Imagine you did a shoot with anyone. They are surely going to be wearing branded clothing. You would have to blur out the brands for every shoot you did. That would be crazy.

This actually takes quite a bit of time to sort out. To get the RAWs, they need to go to Lightroom and check the file name of the RAW image, then go to the RAW folder and copy it for you. X15 and this will take some time, assuming they still have the RAWs easily available. It might be easier to just give you all of the RAW files but then you have storage and sharing issues. You might offer to compensate them for the effort, especially if it’s some time after completion of the shoot.

My world is littered with my photos. I love when people use them as their profile photos on social. Usually I add photos of my friends to their contact in my phone so when they call I see them in one of my photos. I use my photos for my fantasy football covers, LinkedIn banners. Like literally anything that can look better with a little bit of imagery, I try to use my images. Maybe try that and you might get more joy than posting to the Instagram ether.

To me this sounds like he wiped his SD Cards and the photos are gone. He is hoping you leave this alone and he never has to deal with the problem. This isn’t an issue of lead time or process. If you have a relationship he is probably scared to tell you.

I don’t know why people normalize photography as something where fraud is acceptable or it’s your fault as client if you didn’t have a contract. If you made a purchase and he doesn’t deliver anything in return, even based off your verbal discussions, that is fraudulent in any business setting.

Kindly ask for you money back if you can and go your separate ways.

Photographers are protected by the right to show images that are newsworthy. Once you move it to commercial such as putting it in an ad or using someone’s image to sell a product, you have to then get permissions, model release, etc. I’m assuming this was outside and not an indoor car show because you said public space. You’re fine.

Photographers are protected by the right to show images that are newsworthy. Once you move it to commercial such as putting it in an ad or using someone’s image to sell a product, you have to then get permissions, model release, etc. I’m assuming this was outside and not an indoor car show because you said public space. You’re fine.

When you say something like “lately” I’m hearing you say that this weather isn’t normal. This is the perfect opportunity to create something unique. People in raincoats, people running to their cars to escape the rain, dogs shaking rain off their coat, kids being weird playing in puddles, etc. etc. There are so many interesting things you could find in unusual weather. Eye catching is obviously relative so you will need to develop your own taste in images but I strongly encourage you to look at unique environments as opportunities.

When you say something like “lately” I’m hearing you say that this weather isn’t normal. This is the perfect opportunity to create something unique. People in raincoats, people running to their cars to escape the rain, dogs shaking rain off their coat, kids being weird playing in puddles, etc. etc. There are so many interesting things you could find in unusual weather. Eye catching is obviously relative so you will need to develop your own taste in images but I strongly encourage you to look at unique environments as opportunities.