Asked To Be The Cheap Friend Photographer At A Wedding, But Just HOW Cheap Led To The Destruction Of All The Pics

[ahnyaahnya]

Ownself never eat his meals want to blame others?

11 am to 7:30 pm.
You expect him to go without meals for so many hours ?

 

[ahnyaahnya]

so unprofessional!!!
No matter how rude the customer is..... he shouldn't delete the pics!!!

What customer.
Groom already threatened not to pay

 

[ahnyaahnya]

Then what are they for

When you have proven not to be a friend, when you have shown your true colours , your exploitation of your friends, what would you expect of them?

 

[SaintPeachie]

He should just take photo of bride and bridesmaids

 

[zoossh]

Cheapo friend
Unpro photographer
They deserve each other

Cheapo is an understatement

 

[wongminmin]

What customer.
Groom already threatened not to pay

customer is always right. Never argue with customer even they are in wrong.
And is bad for reputation.... If he is freelance, even lucky worse

if u think deeper, marriage is once in a lifetime thingy..... he just destroyed it....

11 am to 7:30 pm.
You expect him to go without meals for so many hours ?

this is the nature of job. they will jiak 1 heavy breakfast before work or keep some bread inside their bag.

 

[SantyBalls]

The first time i heard of this story was 2 decades ago.

 

[rrr2015]

Serves to say that it doesn't pay to be kind.

A photographer agreed to shoot a friend’s wedding for just $250. He spent the entire day — from 11 AM to 7:30 PM — working in a sweltering venue with no air conditioning, and wasn’t offered any food or water.

By 5 PM, he asked to take a short 20-minute break to grab something to eat. The groom shut him down, replying: “You’re either the photographer or you leave without getting paid.”

Exhausted and overheated, the photographer had enough. Right then and there, he deleted all the wedding photos in front of the groom and said: “I’m not your photographer anymore.”

The story went viral on Reddit, sparking major support for the photographer. Many blasted the couple for how they treated their friend, though some questioned whether deleting the photos was taking it too far.

https://twistedsifter.com/2025/09/t...cheap-led-to-the-destruction-of-all-the-pics/

he mentions temperature in 110 Fahrenheit (43°C) so definitely not from our region?

probably his cheap friend not happy being billed $250 for photo shootout & just playing him out? unbelievable such vicious people actually exists

 

[ahnyaahnya]

customer is always right. Never argue with customer even they are in wrong.

What customer????
Where got customer?

 

[coyote]

Serves to say that it doesn't pay to be kind.

A photographer agreed to shoot a friend’s wedding for just $250. He spent the entire day — from 11 AM to 7:30 PM — working in a sweltering venue with no air conditioning, and wasn’t offered any food or water.

By 5 PM, he asked to take a short 20-minute break to grab something to eat. The groom shut him down, replying: “You’re either the photographer or you leave without getting paid.”

Exhausted and overheated, the photographer had enough. Right then and there, he deleted all the wedding photos in front of the groom and said: “I’m not your photographer anymore.”

The story went viral on Reddit, sparking major support for the photographer. Many blasted the couple for how they treated their friend, though some questioned whether deleting the photos was taking it too far.

https://twistedsifter.com/2025/09/t...cheap-led-to-the-destruction-of-all-the-pics/

$250 is just too low... Don't even offer food is ridiculous. Serve the groom right. That's totally not the way to treat a friend.

 

[SkyNinja]

Delete doesn't solve anything.

 

[fandango]

Should report TS for posting articles from stupiak website.

 

[radish]

its not worth it to help in wedding photography especially if the family want it to be a gd will thing.

its not mercenary to ask for reasonable compensation bec u literally is working through out the wedding and sometimes even require u to for pre and after activity shoots.

worse still after that even if the bride or groom are ok, their family will have demands and criticisms.

for me i will gently decline the request and just be happy to go as a normal wedding guest.

 

[ScarletnViolet]

I do it for free for relatives, but breaks, meals & drinks provided, usually understood where can go one whole day without a break or food

 

[ramlee]

did he himself agreed to in the first place ?

I am not siding with the groom/bride obviously.

but he himself also alot of problem by accepting it in the first place.

This is why I always say No No No No No to anything and everything.

Including marnee?

 

[ramlee]

Sounds like bro @crimsontactics

That is very true, bro enimen!

 

[cybertech]

Not going to get paid, then the groom say you leave without getting paid, yup just leave and cut contacts.. no need leave any photos for them.

Agreed. Don't have to delete all the photos and since told to leave without getting paid then no reason to pass them the photos. Want the photos then pay $300 now instead $250.

 

[Roughice]

I wonder will the bride regret marrying a person with such low EQ?

 

[marksnow44]

They did not even offer him food and drinks for whole day, how can these be friends anymore.

When you work definitely you will get paid plus suitable timing for tea break and lunch break. They treated him like that, for me will be informed them they have no photographer any more and walk off. Keep all the pics for bargain high high price later.

 

[Lchlch]

Serves to say that it doesn't pay to be kind.

A photographer agreed to shoot a friend’s wedding for just $250. He spent the entire day — from 11 AM to 7:30 PM — working in a sweltering venue with no air conditioning, and wasn’t offered any food or water.

By 5 PM, he asked to take a short 20-minute break to grab something to eat. The groom shut him down, replying: “You’re either the photographer or you leave without getting paid.”

Exhausted and overheated, the photographer had enough. Right then and there, he deleted all the wedding photos in front of the groom and said: “I’m not your photographer anymore.”

The story went viral on Reddit, sparking major support for the photographer. Many blasted the couple for how they treated their friend, though some questioned whether deleting the photos was taking it too far.

https://twistedsifter.com/2025/09/t...cheap-led-to-the-destruction-of-all-the-pics/

This type of wife..nothing to say but good luck to the hubby.