The photographer who deleted wedding photos in front of the groom has gone viral
Wedding photographers work tirelessly to capture some of the event’s most beautiful moments. They transport heavy equipment everywhere, keeping a careful eye on the bride and groom and ensuring that no detail is overlooked throughout their photo shoots.
Today’s story is about a photographer who was treated badly at a wedding, prompting him to erase all of the images in front of the groom — something we would have done as well.
Icy-Reserve6995, a Reddit user, shared his experience on AITA (Am I the A**hole?) and asked the community if he was wrong for doing what he did. Here’s how he tells his story:
“I’m not really a photographer, I’m a dog groomer. I take lots of photos of dogs all day to put on my Facebook and Instagram, it’s “my thing” if that makes sense. A cut and a photo with every appointment. I very seldom shoot things other than dogs even if I have a nice set up.”
“A friend got married a few days ago and wanting to save money, asked if I’d shoot it for them. I told him it’s not really my forte but he convinced me by saying he didn’t care if they were perfect: they were on a shoestring budget and I agreed to shoot it for $250, which is nothing for a 10 hour event.
On the day of, I’m driving around following the bride as she goes from appointment to appointment before the ceremony, taking photos along the way. I shoot the ceremony itself, and during the reception I’m shooting speeches and people mingling.”
“I started around 11am and was due to finish around 7:30pm. Around 5pm, food is being served and I was told I cannot stop to eat because I need to be photographer; in fact, they didn’t save me a spot at any table. I’m getting tired and at this point kinda regretting doing this for next to nothing. It’s also unbelievably hot: the venue is in an old veteran’s legion and it’s like 110F and there’s no AC.”
“I told the groom I need to take off for 20min to get something to eat and drink. There’s no open bar or anything, I can’t even get water and my two water bottles are long empty. He tells me I need to either be photographer, or leave without pay. With the heat, being hungry, being generally annoyed at the circumstances, I asked if he was sure, and he said yes, so I deleted all the photos I took in front of him and took off saying I’m not his photographer anymore. If I was to be paid $250, honestly at that point I would have paid $250 just for a glass of cold water and somewhere to sit for 5min.”
“Was I the a**hole? They went right on their honeymoon and they’ve all been off of social media, but a lot of people have been posting on their wall asking about photos with zero responses.”
The reactions
You can already tell what the Reddit community would have said based on this photographer’s narrative. Everyone praised him for what he had done. NTA stands for “Not the A**hole” in this context. Here are a few of the most popular responses:
mon0chrom expressed his thoughts as follows:
“NTA at all. You could have risked your health and they treated you like sh*t.”
Cat_got_ya_tongue commented:
“They wanted mates rates but didn’t even save you food?”
“NTA. The dogs are much better people than these ‘friends’”
AbbyBirb wrote:
NTA.
“They took you off the guest list for this without mentioning it to you in advance.”
“You went in with the expectation of $250 to take high quality pictures… while also being a guest at their event (including a place to sit, eat & drink)”
“And realistically, you did nothing but follow the grooms suggestion. Either continue being a photographer or forfeit your $250.”
“What did the groom think that entailed? He would get all that work for free?
“Play stupid games win stupid prizes.”
“I would seriously reconsider this friendship.”
MeykaMermaid said the following:
“NTA. Who refuses to allow someone water or food?”
There are almost 2.8k comments on this post, which you can read on Reddit here.
