Reply To: Run-In With A Rude Photog (assistant?)

[Katie]

Stef- I agree with what you said and can totally see it from that perspective.

For sure, I wouldn’t want to take away from their time or go against their wishes.  Just to clarify: He was at the back of the church and seemed to be packing up (he had already been with them quite awhile) I honestly thought he was finished and getting ready to step out (the other photog was off somewhere else) I would of never attempted a photo while the hired photog’s were shooting.

They actually didn’t say no photos, and in fact, it was announced at the start of the ceremony that we could take photos after (and also said the same thing on their wedding website). If it had said no cameras, or cameras at the reception only, I would of never dreamed of taking it out. There never did end up being a time that they weren’t with the hired photog’s so I just went ahead to the reception without taking any.

In the end, I did send an email to the bride apologizing for the faux pas and explaining what happened. I was sure she had heard the exchange, but she hadn’t.