31-year-old photographer confronts entitled mom during a couple's photoshoot, after she demands pictures of her kids for free: ‘Just snap a few, it costs you nothing’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
May 16, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

People whose jobs require doing some of the work out in public, in front of random strangers and bystanders, know how annoying people can be. If your job is even slightly interesting to passersby, you know you will have to explain what you do to many curious eyes, and sometimes even confront people who suddenly demand too much of you.

Photographers are the perfect example of people with a profession who are always going to be approached by complete strangers if they do it in public. As soon as people see that camera, they will come to ask questions. Usually, that interaction can be over within a few seconds after you explain that—'Yes, I am a photographer. I take pictures of x. No, I can't just take a picture of you, ma'am. That is not how it works'.

However, every once in a while, photographers encounter entitled people who simply refuse to take no for an answer. They think that just because someone has a camera in their hands, they will answer to every demand, which is exactly what happened with the mom in the story below.

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  • This photographer was in the middle of a photoshoot with clients when she was approached by a mom with her kids. The mom asked the photographer to take pictures of her kids, even though it was clear that the photographer was in the middle of work. When this entitled mom was told ‘no', she threw a fit in front of her kids…

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    You’re taking the pictures anyway, why not just include us for free.

    So I(31F) have been working professionally as a photographer for about 6 years now. Last weekend, I booked a golden hour session for a lovely couple
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    at a local park. Paid in full, signed contract, all good. While I'm setting up, this random woman with two kids walks over and just starts hovering. At first, I
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    thought she was just passing by, but nope she literally started posing her kids right next to my clients. I politely told her it was a private shoot and would appreciate if she could give us a bit of space.
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    She says, Oh don't worry, I just need a few good shots of my babies. You're already shooting, so what's the harm? I explain again that this is a paid session and I can't just start
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    photographing other people midshoot and let her know she was embarrassing my clients and I. Then came the classic. Wow, you're seriously going to deny
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    two innocent children a memory just because of money? You're already here. Just snap a few. It costs you nothing. I said, Actually, it costs me time, energy, editing, storage, and equipment wear.
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    She walked off muttering, Greedy b loud enough for me and my clients to hear. I swear, I'm too old for this nonsense. I'm 31, not a charity.
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    MBAMarketing Mom "Wow, you're seriously going to deny two innocent children a memory just because of money?".....says the woman who was quite literally denying her own kids a memory just because she didn't want to pay (so, just because of money).
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    Anilabattle_321 OP Those kids are one of the reasons I didn't raise my voice at her when she kept on insisting. I didn't want those kids to see their mum being yelled at
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    PersonalAge142 I thought you were trying to be professional in front of the customers I wouldn't have cared if she had kids, I would have been even more r de to her
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    Anilabattle_321 OP The customers were the second reason, because I wouldn't want them to see me raging, so yeah. You're also right
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    Broutythecat Maybe they should see it. They'll have to learn that it's OK to stand up for themselves against their bu ly of a mother.
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    dameon8888 I would have snapped four pictures, all with their heads cut off, and then charged her $250 to receive each one. But yes, people are ridiculous.
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    Anilabattle_321 OP You're quite funny
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    ClimtEastwood Yeah I would just tell her I would totally take pics of her kids but only after I was done. Than I would take the pictures. Get her email. Send her the bill. If she pays you just upsold. If she doesn't you got her back.
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    Anilabattle 321 OP Atleast she should have allowed me finish with the couple
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    themaxx8717 With that logic, does she go to people in her neighborhood washing their cars and park next to them demanding they wash her car, since they're already washing one and got the soap out? I probably would have brought that up to see what she says.
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    utazdevl What memory are these kids supposed to take from having their picture taken. Are they from 1876 and cameras are not yet everywhere?
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    ImLiushi Next time instead of saying that they're embarrassing your clients and yourself, you should say "you're embarrassing yourself"
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