To think this parent is really grabby?

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My ds go to a local scout group. They run loads of events. Another parent used to go in and help out and she'd take photos for the newsletters and social media. She also used to e mail us digital photos.

She still helps out but in the newsletter there is a link and she is now selling all her photos.

AIBU to think she's only doing this to boost her business and I should tell her I want my children exempt from having their photos taken unless I can have copies (in lieu of modelling fees)

In case you really don't know what 'I think this is a reverse' means;
It's when an op is being so obviously unreasonable and showing themselves in such a bad light, that it's as if they're pretending to be the op, when actually they're the photographer. Ifyswim.

I wouldn't pay someone who's not a professional for photos of my kids I would pay for professional photos. I imagine the scout parents will continue to do that and you'll just look like a plonker

Perhaps she doesn't have a DBS clearance in which case I'd be having stern words with the person in charge for letting her help in the first place

You didn't care if she had a DBS when you were getting the photos for free, did you?
You should be having stern words with yourself.

So it's BAD and UNREASONABLE to expect parents to pay a trained professional who has already provided lots for free, but it's fine for them to pay you, a slightly insane and unskilled amateur? Right.

All this will achieve is a good laugh for the other parents, and embarrassment for your poor kids, being stuck with that mother!

Considering scouts is not for profit and all leaders are volunteers it is terrible a parent is profiting from it.. unless all money raised is donated back to the scout group for fundraising

What did that get deleted for? There wasn't even a swear word in it, it wasn't rude to anyone?

She's not forcing anyone to buy, there's no obligation so I don't see that she's profiting unfairly.

It's also offset by the fact that the group still gets her professional services for free.

Why can't I do the exact same as her?

Because you don't know how to take photographs.

Considering scouts is not for profit and all leaders are volunteers it is terrible a parent is profiting from it

Maybe the photographer should just stick with taking photos for the group, and not for parents at all. It just sounds like something that got a bit out of hand, she probably got fed up of parents expecting photos for free. But that seems a shame if some parents are happy to buy the photos (at a reduced cost)

Can you just not buy any?

Any idiot can take a nice photo if they have the right equipment!!??? I beg your bloody pardon!!! I am a full time professional photographer and it's not my camera that takes the great photos IT'S ME!!! And yes I did a few freebies for friends when I was first starting out, most people do. But this is my bread & butter. She is absolutely right to charge you, you don't have to buy any. Photographers need to pay to keep their equipment updated, insurance, training, up to date software etc and they spend hours editing images. So yes. She should charge.

I can't believe you've got yourself so worked up over this, it's very petty. She's not doing anything wing; she volunteers, gives her time and photos to the group, and all she's asking is a reduced fee for extra photos for parents that will take her a lot of time and effort to sort and upload.

Good luck buying a camera and doing it yourself (wouldn't it be cheaper to just pay for the photos you want?)

The quality of GFs just ain't what it used to be in the good ole days. :(

You want a professional photographer to provide you with free photos? Yes, YOU do sound grabby.

I think that you are the one being grabby tbh. She's given her time for free before, but maybe her costs were getting too much to do it for free anymore. Your only objection is to paying for them, because you want them for free. Grabby.

"I want free photos or I will withdraw."

• Sounds grabby, spoilt, juvenile & entitled.

"I just don't want to pay when I've had them for free."

• None of us want to pay! Then we grow up and realise that that's life.

I'd be really thankful for all the fab, free, professional photos you've had. You've been really lucky.

It's now time to suck it up and respect the professional for what she does so well.

Ha! Ha! You can buy all the equipment in the world , but that won't give you a talent for taking photos!
I'm not sure I'd be happy with this situation, but I would buy them if it was a particularly good photo and also take my own.

This may have come about because people were being cheeky in some way with the photos...

Hahahaha...what a tight arse

This has been hilarious op insisting she's not grabby, whilst being grabby and entitled!
I hope the parents carry on buying the photos.