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30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers I got invited to a friends wedding as a guest. When the wedding was a few weeks away I posted on facebook about some arm surgeries. They messaged me asking if I could still shoot photos. I could not - and they uninvited me. I was never asked to shoot photos, just invited as a guest. Perhaps they assumed I’d bring my camera? I’m a hobbyist, not a pro.

Mister_Brevity , Ajay Lobo Report

Final score:

344points

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Zophra 2 years ago

So tacky.

203points

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Had an "influencer" try to set up a shoot with me. When I mentioned my price she was shocked because she was under the assumption that I was going to pay her for some reason.

Amuro_Ray_Gunner , Vitaly Vlasov Report

Final score:

284points

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Michael Sanders 2 years ago

These are all going to be the same. They are entitled shiits. If you want to hear the same story you already know in a different setting, stick around. If not meet me in another post.

121points

Bored Panda reached out to Rich Soublet, a headshot and portrait photographer in San Diego, California who shared a couple of insights into his work, as well as what is it like to work with sometimes difficult influencers.

In a response to the question "Photographers of Reddit: What is the most outrageous photoshoot request you have received from an Instagram 'influencer'?" from Ask Reddit, Soublet wrote: "Been a wedding photographer for 12 years. I ROUTINELY get asked to do entire weddings for free. Not even always from Instagram influencers. One time this guy (whom I didn't even like that much) asked me to do a wedding for free for his friend. Someone I didn't even know existed at all until this interaction."

He added: "I just imagine walking into a restaurant and asking for the absolute best meal they have for zero dollars and then telling them it will be good for their business to do so." The post received 2.5k upvotes on the thread.

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Influencer asked me to shoot and before I even had the chance to give her my prices she decided to give me hers, over $300 for ME to shoot with HER for 30 minutes, one of her main selling points was she could “teach me how to leverage and grow my social media”.

Girl was 15...

Edit to clarify: She was asking me to pay her $300+ when in reality at a minimum she should be paying me. I don’t even charge that much haha

PeterPanBean , Pixabay Report

Final score:

246points

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June’s Very Own 2 years ago

Huh? Why would YOU pay HER for YOUR service? Super confused here

82points

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Had someone ask for me to do a videography shoot of their new house being built. They said $200, but they wanted me to go each weekend for 2 years and shoot it to build up a time lapse and stuff. I definitively said no

Itz_Hamfish , Bruno Massao Report

Final score:

230points

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June’s Very Own 2 years ago

ONLY $200! For your services that would last for 2 whole years? Are they crazy?

124points

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers I own a wedding photography and videography company in Florida. A YouTube “famous” couple inquired with us for their wedding and demanded all of the unedited images and video along with the copyrights so they could edit themselves for their YouTube channel. It’s a request we’ll gladly honor, for the correct price. For those of you who don’t know, copyrights to 800-1500 images and 12+ hours of video goes for tens of thousands of dollars.

They offered to pay us less than half our regular coverage price for everything. Hah. Bye girl. When we told them we wouldn’t accommodate their request, the bride had her MOTHER call me to yell at us for “ruining” their wedding.

MP0905 Report

Final score:

222points

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Jaguarundi 2 years ago

Why won't people realize that "they" are paying YOU for "your" time, "your" training, "your" talent and "your" expertise? It's not like "Uncle Bob" is bringing his camcorder so just pay for his drinks!

95points

Soublet recounted that he politely told him "No I'm not going to do that." He said: "Not only were they asking for a free shoot, but it was also on Halloween! Give up a holiday I love to make no money for someone I don't know? No thanks."

Soublet who is a professional photographer said that photography has been a hobby since he was a kid. "In college, a friend asked if I could do their headshots and I thought 'It's just a photo of their face, how hard could it be?'" He added: "Hard. The answer is hard. They came out nice though (for how good I was at the time) and I figured 'Maybe I have something here.'"

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers A few years back I was in Acadia National Park and we did the Beehive Trail hike. For those unfamiliar it’s basically as close to rock climbing as you can get non harnessed as you are going straight up a cliff on iron rungs and stuff, so super fun and you are rewarded with an amazing view at the top. Most people take a quick snap there at the lip, as most do at the peak of their hike, and then move on to the more rocky area (but less a nice view) to rest.

Anyway while we were there resting two Instagram girls got to the top, and promptly took over the best view of the lip to take various yoga poses. (Because that was totally a natural thing to do after scrambling up a cliff?) For at least ten minutes- families were coming up asking if they could take a picture, but they literally said “we were here first” and “we’ll be here awhile” when asked if they were almost done.

We ended up leaving before they were done but it still boils my blood thinking about it.

Andromeda321 , wikipedia Report

Final score:

209points

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Zophra 2 years ago

Shame the families etc. couldn't photobomb the influencer's pictures (not sure how close they were to the cliff) after a too-long wait.

126points

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers I do documentary film and I had a non-film job in college and I met this lady who was maybe 30 ask me to do an "Instagram video like this" and she showed me a professional video-shoot done with a greenscreen, lights and set. I told her I could probably get pretty close to quality (with my University's equipment) but it would take time to get a crew together & reserve a studio. She told me no, that I should just record it with my phone. I told her that's not what they did for the Instagram video she just showed me and she said "It's on Instagram, that means they recorded it with their phone." She dropped it after I mentioned I charge money and wouldn't just "do it to be nice." She has like 10 followers and three of them were pornbots.

RennyMoose , Torsten Dettlaff Report

Final score:

179points

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June’s Very Own 2 years ago

Why do people expect that people with jobs are just gonna so things for them for free?

56points

ItsMorpeth , Rocsana Nicoleta Gurza Report

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Work in a camera store and do photography myself, hear stories about this sort of stuff all the time. Usually just ask model shoots for exposure but I’ve heard and seen stories (there is a fairly popular one at the moment about a photographer in Chicago) about people asking for full wedding shoots for exposure. Not always ‘influencers’ asking these questions either, sometimes arsehole people ask this stuff and then say stuff like ‘well if I had that equipment then we’d be able to get the same results’.

They just don’t have respect for the time that goes into the art form.

Final score:

169points

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AnnaBanana 2 years ago

People who are not artists, or creative in any way, have no idea about what goes into creating art. No idea of the time spent mentally planning, experimenting, testing over and over again until you get it 'right'. It's hours of work before you even start the actual work!!

90points

When asked why so many influencers and people in general try to get free photoshoots, Soublet said that "it's a combination of people thinking photography is easy and knowing that photographers love taking photos. They're banking on your love of creativity to jump at the chance to make something new and have people see it. Also, a lot of people want to get without giving."

#10

Not an influencer necessarily, but a band.

I have a really close family friend from high school who plays in a local band, and he usually does a pretty good job at getting me on the guest list, whether or not I actually want to take pictures. However, I do bring my camera with every time, just in case.

I usually use the opening band(s) to dial in my settings and see what angles look good for the stage setup, because they didn't even know I was going to be there in the first place, and I'm there because of my friend, so obviously I want anything I give to him to be some of my better work.

Sometimes if the other bands notice me walking around and snapping pictures during their set, they'll come find me after the show and ask for some of the pictures. If I managed to get any that look decent, I never have a problem sending them copies of the photos for their social media pages. Some bands even offer to give me a free t-shirt or hat or vinyl of their newest release, etc. Which is always appreciated.

As with any photo that hasn't been purchased, (done for exposure) I place my watermark on the lower right corner of the picture after I'm done editing. It's not obtrusive, it's pretty tasteful in my opinion, and it just ensures people know who took the photo. Sometimes bands can't remember my name or forget to tag me in a post, no big deal, humans make mistakes, I get it.

So after this one concert in early 2019, the lead singer of an opening band (one I had never heard of) comes up to me and says "I saw you taking pictures during our set, would you mind sending those to us for our Instagram?" I said no problem, give me a few days to import, edit, and upload the photos and I'll email you everything. She followed it up with "We're on tour right now, so we're pretty hard pressed for money, but we'd be happy to give you a shout-out on our page and direct bands in the area to look into you for concert photography." I said "yeah that's fine, I already got free admission to the concert through another band so I'm not super worried about the money, besides this is more of a hobby than a job." And we went out separate ways.

Fast forward about a week and I decide to go check their Instagram to see if they had posted anything from that show, and sure enough, they had. However, not only had they not tagged me in the post, they had completely cropped out the watermark I put on the picture. So much for the exposure I guess.

I reached out to them on Instagram and also commented on the post using my photography profile, not my personal one, and just politely asked them if they'd add my tag to the photo as not only was it my actual photograph, but it was also my edit. Well, they blocked me. Only on my photography profile though. I checked their Instagram on my personal when I started reading this thread, and sure enough, that picture is still on their page, and they hadn't even deleted the comment I made on it saying "I'm sure it's an honest mistake, but I'd appreciate you giving credit to the photographer who kindly sent you these photos with nothing promised but a shout out."

Some people's kids, man

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Final score:

165points

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Dan 2 years ago

I wouldn't have been as nice as OP was when confronting the band

55points

#11

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Wedding Photographer here, they said they were influencers with a great following that they'd promote me to but when I asked for their handle online, silence.

I get this is a lot as I'm fairly well known so an easy target when people look.

Exposure? People die from exposure.

chrisgilesphoto , Brett Jordan Report

Final score:

163points

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Chich 2 years ago

"People die from exposure." That is an excellent comeback :)

147points

#12

Someone asked me to shoot her entire wedding, a full day, an engagement photoshoot underwater (I do underwater photography also) and some 'honeymoon' shots somewhere... All for 'exposure'... I straight up said no, politely and she kicked off in a patronising way asking me if she knew who she was and what it would do for my career... She had about 10k less followers than I did and I don't even do weddings as I had pointed out so it wasn't even in my best interest even if she had millions of followers.

Oh and an 'influencer' guy asked me to do a nude photoshoot for him for free. I declined but wished him luck... He then sent a dick pic. I reported him.

rhgarton Report

Final score:

153points

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Zophra 2 years ago

Maybe edit the d**k pic. and send it back.

95points

leopardgreen , Jessica Lewis Creative Report

What's important for people to understand is that photographers provide a service that holds value, otherwise you'd never ask a photographer to take photos, Soublet argues. "These humans deserve to eat and be housed and those things can't be paid for without money. If you value the work someone creates, pay them to create it for you."

#13

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Did a shoot with this girl- supposed to be a typical collab. Once we met up she was bossing me around, wouldn’t listen to my suggestions and was talking to me like her employee. After the shoot she demanded I send her the hundreds of raw photos so she could edit them herself and that she didn’t want me to post any so that they would seem like she took them herself. I sent her 3 pics and erased the rest. Never talked to her again. Some models are a trip.

Final score:

150points

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June’s Very Own 2 years ago

Imo you shouldn’t have sent her anything

85points

#14

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers I do street photography every so often. I was once offered "influence credit" for pretending to be in shock that I found her in the streets of my town. I would take a bunch of photos of her at the spot and give them to her. This would all be recorded by her, I hope, boyfriend. I wasn't allowed to use the photos myself and all I would get is a tag at the end of the description.

I said no thanks. Then snapped a couple photos of her.

She said she would sue me.

I said we were on public streets and I'm a hobbyist who doesn't sell. I dont need model waivers.

Never heard from her again.

Never used photos either. Shes not interesting.

FanaticDamen , Athena Report

Final score:

147points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

OoH, yEs, InFlUeNcE cReDiT tO pAy My ReNt.

68points

#15

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Been a wedding photographer for 12 years. I ROUTINELY get asked to do entire weddings for free. Not even always from Instagram influencers. One time this guy (whom I didn't even like that much) asked me to do a wedding for free for his friend. Someone I didn't even know existed at all until this interaction.

I just imagine walking into a restaurant and asking for the absolute best meal they have for zero dollars and then telling them it will be good for their business to do so.

Richsii , Trung Nguyen Report

Final score:

143points

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Anna Banana 2 years ago

And if they say no, try saying that they've just ruined your engagement proposal. Works like a charm, I'm told.

53points

#16

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Had someone ask me to do more than a week of videography for them and create a promo video for $200... Not a day... For the whole week.

j_d1996 , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

130points

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June’s Very Own 2 years ago

I feel like some people in this thread need to put themselves in the photographers shoes and decide whether the price they are offering would suit them.

45points

#17

I noticed an ad on Facebook for a local bar that was looking for a photographer, so I fired them over an email asking for more info.

The bar wanted me from midnight till 2am on a Saturday morning, for approximately 300 photos, all edited and delivered by midday the same day.

For this extraordinary amount of work, said bar was willing to pay £50.

I politely declined and informed them that any professional photographer would consider those kind of rates an absolute insult.

jonopurday Report

Final score:

129points

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Sleepyhead 2 years ago

It reminds me of something Teddy said early on in Bob's Burger's. "Dr. Marjorie says if I don't value my time, nobody else will." I think about that a lot.

67points

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#18

I have a friend who owns a popular bar. He has signs up discreetly saying there is a $100 up charge if you are an “influencer and ask for comps.” He literally charges people $100 if they ask him to comp the check because they will mention him. So far he says he hasn’t gotten a single chargeback from a credit card company when he’s done it (I think he has only done it a few times with particularly obnoxious people).

NocturnalPermission Report

Final score:

128points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

Great way to get $100, those influencers don’t stop at anything

46points

#19

A related story but exactly what OP is asking for, we were on a road trip and at the Toketee falls near southern Oregon. Now this falls is located at the end of a trail about a mile long. The trail leads to a vantage point that’s about 40-50 feet above the fall. If you are a rock climber, then you can probably scramble to the base of the falls but it’s quite a scary endeavor.

The day we were there, we saw two influencer couples at the parking lot. We noticed them because the girls stripped down to their skimpy bikinis at the parking lot and they had some snorkeling gear as well. Now this is a pretty popular spot on insta and so the parking lot was packed with quite a lot of kids and families around.

They started the hike the same time as us and were planning on various poses and shots the whole time. Finally we reached the end of the trail and they realized that all those cool shots on insta means scrambling 30 ft down a wet rock face to the bottom of the falls. The disappointment was palpable that day. The bickering while hiking back was even better. It still cracks me up to think about that day.

sanu29 Report

Final score:

128points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

Is anyone else thinking of the scene in Parent Trap rn?

24points

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#20

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers I do photography on the side since I’m mostly film/video.

But I have a friend who has an Instagram account as a side business for fun. I told her I would do a photoshoot for her if she helped me with my resume and cover letter.

Although she has tons of company’s that give her products to review for free, the photo credit she gave me honestly didn’t lead to any followers on my Instagram. So yeah, anyone who wants exposure for crazy work I don’t think knows that they actually don’t give any exposure.

In my case I was the one who brought up the deal and honestly I would have done it for free to get out of the house because she’s my friend. But yeah, that photo credit doesn’t do anything in my experience.

Stereogravy , cottonbro Report

Final score:

127points

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AustrianGirl 2 years ago

From my personal experience, when I try to watch something online and there is an influencer trying so get me to buy whatever, I do everything I can to skip the video to what really want to see. I make a point of never buying anything an influencer advertises.

83points

#21

Influencer once DM'd me on Instagram to ask me to go over to the US for a shoot. I replied and was like "sounds like fun, send me some details." She was like, "sure, you fly over here. Pay for your flights, obvs. Book a hotel, hire a car and pick me up. I want to do my shoot at the Grand Canyon." So I replied and was like "and how do you see me making money from this?" She replied with "well, I'll share the pics so you get followers and I'll promote your page for a week." Again I replied, this time saying "that doesn't help me make money. You could either pay for my flights, hotel etc. And a wage?" Her response ended up being "why the f**k would I pay some blame ass photographer to come out here and take pics of me? I'm not some wannabe you know. Do you even know who I am?" For the record, she had less than 2000 followers. I was boasting at just over 5000 legitimate followers.

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Final score:

119points

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Dan 2 years ago

The audacity is strong in this one

53points

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#22

An "influencer" contacted my production company to shoot both a photo session and promo video. They sent ME an estimate on how much I HAD TO PAY to do the work for HER. I politely declined.

458digital Report

Final score:

108points

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Alicia GriffonLady 2 years ago

Are influencerS all high AF?

68points

#23

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers She came to me, wanted $200 an hour for three hours work, but also wanted full rights to the photos so I couldn't sell or display them. Basically, to use me as an ATM and for me to pay the pleasure to work with them. Absolutely not. While I have paid $200/hr for a model, I get full rights and 99% of the models agree.

CodyDeasy , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

95points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

“ExCuSe MoI iTs An HoNoR tO be In My PrEsEnCe that’s $200”

35points

#24

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers As a photo assistant in Chicago, I had a friend tell me there was a popular NY photographer looking for an assistant on Instagram for a shoot in Chicago. I inquired with the gentleman, and he said he only had a day rate of $150. On top of that, he said the day would be a 14 hour day, and he asked me to pick up his equipment rental which included a 12 foot sweep, and store it at my place to be ready for the shoot the next day. Hell no. 150$ for 17 hours worth of work? Idc which photographer you are pay your assistants correctly.

Fake_Franco , Terje Sollie Report

Final score:

88points

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Megan The Viking Traveler 2 years ago

I used to be a photo assistant too and that is very crazy! Also keeping the equipment at your house???

39points

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#25

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Not a photographer but related story...

I was at a private event, The insta user actually had a camera man shooting video. 2 hours into the event one of the celebs noticed this random videographer and spoke with security. Security told them to stop filming and destroy any footage already shot. She refused and started yelling and making a fuss. Another (very large) celeb who didn't like his party being ruined, grabbed the video camera, smashed the camera, took the memory chip and his private bodyguards escorted her away.

She ended up posting an expose` which she bashed the celebs that were there and threatened the location with retaliation. This got her account banned from both Instagram and Facebook. Instagram Influencer no more.... 25+k subs lost..

Sorry no names or I don't get to go to these events anymore.

RedditVince , Md Iftekhar Uddin Emon Report

Final score:

85points

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AnnaBanana 2 years ago

"Sounds like..."???

28points

#26

An ‘influencer’ with just over 1k followers thought I should be paying her $150/hour because of all the positive exposure and business I’ll get from her sharing my work.

I declined.

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Final score:

83points

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Dre Mosley 2 years ago

1K followers is nothing, she's hardly reached influencer status.

38points

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#27

I’m a ceramicist and use Instagram as my main channel for selling and promoting my work. I often get ‘influencers’ asking me to send them things so they can show it on their profile.

Most recently and bizarrely, I had a bunny Instagram contact me, wanting to ‘promote’ my work. I have about 15k more followers than this account, so whilst I wouldn’t really even want to, it wouldn’t be worth it for me regardless. I hate the influencer society we live in, but even if we were to accept it for what it is, this effing account doesn’t even come close to having enough followers to be considered an influencer anyway. I looked at this bunny account and have zero idea of how they could possibly promote me regardless - every photo on the grid is just someone’s pet rabbit doing various s**t, not at all ceramics based in the slightest. 0/10 wouldn’t be influenced again.

wood--chuck Report

Final score:

77points

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AnnaBanana 2 years ago

That's just...bizarre!

27points

#28

30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers She asked for $200/hr with a three hour minimum, without any real prior modeling experience, and had conditions that the photos could not be posted anywhere and that she was going to have them sold exclusively on her Patreon.

CodyDeasy , HARSH KUSHWAHA Report

Final score:

72points

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NAVYA PRASAD 2 years ago

Only fans??

27points

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#29

Ohh wow! Not a photoshoot request for me as a photographer but sort of connected.

I own a small business, I did not want to do unpaid influencer collaborations as those never leave an impact,one influencer was adamant to do a barter deal with me to get my products in exchange of photos.

She had low followers & average likes, her content was very elegant. I agreed as I was empty for the month with influencer posts. Anyway, she took more products than discussed at the end moment, threw a fit when I went to deliver & it’s been 4 months since I got any photos.

lightskinindian Report

Final score:

55points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

Ghosted and lied to. Gonna make a good politician there

31points

#30

The "Us naked" because of the influencer's ego. I was young so I did partake. I'd be more cautious now as it turns out that girl wasn't as responsible as I'd prefer with those photos.

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Final score:

45points

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Katie Nelson 2 years ago

An influencer’s ego is certainly more sizeable than the actual influencing they do.

26points

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What do you think ?

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EM 2 years ago

Influencers are some of the most obnoxious, entitled, and delusional idiots I've ever seen. Love the bar owner who chared them for this nonsense.

25points

AnnaBanana 2 years ago

The bartender was a good one!

7points

ShareMusic 2 years ago

How do influencers support themselves, anyway? I haven't read or heard anything positive about them. Ever.

8points

NsG 2 years ago (edited)

The ones who aren't entitled brats actually put some work in - spending their own money initially and working very long hours establishing what works and what will lead to sponsorship. This can take a long time. Good influencers (by which I mean those who are good at being influencers, and are like hen's teeth in rarity) have products approach them to work out collaboration deals, and this leads to further "success". Unfortunately, they also hide the amount of work and time and *their own money* that goes into the success, and we end up with this bunch of delusional twits who believe success comes in weeks and they can earn thousands in a day.

14points

phil blanque 2 years ago

Effluenters.....EFFLUENTERS, not "influencers".

8points

Adam Zad 2 years ago

That is SO accurate! They're spewers of sewage.

2points

V Martinez 2 years ago

Legit people who influence others don't behave like jerks. I want to meet one of these entitled brats and ask them if they understand how the service industry works. You pay to have someone perform a service for you. Not, do this for me, and btw, you will need to pay me! How were these a$$hats raised or become this way?

5points

Lasagna Is Like Crack 2 years ago

"Don't you know who I am?" I give the deadpan "No." and the walk away.

5points

John Baker 2 years ago

"Why, don't you?"

0points

Random Anon 2 years ago

I am an influencer too. I can influence someone's mood with some choice words. Usually for the worse.

5points

Scotira 2 years ago

I was at a family barbecue some years back and there was this "big" thing on the news about a youtuber/ influencer bashing (and rightly so) the current politics, which resulted in the main party loosing a lot in the following elections. So we sit and my nephew, 15 at the time, proudly tells me, he's going to be an influencer and youtuber and shows me the video online. I had to work real hard, not laughing at him 🙈 🤣 and said, how about you learn something other first and work on this goal later on. I know to be a good and professionel influencer you put in a lot of serious work most of the time. But still I can't wrap my head around the concept and have yet to buy anything bc an influencer prompted me to. 🤷‍♀️

2points

John Baker 2 years ago

If people would just stop paying attention to these egotistical, entitled idiots, they'd go away.

1point

Mason Dalmau 2 years ago

This reminds me of a story that my old boss told me, related to exposure but not influencers and how exposure can have value if coming from the right source (not random ass "influencers"). She owned the business that I worked for with her husband, but was trying to get into website design, which they had added into their computer repair business that her husband started. One day she told me the story of this young guy that she was trying to get hired by as a website developer for his company. This guy was just finishing college for website design when his parents died in a car wreck, and he was their sole inheritor. Fast forward past the shock and grief, and he runs into an opportunity where a non-profit was taking bids for new website designs. The guys goes in, gives his pitch, shows what he envisions, and states that whatever their lowest offer was, he would do it for a dollar less. The board of the non-profit glanced at each other before one spoke up and (continued)...

1point

Mason Dalmau 2 years ago

Kindly informed him that a personal friend of theirs worked for Disney and had offered to do it for free. The kid was devastated, and started to pack up, a little upset that they wasted his time when they already had someone doing the work for free. Someone piped up and pointed out to him that while he wouldn't get paid for the work, they would still accept his offer if he considered the kind of exposure and how much credit it would lend to his new business if he had been the one to develope their website. He thought it over for a while and made his decision. He pulled $1 from his wallet and put it on the table in front of the chairman (or chairwoman, I can't recall). He then went home and mortgaged his new inherited house and hired a team of people to work with him to complete the project on time. He poured everything he had into it and got it done. And he paid $1 to do it. Today, his website development company makes millions. The non-profit was Make-A-Wish. That's true exposure.

7points

Billy Allen 2 years ago

Wife and daughter met an incredibly nice influencer a few months back by the name of Allyellowjosh. Really great guy, down to earth, warm, personable and a pleasure to talk with. He was in town for a meet up with a friend and he mentioned how much he loved meeting my family and how they made him feel welcome and loved on his Instagram account. Really good guy.

1point

Bi-Polar Express 2 years ago

Save some time. Influencers either want you to shoot them for free or pay them for the privilege. Seems fair.

0points

Evan Sloane 2 years ago

RK... SHUT. UP.

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Kivebo 2 years ago

Serious question, why do photographers not want to give away the raw unedited photos or raw video footage and usually charge extra for that?

-1point

Scotira 2 years ago

I thought about that a lot in the past... my reasoning is, that: 1. You pay for a defined service (sometimes a certain amount of pics) so anything more costs extra. 2. If you get everthing and edit it badly then you could say the photograper did a bad job. 3. You could choose to not give any credit to the photographer at all. 🤷‍♀️ I might be wrong, though.

4points

SCP-3998 2 years ago

The photographers own the rights, those rights could potentially be bank if sold to the right company. Those images are a photographers bread and butter, so giving it away is basically giving away money. I wouldnt give away a painting I took the time to plan out, buy the paint and supplies and work on the image. Photography is no different, just a different medium. I will not give away my life work for free.

3points

Adam Sternberg 2 years ago

As a photographer, you are only as good as your worst photo. When photographers do a photo shoot, there is a LOT more to creating the image than just what comes out of the camera. Handing over the RAW files is the equivalent to going to a restaurant and asking the chef to also give you the ingredients used to make your meal. You aren't paying for the ingredients, you are paying for what the chef does with them to make you an excellent dining experience, that's why.

1point

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EM 2 years ago

Influencers are some of the most obnoxious, entitled, and delusional idiots I've ever seen. Love the bar owner who chared them for this nonsense.

25points

AnnaBanana 2 years ago

The bartender was a good one!

7points

ShareMusic 2 years ago

How do influencers support themselves, anyway? I haven't read or heard anything positive about them. Ever.

8points

NsG 2 years ago (edited)

14points

phil blanque 2 years ago

Effluenters.....EFFLUENTERS, not "influencers".

8points

Adam Zad 2 years ago

That is SO accurate! They're spewers of sewage.

2points

V Martinez 2 years ago

5points

Lasagna Is Like Crack 2 years ago

"Don't you know who I am?" I give the deadpan "No." and the walk away.

5points

John Baker 2 years ago

"Why, don't you?"

0points

Random Anon 2 years ago

I am an influencer too. I can influence someone's mood with some choice words. Usually for the worse.

5points

Scotira 2 years ago

2points

John Baker 2 years ago

If people would just stop paying attention to these egotistical, entitled idiots, they'd go away.

1point

Mason Dalmau 2 years ago

1point

Mason Dalmau 2 years ago

7points

Billy Allen 2 years ago

1point

Bi-Polar Express 2 years ago

Save some time. Influencers either want you to shoot them for free or pay them for the privilege. Seems fair.

0points

Evan Sloane 2 years ago

RK... SHUT. UP.

-1point

Kivebo 2 years ago

Serious question, why do photographers not want to give away the raw unedited photos or raw video footage and usually charge extra for that?

-1point

Scotira 2 years ago

4points