Pre-wedding photography in Korea

tebisha

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all these fake reviews from chungdam studio are EXTREMELY ANNOYING. about 90% of this thread are made up of fake reviews and it's taking a long time to read real reviews of brides' korea photoshoot experience. i was initially mildly interested about finding out more with chungdam studio but now i've changed my mind,

This is not true! My fiance and I are the real happy customer from chungdam studio. We received great hospitality from Jamie and team. The staff took care of me very well during the cold weather. They are not stingy with shoots. In total we got 600 over soft copies returned. After service was prompt too! Due to the peak season, at first we were told that we can only receive our albums and frame in end Feb but Jamie managed to rush it out for me and I received in Jan!
Albums and frame are in great quality!
I did blog & dayre about my experiences with Chungdam Studio. You can read more here:
http://www.tebisha.com/2016/11/proposal-upcoming-kytwedding.html

Please don't believe Reverie. We are the real customers received the awesome service from Chungdam studio.
 

TCE87

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all these fake reviews from chungdam studio are EXTREMELY ANNOYING. about 90% of this thread are made up of fake reviews and it's taking a long time to read real reviews of brides' korea photoshoot experience. i was initially mildly interested about finding out more with chungdam studio but now i've changed my mind,

Hi reverie,
How do u know all the reviews are 90% fake? I am a 100% real Chungdam customer and would like to clarify that your statement was totally wrong. Chungdam studio members are very friendly and always treat customer as their best friend. They definitely try their best to accommodate all customer request.

I still strongly recommend everybody to engage their services as you will be extremely satisfied with the results.
 

Starius

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Hi Reverie,

I think your comments are quite one sided and very critical. Are you from another bridal company? My Husband and I had our prewedding shoot in Korea last year with Chungdam studio and our photos received a lot of positive comments from our relatives and friends. Whatever motive you have, slandering other names is unethical.
 

reverie

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Hi Reverie,

I think your comments are quite one sided and very critical. Are you from another bridal company? My Husband and I had our prewedding shoot in Korea last year with Chungdam studio and our photos received a lot of positive comments from our relatives and friends. Whatever motive you have, slandering other names is unethical.

I have no intention of slandering anyone. I just find it extremely fishy that all reviews are in the same format and end with exactly the same information asking us to contact jamie. I don't benefit from being critical as I am just looking for reviews for my own pre wedding photoshoot.

I'm not the only one who pointed out all these reviews in the same format. But the single posts where drowned out by MORE reviews of chungdam studio in the same format.
 

reverie

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This is not true! My fiance and I are the real happy customer from chungdam studio. We received great hospitality from Jamie and team. The staff took care of me very well during the cold weather. They are not stingy with shoots. In total we got 600 over soft copies returned. After service was prompt too! Due to the peak season, at first we were told that we can only receive our albums and frame in end Feb but Jamie managed to rush it out for me and I received in Jan!
Albums and frame are in great quality!
I did blog & dayre about my experiences with Chungdam Studio. You can read more here:
http://www.tebisha.com/2016/11/proposal-upcoming-kytwedding.html

Please don't believe Reverie. We are the real customers received the awesome service from Chungdam studio.
Thanks for the real review. I was sick of reading weird reviews that end in the same format from people that allegedly come from other countries like Canada but are posting in a Singapore forum.
 

reverie

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Hi Reverie,

I believe all customer that posted here mean what they post. I believe all of us only post what we really feel and also what we really want to share with others. If you think 90% are fake, mean you are trying to say that 90% of the people that comment are too free and they only bullshit ? Me too as their customer is very pleased with their services. All the staffs are very friendly too and there will be someone to translate if you do not understand Korean. Intro by my Cousin to shoot in Korea which I really never regret. We even compared other studio in Singapore and the price chungdam quote to us is really very reasonable. No hidden cost too and Jamie is very prompt in our enquires. Highly recommended if you would like to have your pre-wedding shoot in Korea!

Yes, I believe all the accounts registered on the same date as their post just to defend a comment made by me about chungdam studio are fake. If you have never posted your experience prior to this, why would you be looking into this forum after your photoshoot and creating an account just to tell me your non existent review wasn't fake?
 

reverie

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Hi Reverie,

I'm not sure why u mentioned that Chungdam studio reviews are all fake but I am just here to tell you something, you only judge people when you are aware and has been a customer before. Clearly you ain't.

I have the right to comment because I am a customer to Chungdam and will be willing to share my photos with anyone of you as long as u PM me. I can even send u non-photoshop version to show you how good are the raw photos. The quality is there and it cannot be denied.

As for the staff, they are friendly and helpful during and after the photoshoot. I went there during winter time (0 degC) and we did not catch any cold with those gowns and suits because the staff took good care of us and are all busy covering us with blankets, the memories are so precious that I can still rmb how the whole situation was like.

Pictures speak louder than words and I am confident with the pictures Chungdam took.

I know it's stressful as a bride to be. Chill and be kind and God will be kind to you too. Let me know if any of you are interested in the photos. Cheers!
Thank you for relating your experience and I can see your review is what you have experienced and not one of those strange reviews from single post accounts. However, it doesn't seem to make sense to only judge after I've been a customer. Obviously I'm here to see reviews so I can make up my mind which studio to go with, not use my money to find out whether all these reviews that look the same are indeed real.

I'm very curious though, if those reviews are indeed real, why do they all start and end the same way? Did chungdam ask its customers to do that?
 

Grace92

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Hello all, i would like find out more about korea pre wedding sun and wonkyu studio package. anyone can send me their package?
thank you~
 

Stephh

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Hello. Just to clarify that the one that posted previously is my Husband account under Hwj. We posted in April 2016.

How I managed to see this is because we still kept in touch with the coordinator and we came to know of this negative comment and we would like to share our point of view with others.
 

jiejieningning

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Yes, I believe all the accounts registered on the same date as their post just to defend a comment made by me about chungdam studio are fake. If you have never posted your experience prior to this, why would you be looking into this forum after your photoshoot and creating an account just to tell me your non existent review wasn't fake?

Hi reverie. Steph is my cousin whom I recommended her chungdam studio and she even took her photos before me. I posted my own reviews in apr 2016 as well.
 

Ennaiviv

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Hi I've just send a PWS in Korea and AD package with Lourve Bridal. We have chosen studio 48 for our PWS. Anyone been there for your PWS? Keen to share your experience with Lourve for their Korea PWS ? I'm quite worried about the gown selection and service.
 

dezzaling

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Korea Spring

hi,

anyone took their PWS in korea during their spring season?

u booked the package how many months before the actual PWS?

and how do you guys confirm the date of travel as you won't know when the cherry blossom bloom?

appreciate your sharing. thanks.
 

Micheelllee

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Hi brides to be,

I just recently took my wedding photos in Korea with the chungdam studio back in April to catch the cherry blossoms! It's was a very tiring but fun experience. I worked with Jamie for the liaising and it was overall a very good experience, though the helper and the photographer do not speak much English, they were very professional and very helpful when it comes to phototaking. Jamie was also there throughout to be the translator! The studio itself was amazing, they had so much different backgrounds and some were really very very nice! We took with so many different sets when we were there!

The photos turn out very well and we were very lucky that the weather was good that day and we were able to complete in time.

For anyone who is considering to take their prewedding shoot in Korea can consider chungdam! :)
 

kwakwa

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Hi, just another couple who like to share their positive experience with ChungDam Studio.

We engaged ChungDam Studio for our prewedding photoshoot during Cherry Blossom season this year, upon recommendations by my fiancee's sis who had her photoshoot with them.

Unfortunately, the cherry blossom blooming came slightly later this year so we didnt manage to catch the full bloom.
But at least we still gotten some pretty flowers shots and it was also a big relief it wasnt raining on the actual day (it has been raining for the past couple of days).
These are some of the factors that are not within our control if you are taking the outdoor shot.

We have nothing but praises for Jamie and her team (Photographer - Mr Kim and Ahjuma - Imu).
They were very professional and you can feel they are genuinely trying their best to make sure everything turned out well for your photoshoot.
If you have any request/ suggestion during the photoshoot, they would also gladly accede to your request to the best of their abilities.
After a long day of working with them, we actually feel like we are of the same team with our strong chemistry together.

We just received the retouched photos which we are pretty impressed by the end results after the professional editing. Now we can't wait to receive the album at our doorstep!
They are pretty efficient as well - almost 2 weeks to get the soft copies for selection and about a month to get the retouced photos.
The only drawback is that we looked a bit tired and expressions looked stiff in some photos after a long day of posing and smiling. Guess we are not cut out to be models!

We would definitely recommend Chungdam Studio if you are looking for Korean style prewedding photoshoot with a professional team who strives to give you the best experience.
We may even consider going back for an autumn shoot after we have our kids, now that we are better in posing in front of the camera.
 

pinkk

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Hi!

I am looking for someone to take over my pre-wed package with Chungdam studio as my wedding has been called off. The package is valid til April 2018 and you may arrange your own date. Package is Indoor + Outdoor (Nami Island). I have paid deposit about $750 and am looking to recover $550 of the deposit I have incurred for the cancellations of plans. Balance is to be paid on the day in Korea itself. I booked my package through Jamie and have informed her that I will try get someone take over. I will link you up with her so that you can liaise directly with her thereafter. Please pm or text me at 92708592 for details. Thank you!
 

edisonkoh

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My wife and I are appreciative towards Jamie and the awesome group, for the success pre-wedding photo shoot (26-30 June), hospitality, genuine friendship and professionalism displayed.

Thank you for introducing us to the best BBQ marinated meat restaurant (near The Chungdam Studio) we ever had in life and how to drink like South Korean (soju + beer).

We highly recommend The Chungdam Studio to all my friends, those who are looking for an overseas pre-wedding photo shoot and a short getaway.

The Dedicated Team
Coordinator: Jamie Jaepill Kim
Assistant: Yeon Sook Park
Photographer: Joon Hyeong Yun
Videographer: Jong Wook Kim

Website: http://www.thechungdamstudio.com/
Contact: flake7@naver.com

From,
Edison and Lily
 

Malaysia

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Hi all,

I think everyone need to do a very detail background check of all these agencies. Just to share my experience here. Cos I really don't want to see anyone become the next victim.

I took my photos last year Oct 2017 with Dong Heang studio under weddingritz agency and I told them and follow up my case for 3 months (My wedding in Feb 2018). Until now I have not received my photos yet. My wedding without photo album!!!! They keep on give me the empty promises and ignore my message in FB. Initially when we sign up for the package, their respond is very 'responsive' in the FB. After received the full payment and take the photos is Korea, the nightmare just started.

After several months of waiting and follow up with them, I found out the photos were actually edited by the agency not the studio. Because the photo effect and overall was not as what expected. They promise me again will send it out the photos by this end of Feb. But I'm very tired to deal with them again. Because this is not the 1st time they give empty promises to us. The worst is when I texted them, they just ignore my message or rude reply. Please share it out and let more people know about this. It is better be careful when you buy a service online. The agencies provide their fb and forum with all the positive comments and delete off all the negative comments and buy many likes to attract the customers. I seriously do not want to see anyone like me to become the next victim.
 
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