NC wedding ceremony photographer ghosts brides, now they query gross sales pitch after shared experiences of no photographs after paying 1000’s

NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — New particulars are rising in an ABC11 Troubleshooter investigation right into a Raleigh wedding ceremony photographer accused of ghosting brides, as extra {couples} say they’re rising more and more involved with their large days approaching.

ABC11 Troubleshooter Diane Wilson has been listening to from much more brides since our preliminary reporting earlier this week, which revealed complaints from greater than two dozen brides and moms of brides about Holly Christina Photography. As time passes with out listening to from the corporate, brides say their worries are solely rising.

Two brides-to-be, Sklar Rowland and Macy Albright, are each set to tie the knot on September nineteenth of this 12 months. They lately realized they’d each booked Holly Christina Photography for his or her weddings. Rowland stated the conclusion was alarming.

“It was definitely unsettling. I was like, thank God I found out before because I don’t know how she would make it to both.”

According to the contracts supplied by the brides, the agreements by no means particularly state that Holly herself can be their photographer. Instead, the contracts record two photographers and one videographer. Both Rowland and Albright say they solely turned conscious of issues surrounding Holly Christina Photography after our investigation aired earlier this week. In that report, greater than two dozen brides and moms of brides shared frustrations starting from a scarcity of communication to lacking wedding ceremony photographs.

Shannon Rogers says she paid near $7,000 to Holly Christina Photography, and whereas she did obtain sneak peek photographs, she says that is all she received. “There’s not a single family picture in there. I have nothing with our grandparents, nothing with our parents, nothing,” stated Rogers. Even moms of the brides say they’re anxious. “I’ve been blocked. I can’t even text the number or call the number anymore. And she’s not communicating with anybody through email,” stated Dana Chavis.

She did hear from the Raleigh-based firm final week, and he or she says they did ship the promised engagement pictures.

After evaluating notes, some brides say they realized they got almost equivalent gross sales pitches when reserving. Rowland stated when she initially talked with Holly about hiring Holly Christinas Photography for her wedding ceremony, she stated Holly stated, “she was like, ‘Oh, I hav one sales spot.’, But she did tell me like, ‘They were all filled’, but she was like, ‘But I will open like one more for you if you want to book.'”

Rowland booked in October of final 12 months, whereas Albright booked a month later. An e mail despatched by Holly to Albright it states, “We are actually running our annual Fall Wedding Season Sale! We currently have 1 spot left.” Rowland questions, “If I got the last sale spot in the Fall, then how was Macy after me able to get a sale spot?” Albright stated, “That is such a good point!”

Both brides-to-be say all of their communication was solely with Holly. Albright provides, “When talking to Holly, I was under no impression that there was another wedding. She was like, ‘It’s your day.'” Albright’s wedding ceremony is scheduled to happen in Selma, whereas Rowland’s wedding ceremony is about two hours away in Oriental. Both ceremonies are deliberate for a similar time of day. Rowland says, “I also thought it was only her because she never mentioned anybody else. She didn’t mention any other, like employees or any other people’s names.”

In addition to Rowland and Albright, one other bride-to-be, Victoria Rigsbee, says she lately realized her wedding ceremony date of November seventh of this 12 months was additionally double-booked by Holly Christina Photography. She says, just like the others, all of her correspondence was solely with Holly.

“I was under the impression that Holly would physically be like there, like the lead shooter, and then there would be a second,” Rigsbee stated.

Despite repeated requests from ABC11 Troubleshooter to contact Holly Christina Photography, neither Holly nor her husband, Christopher Owen Ayscue, has responded to requests for remark. Ayscue shares an deal with with the corporate and is listed as the corporate’s CEO and proprietor on his Facebook web page. In October, Ayscue was arrested and charged with assault on a feminine and home violence.

Following our story earlier this week, a press release was posted to the

, saying partially: “Over the past few weeks, our family has been navigating a serious and unexpected medical emergency. Holly has been hospitalized twice, which significantly disrupted communication and our ability to respond as promptly as we always strive to.” The assertion went on to say, “…all scheduled weddings have continued to be covered.”

All of the shoppers who spoke with Troubleshooter say they’ve reached out to the corporate a number of instances and haven’t heard again past the assertion posted on Facebook. With few solutions, many brides say they’re now disputing fees with their bank card firms or banks and scrambling to search out new photographers forward of their wedding ceremony days.