To think I may be able to get a uni photography student to take my wedding photos for free?

[MaryBoBary]

We are getting married at the end of the year back in our Uni city where we met. It will be just the 2 of us and our 3 year old (will potentially be calling on some mumsnet witnesses nearer the time!) and the wedding will be pre 12pm.

AIBU to think that a photography student would want the chance to take some wedding photos for an hour or two for their portfolio, and not expect to be paid? Obviously we won't be expecting world class photography, just some nice pics as we won't have any family or friends there to take them. Would it be cheeky to email the uni asking or have other people done this before?

Wow there's a lot of anger here!

OP, congratulations on getting married! Would you like some free experience of being a housewife? My whole house needs a deep clean, I have a ton of ironing, and you can do a supermarket shop once you’re through that lot. It will be great experience for you, in fact you should really be paying me now so think about it.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

Wow! You think someone would jump at the chance of photographing your wedding for free? Good Luck with that! Do you expect your decorating, boiler repair , car service, satellite TV etc for free too?? CF much!

"exposure" is a dirty word in the arts these days OP.

And for good reason. People like you take the absolute piss.

If they are inexperienced, they are not that likely to follow through. Do you want to risk that?

More importantly, why would you want to cheat someone who is doing work for you?

Also photography students know that wedding photography is bread and butter....boring and unfulfilling work.

Most of them go into it for money. Nothing else.

I majored in photojournalism and I can tell you with absolute certainty that even as a student, I never worked for free. Shooting a wedding is a huge responsibility and a lot of work.

op: aibu?
Everyone: yes
Op: thanks for input, clearly iwbu. I have now changed my mind
Everyone: ignores op's update, continue to pile in making same points

Lol.. yep... poor OP. She even asked the question nicely, I thought. And she was so gracious in accepting that her idea had been naive.

Some of the comments have been so gratuitously unpleasant, it's a thing of beauty. 'Cheapo' wedding- yes, that's what astute people have. 'They can get models who are actually attractive'- yes, because OP is undoubtedly part woman part iguana.

Vipers.

This is beyond cheeky. So they don't deserve anything for their time? Don't act like you'd be doing it for their portfolio.

I see op has acknowledged this. A while ago.

People don't read through all the replies before forming their own opinion and wanting to add it. They won't see that the op has already conceded that they are unreasonable.

Adding a feature in AIBU which allows the op of a thread to click a "IABU" button which means that the new post text box gets a popup note added saying "the op has already agreed IABU so please, there's no need to tell them YABU.