CF or making most of opportunity?

[Hooli]

Was a bridesmaid at a wedding yesterday and my friends (the bride) SIL pulled the photographer to one side. I assumed she was arranging a nice, special family photo.

Then I noticed her, the photographer and her daughter (brides niece) walking to a separate part of the hotel grounds.

They returned about 20/30 minuets later and I overheard her say to her DH (brides brother) that she'd got loads of lovely pictures of DD and asked the photographer to send them to her directly so she could give them as presents at Christmas.

Now, it was only half an hour or so, but I thought this was so bloody cheeky! If they give the bride a photo, she's going to have essentially paid for her own present!

So MN jury, CF or just seizing an opportunity??

Definitely a CF!

Pretty rude if it wasn’t pre-arranged.

CF x a million! Did no one else notice?

She was essentially nicking the time that the bride and groom had paid for

CF unless the bride agreed to it.

Unless the bride and groom had agreed in advance that is prime CF territory right there.

No one noticed, they'd done the main staged photos and everyone was just milling about at this point.

I would be furious with the photographer.

The sheer CF-ery of some people is breathtaking!

If not pre-arranged and agreed with the bride and groom then it's CF-ery of the highest order!

If she’s arranged for the photographer to send them to her directly then I would assume she will be paying for them herself.
But def CF and the photographer shouldn’t have agreed.

Maybe she arranged a separate paid for job with the photographer otherwise can't see why the photographer would have agreed to do it?!

So the wedding photos had finished, Sil then asked the photographer to take extra shots?

Cant see a problem, the photographer had done the original job they were paid for , then landed some extra work.

I really can't see an issue.

Agree she's a CF if this wasn't pre-arranged with the bride and/or a paid amount of time. Some of my favourite photos from my wedding are candid ones taken during the after-ceremony drinks, when the photographer was being unobtrusive. To have someone take some of his time without asking/paying would have made me livid.

Ha, my Aunt did this at my wedding. Some people have no shame!

When I got married I asked my photographer to be available to take groups on request. After dinner she stood outside with a nice view behind her and different families went up to get their pictures taken.

Are you sure your friend didn't suggest something like this?

She'll pay for the prints herald though. I don't see why this is an issue really.

I'd speak to the bride directly. I'd be livid if I paid a photographer great whack to take photos at my wedding and he swanned off on someone's personal errand.

If the photographer was happy to stay on, and it wasn't part of the bride and grooms time I suppose it's not so bad.

If I was the bride I would have a nice pic of my neice and wouldn't really need lots more for Christmas

I think really rude unless it was prearranged or the photographer had finished his 'shift' and would have been heading home anyway and sil had just offered him cash in hand to do an extra 30 mins. I was a bridesmaid too yesterday and my friends photographer certainly didn't have a spare 30 minutes to do a non wedding related photo shoot, he was constantly snapping photos of guests milling around, eating, dancing etc.

If, in doing this, she’s nicking some of the official paid for time for her own use, then definitely a cf of the highest order. I’d mention it to the B & G and see if they agreed to cf borrowing their photographer or they’re being hooked into the wedding package as a freebie with the photographer sending them out to the cf and charging the b&g for them.

He'd finished the 'official' shots but certainly wasn't off the clock as he stayed until just after the first dance. Definitely not pre arranged with bride either as she was quite excitedly telling her husband about it.

Excitedly?

CF and unprofessional of the photographer to have done it.

I’d be annoyed at the photographer doing another job when I’d paid for that time to take candid pictures. As a professional they should be able to say no to cfs!