30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers

Influencer industry is a tremendous market. In fact, influencer marketing grew from $1.7 billion in 2016 to a mind-blowing $9.7 billion in 2020. This year, the market is projected to expand to a whopping $16.4 billion industry. But with social media becoming saturated with influencer content, from digital creators to fashion influencers, activists, and opinion makers, standing out is harder than ever.

A quick search on your Instagram reveals that one good photograph with a well-written message can amass millions of likes. No wonder influencer photoshoots are getting more professional from the brands that sponsor them to the incredible photographers that create them. Speaking of the latter, they have seen this and that, and while some influencers are great to work with, others are anything but inspiring.

“What is the most outrageous photo shoot request you have received from an Instagram 'influencer'?” asked Redditor u/peaches1687 and the thread went viral, amassing 61k upvotes. Photographers used the opportunity to speak up and share the most delusional requests they received from social media creators, so get ready for some cringe and eyerolls.

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30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers Not a photographer personally but a few of my close friends are. My friend we’ll call Sara is a pretty successful photographer for only being college student. About a month ago Sara and I were meeting up for lunch at our University’s Food Court and shes fiddling with her cameras prepping them for a big shoot she has that night when this very attractive girl walks over and starts chatting us up. She makes a few minutes of casual conversation mostly inquiring about Saras cameras, and then finally asks if she’d be interested in doing a shoot. She immediately throws her pitch which had to do with modeling some very risqué outfits up in the mountains just outside of the city and then a few photos directly in the center of downtown. Overall the whole pitch was something that bordered very close to being p*rnographic in nature. Sara tells the girl her typically rates and also states that because of the nature of the shoot she’ll have to charge extra as its not something she typically does or is super comfortable with. The girls face when Sara mentioned the price went from enthusiastic to very “are you kidding me?” She then buts in and says “I have over 85k instagram followers, do you know the kind of exposure working with me would give you? This is a once in a lifetime chance for you.” Sara responds telling her that shes an in house photographer for 3 of the cities largest concert venues, works as a photographer for the newspaper, and is a highly recommended wedding photographer on top of it all. “I don’t work for free” My favorite line she said during this was “I work with people much more famous than you on an almost daily basis. I’ve shot photos for Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Shania Twain, Post Malone and a bunch of other musicians that come through and was paid for all of it. Your exposure isn’t worth anything to me” after that the girl got really upset and walked off.

ThatOneDudeWithAName , William Thomas Report

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30 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers

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