A friend asked for a favor: take photos of their wedding on a shoestring budget.

What seemed like an easy gig quickly soured when the photographer was denied food, drinks, and even a seat during the 10-hour event.

By the end of the night, the photographer had had enough—deleting all the photos right in front of the couple and walking out.

Was this a justified meltdown, or did they go too far?

AITA for deleting my friend’s wedding photos in front of them?

I’m not really a photographer, I’m a dog groomer.

I take lots of photos of dogs all day to put on my Facebook and Instagram, it’s “my thing” if that makes sense.

A cut and a photo with every appointment.

I very seldom shoot things other than dogs even if I have a nice set up.

A friend got married a few days ago and wanting to save money, asked if I’d shoot it for them.

I told him it’s not really my forte but he convinced me by saying he didn’t care if they were perfect: they were on a shoestring budget and I agreed to shoot it for $250, which is nothing for a 10 hour event.

A steal!

On the day of, I’m driving around following the bride as she goes from appointment to appointment before the ceremony, taking photos along the way.

I shoot the ceremony itself, and during the reception I’m shooting speeches and people mingling.

I started around 11am and was due to finish around 7:30pm.

Around 5pm, food is being served and I was told I cannot stop to eat because I need to be photographer; in fact, they didn’t save me a spot at any table.

I’m getting tired and at this point kinda regretting doing this for next to nothing.

It’s also unbelievably hot: the venue is in an old veteran’s legion and it’s like 110F and there’s no AC.

Woof.

I told the groom I need to take off for 20min to get something to eat and drink.

There’s no open bar or anything, I can’t even get water and my two water bottles are long empty.

He tells me I need to either be photographer, or leave without pay.

With the heat, being hungry, being generally annoyed at the circumstances, I asked if he was sure, and he said yes, so I deleted all the photos I took in front of him and took off saying I’m not his photographer anymore.

If I was to be paid $250, honestly at that point I would have paid $250 just for a glass of cold water and somewhere to sit for 5min.

Wowww.

Was I the a******?

They went right on their honeymoon and they’ve all been off of social media, but a lot of people have been posting on their wall asking about photos with zero responses.

Most people sympathized with the photographer’s exhaustion and frustration.

This person says i’s tough to stay composed when the situation feels like a recipe for disaster.

This person says to stick to man’s best friend.

And this person is impressed with the pettiness (even though it wasn’t really that petty in the end).

Sometimes, it’s not just the photos that get deleted—it’s the friendship too.

This definitely didn’t end well.

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