To think my photographer friend shouldn’t still be offering photo shoots?

[Unbelievably]

My photographer friend has posted on social media saying she is still offering outdoor photo shoots where she will ensure she is a minimum of 2 meters away from families at all times.

IMO she really shouldn’t be doing this but she has a history of bending rules to suit herself.

AIBU here?

Shocked at how many people think this is ok, people obviously still don’t get the guidelines.
It is OK, though. You obviously don’t get the guidelines.

This is basically just a thread to moan about and slag off someone you don't like. Fine. At least be open about it in the OP next time though.

I can't imagine she has many clients. I certainly don't want my grey roots & spreading waistline recorded for posterity, nor try and sort the kids hair or convince them to wear anything other than pj's/hoody& trackies. & DH is a keyworker knocking his pan in so I can only imagine his responseif I suggested a family photo shoot in his (non-existent) lunch hour.

There is no law against essential work. People are allowed to work and they are allowed to travel to work. Where possible they should work from home and maintain social distancing. Clearly you can't work from home if you area photographer. Your friend is likely to see a huge loss of income from people self-isolating, but offering her services as a photographer is not prohibited. The risk is on her and her clients.

Sorry - to clarify that should have read that there is no law against 'non-essential' work.

One of our local photographers took images of families brought their windows. No contact and families didn’t leave their own houses. They really did reflect the situation we find ourselves in

I thought all non essential work that could not be done from home was pretty much to cease, hence the various financial support packages being offered?

Having just heard of the third death of someone I know from the virus really reminds me to ‘stay at home stay safe’.

i think there shuld be a list now of permitted work and thats it-people are beinding it all over the place

standing in the outdoors having your photo taken isnt essential

"I thought all non essential work that could not be done from home was pretty much to cease, hence the various financial support packages being offered?"

Why did you think that? It's been repeated over and over that if you cant work from home, you can go out to work. That work does not have to be essential.

i think there shuld be a list now of permitted work and thats it
There is. All work is permitted, unless it’s in a business that has been closed by the government

In fact, the only reason the word essential and key workers has been used is in order for people to get childcare at schools. You dont need a letter or anything to show police that you are an essential or key worker, because it's not just essential or key workers that can go out, its anyone who cant work from home.

Okay, I have to apologise for derailing my own thread. The purpose of the thread was not to have a bitch and moan about someone I may or may not be friends with. The mistake I made was to call her a friend in my OP, when realistically she used to be my friend and no longer is. Some posters picked up on the fact I didn’t seem too considerate of her circumstances in my OP so I felt the need to explain that we really are no longer friends and that she will often suit herself at the expense of others.

The purpose of my thread was to find out if I was BU to think she shouldn’t be offering those outdoor shoots and it seems that this one divides opinion, so who knows!

Thanks for all the responses

"standing in the outdoors having your photo taken isnt essential"
It's not harming anyone though is it, as long as they socially distance.

Do you mind if she finds out? Unless there are other people doing this, then the photographer was advertised tonight on a local Facebook group in South London.

“don't be an idiot”

@WorraLiberty, practice what you preach.