UP to 800 {{couples}} have been left and never utilizing a wedding ceremony photographer or their snaps after a company went bust.

South West Image and Film went bankrupt and shut down its social media on Wednesday.

Jessica Hambly paid South West Photo and Film days before the firm went bankrupt

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Jessica Hambly paid South West Image and Film days sooner than the company went bankruptCredit score rating: SWNS

Many had paid a deposit or full stability to the Torquay-based enterprise — additionally known as Lee Brewer Photographs.

Jessica Hambly, from Wadebridge, Cornwall, said: “That’s the vulture who took my money solely two days prior to now.

“1000’s of people have misplaced money to him.”

Amy Thomas, 40, from Chippenham, Wiltshire, paid £1,600 on July 7.

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She said: “Our wedding ceremony is in seven weeks and I have no idea what to do.”

Leah Karen, from Torpoint, Cornwall, moreover claimed the company owed money to outsourced photographers.

Help group Let’s Uncover You One different Wedding ceremony ceremony Photographer was organize on Wednesday and has 1,600 members.

South West Image said it “tried arduous to survive the pandemic nonetheless the financial implications proved an extreme quantity of”.

A press launch added: “If in case you will have had a wedding with us inside the closing 12 weeks and are nonetheless prepared in your pictures/ video, we’ll doubtless keep up a correspondence on how one can get right of entry to your image and video data.

“I apologize. There was certainly not going to be time.”