to have my hair done etc.) Anyways so I did my make make up, hair everything and she canceled on us 30 minutes prior to our engagement shoot. As a result of these happenings we canceled her services and demanded our money back. She refused so we had to seek legal advice in order to get our money back. #junejulyphotography #zeoneburger
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Margaux G
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
31 Jan 2018, 09:04
Be Careful its all lies ( First hand experience from a Second shooter some one that use to work for her)
I write this with a heavy heart after its been remove as Zeone claims this is all lies, I will not let any other bride fall for this or any one working under her. I am absolutely disgusted by the way she treated everything so here it goes again. I am not trying to bad mouth her or steel her brides or damage her business, my only concern is for brides and for other photographers that might assist her. I have been the second shooter for Zeone from June and July from June 2017 till now, we have worked hand in hand and I saw everything that went on. 1 ) I saw every time shes late she tells the brides she was photographing the decor, witch is not tru first lie. This happened the first time I worked with her at Makiti she was late and I was early as I am a punctual person. She paid me the same night of the wedding and I then decided that I would love to work with her,if this was the punctual way she ran her business, well this was the only pay that happened like this. She stayed closer to the venue and I further away and still I was on time and she was late. This has happened a lot. 2) Last year Zeone made a double booking for 15th Dec 2017 at Imperfect perfection before this she had to do the couples engagement shoot and invited me to join as I want to build up portfolio. An hour and a half before the shoot she called me saying she's sick and that I should do the shoot. When the couple arrived they thought I was ZEONE she didn't even have the decency to let them no and on that day I asked them do you know that I will do your wedding as well and they said NO this is after she said its been arranged, and I got to capture their absolutely stunning wedding. this was on 15th Dec 2017 while she did a wedding somewhere ells. (NOT SICK THE 16th Dec is her Birthday and she didn't want to work on her birthday)!!! This email she send to her clients the 15th of Dec the day before their wedding : "Goeie Dag Crizelle Ek hoop dit gaan goed? Met n seer hart het ons vanoggend die dokter gaan sien, nadat ek vir n MRI gegaan het en n EKG het hulle uitslae gekry My brein se brein golwe is aangetas deur n siekte My adrenaline in my brein skop nie meer in nie en verskeie simptome kom voor waar ek grys sien en begin swart kolle sien, en my lyf dan will in gee Margaux my voltydse assistant en fotograaf werk al saam my terwyl ek siek was en sy kan self vir jou se hoe ek vererger by n troue ( ek het haar ge CC in die epos) Die dokter will glad nie he ek moet meer werk nie vir die res van die jaar waar hy my af gebook het. Want hoe meer werk en doen hoe meer strain veroorsaak dit en dan vererger dit my kondisie Margaux moes my troue vandag gaan doen by Imperfect Perfection omdat ek nie mag werk nie En met n seer hart mag ek ook nie jou troue afneem nie So ongelukkig sal ek dit nie meer kan doen nie Margaux alhoewel sal julle troue kan doen teen die selfde kostes en alles wat ek sou gee vir julle ook gee Die deposito wat aan my betaal is sal ek aan haar betaal en al het ek die engagement shoot gedoen sal ek dit nie aftrek nie en haar die volle bedrag betaal Julle laaste betaling kan julle self aan haar betaal asb. Margaux sal jy asb vir haar jou banking details aan stuur Crizelle uit die diepste van my hart is ek jammer en ek is so jammer ek kan nie daar wees nie Margaux Cronje Photograph y sal jou troue afneem en ek gee dit oor aan haar Haar styl is identies aan myne en jy gaan presies kry maar net met ander gesigies Ek glo ek hoop jy verstaan Ek sou baie graag wou deel wees van jou mooi dag Maar om die stadium is ek baie siek en die dokters will nie meer he ek moet werk vir die res van die jaar nie Ek weet jy gaan n stunning bruid wees en ek kan nie wag om te sien wat Margaux gaan doen vir jou nie sys amazing en jys in goeie hande Haar nommer ********** 258 Email: ********** Facebook page: Margaux Cronje Ek sal dokters brief aan jou forward Ek hoor graag van jou Groete Zeone" I had to beg to get the money from her!!! ALL THE SCREEN SHOTS WILL BE ATTACHED TO SHOW ITS THE TRUTH AS SHE REMOVED MY PREVIOUS ONE AND CLAIMED ITS A LIE!!! The 16th Dec I showed up at the wedding just to hear that this has happened to on of their grooms men and friend of them (3rd couple) He said she send him someone better than what she was a BIG SHOT GUY, not the truth it was someone she trained he only started out all tho he have talent, but again lies!!!! The grooms men said she gave them extra Canvas prints to apologies, this she gives to all her brides to either apologize for her bad service or to tell them wow you are so amazing I loved your wedding here is something extra. I asked her to pay me the R6000 Booking fee the clients payed her so I can do gear rental for the wedding, every day she said she will pay and nothing. After the wedding I called her numerous times and send her reminders almost every time just to get my money, my husband sms'ed her and told her we really need the money. She then called me after so many times not answering her phone and said this is between me and her and its not acceptable and all, She said and I quote " Ek is mos siek en jy weet dit, ek vergeet en jy moet my remind" But she went to Capetown and Swim an Jol and Drink but shes sick I should remind her to pay me, This will work once but I do have this nice app that sends out reminders and keep proof of everything I reminded her constantly. By this time she owed me more than R14 000 As I covered another double booking at Diep in Die Berg, she tells the clients that she will do the editing so it will look exactly like her work BTW I did the editing for this wedding. After a lot she stared paying me R1000 here and R2000 there decided on her own that down payment is acceptable and she decided for me that I have agreed to this which is not true. I gave her all the images for every wedding I assisted and owed her nothing and still no payment. Brides that I have assisted with contacted me and said they have been waiting 5 months for their photos and nothing. I feel so sorry for them as most photographers has a waiting period of 3 Months max for if you are ill or go on holiday then you have more then enough time to edit. Zeone told me she can edit in 1 day if she sits and edits so this is just so you know. ( I can't do it in one day it takes me about a week). Laast week Thursday I gave the last of the photos I owed her and that Monday the 22nd of Jan 2018 she told me Thursday when shes here she will pay in full. Thursday she said she will pay Friday and nothing. Saturday I called her she said she will pay now. NEVER DID. This all happens after 44 days of no payment and 22 reminder 2 emails multiple sms's and numerous calls she did not answered. Monday I asked her and she said she payed the Saturday and because its over the weekend it wont show or sms me. I always get a FNB message telling me payment has been made and no sms, so I left it gave her the benefit of the doubt. That evening I was fed up she still owed me R7500 so I posted on a PRIVATE group on Kiki Gauteng not nameing her name and asked for Help what should I do? Every one said never deliver without pay, after this some people messaged me private and called her by name without me telling them they knew who this person was, she had a bad rep with others as well. The next morning 6:04 I received a sms that she paid R2000 , she paid just before whatsapping me and thanking me for the post she was not named in. She then claimed she payed the Saturday but the FNB sms showed its the Thursday morning she paid after sending POP over whatsapp she changed the dates to say its the Saturday and my SMS showed different then she also claimed to have paid the remaining R5500 also Saturday and send pop over whatsap (please find all attached). after moaning and telling her the dates do not mach she quickly paid the R5500 showing time and date stamps in FNB message differs from pop she send over whatsapp. PLEASE NOTE THIS PAYMENT IS 44 DAYS LATE SO NO MATTER WHAT ITS LATE!!!! I don't care if hers say something els it should have been paid last year. Her excuse from a few years ago is she's sick and her excuse now is she's sick. Shes always sick and not feeling well but when it suits her she is ok to go to the Maldives and spend R90 000 on this trip but cant pay me, she buys new leather couches and revamp her little place but cant pay me goes to Capetown siting on nice little boats but cant pay me. IF YOU TAKE FOOD WITHOUT PAYING ITS STEELING SO IT IS THE SAME IF I DELIVER A SERVICE AND NO PAY ITS STEELING. After many many many reminders complains and calls I have finally been paid. SO please please please be warned do your research and get the right suppliers for your wedding and if you do assist her be careful don't burn yourself as I did. I beg of you I was a bride once and I know the stress and the amount of money you spend, don't let this happen to you I ask you out of the deepest of my heart its not to bad mouth her or anything I think people should know the truth and know what they pay for.
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Margaux G
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
31 Jan 2018, 09:04
Be Careful its all lies ( First hand experience from a Second shooter some one that use to work for her)
I write this with a heavy heart after its been remove as Zeone claims this is all lies, I will not let any other bride fall for this or any one working under her. I am absolutely disgusted by the way she treated everything so here it goes again. I am not trying to bad mouth her or steel her brides or damage her business, my only concern is for brides and for other photographers that might assist her. I have been the second shooter for Zeone from June and July from June 2017 till now, we have worked hand in hand and I saw everything that went on. 1 ) I saw every time shes late she tells the brides she was photographing the decor, witch is not tru first lie. This happened the first time I worked with her at Makiti she was late and I was early as I am a punctual person. She paid me the same night of the wedding and I then decided that I would love to work with her,if this was the punctual way she ran her business, well this was the only pay that happened like this. She stayed closer to the venue and I further away and still I was on time and she was late. This has happened a lot. 2) Last year Zeone made a double booking for 15th Dec 2017 at Imperfect perfection before this she had to do the couples engagement shoot and invited me to join as I want to build up portfolio. An hour and a half before the shoot she called me saying she's sick and that I should do the shoot. When the couple arrived they thought I was ZEONE she didn't even have the decency to let them no and on that day I asked them do you know that I will do your wedding as well and they said NO this is after she said its been arranged, and I got to capture their absolutely stunning wedding. this was on 15th Dec 2017 while she did a wedding somewhere ells. (NOT SICK THE 16th Dec is her Birthday and she didn't want to work on her birthday)!!! This email she send to her clients the 15th of Dec the day before their wedding : "Goeie Dag Crizelle Ek hoop dit gaan goed? Met n seer hart het ons vanoggend die dokter gaan sien, nadat ek vir n MRI gegaan het en n EKG het hulle uitslae gekry My brein se brein golwe is aangetas deur n siekte My adrenaline in my brein skop nie meer in nie en verskeie simptome kom voor waar ek grys sien en begin swart kolle sien, en my lyf dan will in gee Margaux my voltydse assistant en fotograaf werk al saam my terwyl ek siek was en sy kan self vir jou se hoe ek vererger by n troue ( ek het haar ge CC in die epos) Die dokter will glad nie he ek moet meer werk nie vir die res van die jaar waar hy my af gebook het. Want hoe meer werk en doen hoe meer strain veroorsaak dit en dan vererger dit my kondisie Margaux moes my troue vandag gaan doen by Imperfect Perfection omdat ek nie mag werk nie En met n seer hart mag ek ook nie jou troue afneem nie So ongelukkig sal ek dit nie meer kan doen nie Margaux alhoewel sal julle troue kan doen teen die selfde kostes en alles wat ek sou gee vir julle ook gee Die deposito wat aan my betaal is sal ek aan haar betaal en al het ek die engagement shoot gedoen sal ek dit nie aftrek nie en haar die volle bedrag betaal Julle laaste betaling kan julle self aan haar betaal asb. Margaux sal jy asb vir haar jou banking details aan stuur Crizelle uit die diepste van my hart is ek jammer en ek is so jammer ek kan nie daar wees nie Margaux Cronje Photograph y sal jou troue afneem en ek gee dit oor aan haar Haar styl is identies aan myne en jy gaan presies kry maar net met ander gesigies Ek glo ek hoop jy verstaan Ek sou baie graag wou deel wees van jou mooi dag Maar om die stadium is ek baie siek en die dokters will nie meer he ek moet werk vir die res van die jaar nie Ek weet jy gaan n stunning bruid wees en ek kan nie wag om te sien wat Margaux gaan doen vir jou nie sys amazing en jys in goeie hande Haar nommer ********** 258 Email: ********** Facebook page: Margaux Cronje Ek sal dokters brief aan jou forward Ek hoor graag van jou Groete Zeone" I had to beg to get the money from her!!! ALL THE SCREEN SHOTS WILL BE ATTACHED TO SHOW ITS THE TRUTH AS SHE REMOVED MY PREVIOUS ONE AND CLAIMED ITS A LIE!!! The 16th Dec I showed up at the wedding just to hear that this has happened to on of their grooms men and friend of them (3rd couple) He said she send him someone better than what she was a BIG SHOT GUY, not the truth it was someone she trained he only started out all tho he have talent, but again lies!!!! The grooms men said she gave them extra Canvas prints to apologies, this she gives to all her brides to either apologize for her bad service or to tell them wow you are so amazing I loved your wedding here is something extra. I asked her to pay me the R6000 Booking fee the clients payed her so I can do gear rental for the wedding, every day she said she will pay and nothing. After the wedding I called her numerous times and send her reminders almost every time just to get my money, my husband sms'ed her and told her we really need the money. She then called me after so many times not answering her phone and said this is between me and her and its not acceptable and all, She said and I quote " Ek is mos siek en jy weet dit, ek vergeet en jy moet my remind" But she went to Capetown and Swim an Jol and Drink but shes sick I should remind her to pay me, This will work once but I do have this nice app that sends out reminders and keep proof of everything I reminded her constantly. By this time she owed me more than R14 000 As I covered another double booking at Diep in Die Berg, she tells the clients that she will do the editing so it will look exactly like her work BTW I did the editing for this wedding. After a lot she stared paying me R1000 here and R2000 there decided on her own that down payment is acceptable and she decided for me that I have agreed to this which is not true. I gave her all the images for every wedding I assisted and owed her nothing and still no payment. Brides that I have assisted with contacted me and said they have been waiting 5 months for their photos and nothing. I feel so sorry for them as most photographers has a waiting period of 3 Months max for if you are ill or go on holiday then you have more then enough time to edit. Zeone told me she can edit in 1 day if she sits and edits so this is just so you know. ( I can't do it in one day it takes me about a week). Laast week Thursday I gave the last of the photos I owed her and that Monday the 22nd of Jan 2018 she told me Thursday when shes here she will pay in full. Thursday she said she will pay Friday and nothing. Saturday I called her she said she will pay now. NEVER DID. This all happens after 44 days of no payment and 22 reminder 2 emails multiple sms's and numerous calls she did not answered. Monday I asked her and she said she payed the Saturday and because its over the weekend it wont show or sms me. I always get a FNB message telling me payment has been made and no sms, so I left it gave her the benefit of the doubt. That evening I was fed up she still owed me R7500 so I posted on a PRIVATE group on Kiki Gauteng not nameing her name and asked for Help what should I do? Every one said never deliver without pay, after this some people messaged me private and called her by name without me telling them they knew who this person was, she had a bad rep with others as well. The next morning 6:04 I received a sms that she paid R2000 , she paid just before whatsapping me and thanking me for the post she was not named in. She then claimed she payed the Saturday but the FNB sms showed its the Thursday morning she paid after sending POP over whatsapp she changed the dates to say its the Saturday and my SMS showed different then she also claimed to have paid the remaining R5500 also Saturday and send pop over whatsap (please find all attached). after moaning and telling her the dates do not mach she quickly paid the R5500 showing time and date stamps in FNB message differs from pop she send over whatsapp. PLEASE NOTE THIS PAYMENT IS 44 DAYS LATE SO NO MATTER WHAT ITS LATE!!!! I don't care if hers say something els it should have been paid last year. Her excuse from a few years ago is she's sick and her excuse now is she's sick. Shes always sick and not feeling well but when it suits her she is ok to go to the Maldives and spend R90 000 on this trip but cant pay me, she buys new leather couches and revamp her little place but cant pay me goes to Capetown siting on nice little boats but cant pay me. IF YOU TAKE FOOD WITHOUT PAYING ITS STEELING SO IT IS THE SAME IF I DELIVER A SERVICE AND NO PAY ITS STEELING. After many many many reminders complains and calls I have finally been paid. SO please please please be warned do your research and get the right suppliers for your wedding and if you do assist her be careful don't burn yourself as I did. I beg of you I was a bride once and I know the stress and the amount of money you spend, don't let this happen to you I ask you out of the deepest of my heart its not to bad mouth her or anything I think people should know the truth and know what they pay for.
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Margaux G
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
29 Jan 2018, 08:25
Be Careful its all lies ( First hand experience from a Second shooter some one that use to work for her)
Good Day all, I write this with a heavy heart. This photographer was my mentor and we had to separate paths due to lies and no payment. I use to second shoot for Zeone from June & July, I saw everything that went on behind the scenes and if I was one of her brides I would be furious. I have seen numerous times how she lied to her clients and what she does. Every time she's late she just tells the bride that shes been at the venue photographing the venue, as I was her second shooter I saw this every time. I am a punctual person and the first time I shot with her she was late and had some excuse, she stayed closer to the venue than me but still she was late. I was impressed that the paid the day of the wedding so I decided wow I would love to learn from her, how she works ect. Don't get me wrong I do not want to bad mouth her but I do not like dishonesty. After all this I have shoot remoteness weddings whit her, and about 50% of them shes late to, shes good in what she does but brides contact me as they do not get hold of her and they wait months for their photos full of empty promises saying she will deliver withing this week and never deliver. She did the same to me with payment after this, she will say she will pay me the full amount she owes me and weeks later nothing, her excuse is and I quote "you know I'm sick and that I forget things and you should remind me." So this works once but saying this to me every time is not going to fly. I send her reminders, emails, messages and call her every day and no pay. I have seen her make double bookings, then she tells me the bride knows and I should meet her for the engagement shoot an hour before the shoot she does not feel well I should do the shoot. When I get there the bride thinks I'm Zeone and have heard nothing about me doing her wedding as well. Another bride last year: Two months before the wedding she asks me to cover the wedding due to it being her birthday and she does not want to work on her birth day ( then do not book a wedding). I have asked her every week if she has told the bride yet that I will be doing the wedding and every day pf the week before the wedding. I asked her to pay me as she gave the entire wedding to me and said she will pay me the R6000 (50% that the clients have payed her for the wedding) so I can book gear for the video. Every day she said she will pay and the wedding is past she still owes me the money, the bride has payed me the remaining 50% already but still nothing from Zeone. The day before the wedding she contacts the bride letting her know shes sick, (shes not sick its her birthday) and she is booked off I have covered that days wedding (Friday) and the next day (hers the Saturday bride on Zeone's Birthday) due to her being booked off by the doctor. In fact the previous day she had a double booking I did the one and she the other, but she tells the Saturday bride that I have covered Fridays wedding as well (lies its a double booking). I have not received any payment yet from her. On the Saturday at the wedding that she canceled the day before the wedding I heard from one of the grooms men the same happened to him and and one of his friends with Zeone ( June & July). He told me she send someone ells some one better (witch I know is not the truth as this guy learned from her and his just starting out as well coz I know him). She gives all her clients canvas print to apologies, but this same canvas she gives to all her brides. To tell them she really liked them. (to those she did do the job properly with.) So today 29 Jan 2018 after 43 days of payment being late and promise every time I do get a hold of her that she will pay that day and still no payment, after 21 email reminders from my invoice app and 2 separate emails, after nearly 40 calls no payment still. I have bills to pay and she goes on holiday telling me that she has no money and waiting for brides to pay me before she can pay me. LIES!!!! I then emailed reminder her today, called her and messaged her, now she tells me she did pay (no payment received) and that she will no longer do business with me because I lie and miss use her. I would like to let all the brides this, if she does this to someone that works for her, she will do the same to you. Her brides contact me asking for photos. Unfortunately I can not help even if I wanted to. I do not want to associate my name with her as this will give me a bad image. Please do your research. I do beg you I have first hand experience. Shes sick but go to the Maldives pays R90 000 for her holiday and buying new leather couches and revamping her little house but she cant pay me. Shes "sick" but go to Cape Town and swims and jols and drinks and can't shoot weddings because she's sick. This is not to bad mouth her or damage her business or steal her brides or get her bookings or anything like that, this is to warn brides as I have been a bride my self and know the stress, I have had bad suppliers my self and I would like to prevent this for you. Please please please be careful.
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Margaux G
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
29 Jan 2018, 08:25
Be Careful its all lies ( First hand experience from a Second shooter some one that use to work for her)
Good Day all, I write this with a heavy heart. This photographer was my mentor and we had to separate paths due to lies and no payment. I use to second shoot for Zeone from June & July, I saw everything that went on behind the scenes and if I was one of her brides I would be furious. I have seen numerous times how she lied to her clients and what she does. Every time she's late she just tells the bride that shes been at the venue photographing the venue, as I was her second shooter I saw this every time. I am a punctual person and the first time I shot with her she was late and had some excuse, she stayed closer to the venue than me but still she was late. I was impressed that the paid the day of the wedding so I decided wow I would love to learn from her, how she works ect. Don't get me wrong I do not want to bad mouth her but I do not like dishonesty. After all this I have shoot remoteness weddings whit her, and about 50% of them shes late to, shes good in what she does but brides contact me as they do not get hold of her and they wait months for their photos full of empty promises saying she will deliver withing this week and never deliver. She did the same to me with payment after this, she will say she will pay me the full amount she owes me and weeks later nothing, her excuse is and I quote "you know I'm sick and that I forget things and you should remind me." So this works once but saying this to me every time is not going to fly. I send her reminders, emails, messages and call her every day and no pay. I have seen her make double bookings, then she tells me the bride knows and I should meet her for the engagement shoot an hour before the shoot she does not feel well I should do the shoot. When I get there the bride thinks I'm Zeone and have heard nothing about me doing her wedding as well. Another bride last year: Two months before the wedding she asks me to cover the wedding due to it being her birthday and she does not want to work on her birth day ( then do not book a wedding). I have asked her every week if she has told the bride yet that I will be doing the wedding and every day pf the week before the wedding. I asked her to pay me as she gave the entire wedding to me and said she will pay me the R6000 (50% that the clients have payed her for the wedding) so I can book gear for the video. Every day she said she will pay and the wedding is past she still owes me the money, the bride has payed me the remaining 50% already but still nothing from Zeone. The day before the wedding she contacts the bride letting her know shes sick, (shes not sick its her birthday) and she is booked off I have covered that days wedding (Friday) and the next day (hers the Saturday bride on Zeone's Birthday) due to her being booked off by the doctor. In fact the previous day she had a double booking I did the one and she the other, but she tells the Saturday bride that I have covered Fridays wedding as well (lies its a double booking). I have not received any payment yet from her. On the Saturday at the wedding that she canceled the day before the wedding I heard from one of the grooms men the same happened to him and and one of his friends with Zeone ( June & July). He told me she send someone ells some one better (witch I know is not the truth as this guy learned from her and his just starting out as well coz I know him). She gives all her clients canvas print to apologies, but this same canvas she gives to all her brides. To tell them she really liked them. (to those she did do the job properly with.) So today 29 Jan 2018 after 43 days of payment being late and promise every time I do get a hold of her that she will pay that day and still no payment, after 21 email reminders from my invoice app and 2 separate emails, after nearly 40 calls no payment still. I have bills to pay and she goes on holiday telling me that she has no money and waiting for brides to pay me before she can pay me. LIES!!!! I then emailed reminder her today, called her and messaged her, now she tells me she did pay (no payment received) and that she will no longer do business with me because I lie and miss use her. I would like to let all the brides this, if she does this to someone that works for her, she will do the same to you. Her brides contact me asking for photos. Unfortunately I can not help even if I wanted to. I do not want to associate my name with her as this will give me a bad image. Please do your research. I do beg you I have first hand experience. Shes sick but go to the Maldives pays R90 000 for her holiday and buying new leather couches and revamping her little house but she cant pay me. Shes "sick" but go to Cape Town and swims and jols and drinks and can't shoot weddings because she's sick. This is not to bad mouth her or damage her business or steal her brides or get her bookings or anything like that, this is to warn brides as I have been a bride my self and know the stress, I have had bad suppliers my self and I would like to prevent this for you. Please please please be careful.
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Criz P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
22 Jan 2018, 13:29
Bad Service
Stay away from June & July photography. The day before our wedding she emails me to tell me that she can't photograph my wedding any more, we are the third couple in our group that this has happened to. She tells me she's ill but its not the truth even tho she will give me a doctors note. I over heard the photographer she send to cover our wedding that it was her birthday, you know when your birth day is so don't book any brides if you don't want to work on your birth day, do not mail me the day before the wedding to cancel the last minute. I was so stressed out because the day before my wedding I have to stress about who will cover our wedding. I do not call this professional service.
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Criz P
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
22 Jan 2018, 13:29
Bad Service
Stay away from June & July photography. The day before our wedding she emails me to tell me that she can't photograph my wedding any more, we are the third couple in our group that this has happened to. She tells me she's ill but its not the truth even tho she will give me a doctors note. I over heard the photographer she send to cover our wedding that it was her birthday, you know when your birth day is so don't book any brides if you don't want to work on your birth day, do not mail me the day before the wedding to cancel the last minute. I was so stressed out because the day before my wedding I have to stress about who will cover our wedding. I do not call this professional service.
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