it wasn't good. It was mostly f/8+ shots at 50mm from the looks of it. She apparently had a journalism background and to her credit, she was fairly good at the journalistic side of things, though a bit non-present for my tastes (doing things like reviewing stuff with the B shooter while events were happening, which resulted in some nice shots being missed).
overall her images were still what I'd consider professional, but very bland
most of it shot at f/8 or further, mediocre color correction (very dull images, but not in the more recent artistic trends, more just not well done), in some cases oversaturated to the point of distracting. Lots of disinterested angles. Overall nothing horrible, but I've also seen good amateurs with similar portfolios
nothing that matched up with the kinds of shots they liked from the engagement shoot I did with them
they acttually would have had me cover the wedding, but they wanted me to be a guest
and honestly, I would have refused unless they couldn't have afforded someone anyway
I want to be a guest first there, not a photographer
but I'm also a professional and a passionate artist. One can not simply "turn off" caring about quality of something that matters to them
especially when it comes to their loved ones
honestly, I was probably over-reacting a bit to the portfolio, because to the average person, the photos would probably be fine
but I wasn't exactly in the most rational frame of mind at the time either
so I forgot to shift out of artist mindset and in to client mindset when looking at the portfolio