<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

So me and the hun just got married and made a verbal agreement with a photographer (friend of a friend) to take photos during our wedding. Nice young guy, him and two assistants, showed up took pictures, and we paid him $750 of the agreed $1000, told him we'd pay the last $250 once photos were received. He said he just wanted to touch the photos up and we'd get them shortly. It's been 2 months and after much hassling and ignored phone calls and texts, we still haven't received the photos.

Finally got in touch, but he has refused us the raws saying that he has to "edit them in order to claim them." Take note that NO CONTRACT was signed. So friends, my questions are...
<bot>: Our paid wedding photographer is withholding photos 2 months after the wedding and may be watermarking our photos without a signed contract.