32 Times Influencers Had The Stupidest Photoshoot Idea And Got Refused By The Photographers
Influencer business is an incredible market. The truth is, influencer advertising grew from $1.7 billion in 2016 to a mind-blowing $9.7 billion in 2020. This 12 months, the market is projected to increase to a whopping $16.4 billion business. However with social media changing into saturated with influencer content material, from digital creators to vogue influencers, activists, and opinion makers, standing out is tougher than ever.
A fast search in your Instagram reveals that one good {photograph} with a well-written message can amass thousands and thousands of likes. No surprise influencer photoshoots are getting extra skilled from the manufacturers that sponsor them to the unimaginable photographers that create them. Talking of the latter, they’ve seen this and that, and whereas some influencers are nice to work with, others are something however inspiring.
“What’s the most outrageous picture shoot request you’ve obtained from an Instagram ‘influencer’?” requested Redditor u/peaches1687 and the thread went viral, amassing 61k upvotes. Photographers used the chance to talk up and share probably the most delusional requests they obtained from social media creators, so prepare for some cringe and eyerolls.
Had an “influencer” attempt to arrange a shoot with me. After I talked about my value she was shocked as a result of she was beneath the belief that I used to be going to pay her for some cause.
Had somebody ask for me to do a videography shoot of their new home being constructed. They mentioned $200, however they wished me to go every weekend for two years and shoot it to construct up a time lapse and stuff. I definitively mentioned no
I acquired invited to a mates marriage ceremony as a visitor. When the marriage was a couple of weeks away I posted on fb about some arm surgical procedures. They messaged me asking if I might nonetheless shoot pictures. I couldn’t – and so they uninvited me. I used to be by no means requested to shoot pictures, simply invited as a visitor. Maybe they assumed I’d carry my digicam? I’m a hobbyist, not a professional.
Bored Panda reached out to Wealthy Soublet, a headshot and portrait photographer in San Diego, California who shared a few insights into his work, in addition to what’s it prefer to work with generally tough influencers.
In a response to the query “Photographers of Reddit: What’s the most outrageous photoshoot request you’ve obtained from an Instagram ‘influencer’?” from Ask Reddit, Soublet wrote: “Been a marriage photographer for 12 years. I ROUTINELY get requested to do complete weddings without spending a dime. Not even at all times from Instagram influencers. One time this man (whom I did not even like that a lot) requested me to do a marriage without spending a dime for his good friend. Somebody I did not even know existed in any respect till this interplay.”
He added: “I simply think about strolling right into a restaurant and asking for the very best meal they’ve for zero {dollars} after which telling them will probably be good for his or her enterprise to take action.” The publish obtained 2.5k upvotes on the thread.
Influencer requested me to shoot and earlier than I even had the prospect to provide her my costs she determined to provide me hers, over $300 for ME to shoot with HER for half-hour, one in all her major promoting factors was she might “educate me the best way to leverage and develop my social media”.
Lady was 15…
Edit to make clear: She was asking me to pay her $300+ when in actuality at a minimal she must be paying me. I don’t even cost that a lot haha
I personal a marriage images and videography firm in Florida. A YouTube “well-known” couple inquired with us for his or her marriage ceremony and demanded all the unedited photographs and video together with the copyrights so they may edit themselves for his or her YouTube channel. It’s a request we’ll gladly honor, for the right value. For these of you who don’t know, copyrights to 800-1500 photographs and 12+ hours of video goes for tens of 1000’s of {dollars}.
They provided to pay us lower than half our common protection value for every thing. Hah. Bye lady. After we instructed them we wouldn’t accommodate their request, the bride had her MOTHER name me to yell at us for “ruining” their marriage ceremony.
Work in a digicam retailer and do images myself, hear tales about this type of stuff on a regular basis. Often simply ask mannequin shoots for publicity however I’ve heard and seen tales (there’s a pretty fashionable one in the intervening time a few photographer in Chicago) about individuals asking for full marriage ceremony shoots for publicity. Not at all times ‘influencers’ asking these questions both, generally arsehole individuals ask these items after which say stuff like ‘properly if I had that tools then we’d have the ability to get the identical outcomes’.
They only don’t have respect for the time that goes into the artwork type.
Soublet recounted that he politely instructed him “No I am not going to try this.” He mentioned: “Not solely had been they asking for a free shoot, but it surely was additionally on Halloween! Hand over a vacation I like to make no cash for somebody I do not know? No thanks.”
Soublet who’s knowledgeable photographer mentioned that images has been a interest since he was a child. “In faculty, a good friend requested if I might do their headshots and I believed ‘It is only a picture of their face, how laborious might or not it’s?'” He added: “Onerous. The reply is difficult. They got here out good although (for the way good I used to be on the time) and I figured ‘Perhaps I’ve one thing right here.'”
Had somebody ask me to do greater than every week of videography for them and create a promo video for $200… Not a day… For the entire week.
I do images on the facet since I’m largely movie/video.
However I’ve a good friend who has an Instagram account as a facet enterprise for enjoyable. I instructed her I might do a photoshoot for her if she helped me with my resume and canopy letter.
Though she has tons of firm’s that give her merchandise to assessment without spending a dime, the picture credit score she gave me actually didn’t result in any followers on my Instagram. So yeah, anybody who desires publicity for loopy work I don’t suppose is aware of that they really don’t give any publicity.
In my case I used to be the one who introduced up the deal and actually I might have finished it without spending a dime to get out of the home as a result of she’s my good friend. However yeah, that picture credit score doesn’t do something in my expertise.
Did a shoot with this girl- speculated to be a typical collab. As soon as we met up she was bossing me round, wouldn’t hearken to my strategies and was speaking to me like her worker. After the shoot she demanded I ship her the tons of of uncooked pictures so she might edit them herself and that she didn’t need me to publish any in order that they would appear like she took them herself. I despatched her 3 pics and erased the remaining. By no means talked to her once more. Some fashions are a visit.
When requested why so many influencers and individuals basically attempt to get free photoshoots, Soublet mentioned that “it is a mixture of individuals considering images is simple and figuring out that photographers love taking pictures. They’re banking in your love of creativity to leap on the likelihood to make one thing new and have individuals see it. Additionally, lots of people need to get with out giving.”
I do documentary movie and I had a non-film job in faculty and I met this girl who was possibly 30 ask me to do an “Instagram video like this” and she or he confirmed me knowledgeable video-shoot finished with a greenscreen, lights and set. I instructed her I might in all probability get fairly near high quality (with my College’s tools) however it might take time to get a crew collectively & reserve a studio. She instructed me no, that I ought to simply document it with my cellphone. I instructed her that is not what they did for the Instagram video she simply confirmed me and she or he mentioned “It is on Instagram, meaning they recorded it with their cellphone.” She dropped it after I discussed I cost cash and would not simply “do it to be good.” She has like 10 followers and three of them had been pornbots.
Not a photographer personally however a couple of of my shut mates are. My good friend we’ll name Sara is a fairly profitable photographer for under being faculty pupil. A couple of month in the past Sara and I had been assembly up for lunch at our College’s Meals Court docket and shes fiddling together with her cameras prepping them for a giant shoot she has that evening when this very enticing lady walks over and begins chatting us up. She makes a couple of minutes of informal dialog largely inquiring about Saras cameras, after which lastly asks if she’d be taken with doing a shoot. She instantly throws her pitch which needed to do with modeling some very risqué outfits up within the mountains simply exterior of the town after which a couple of pictures instantly within the heart of downtown. General the entire pitch was one thing that bordered very near being pornographic in nature. Sara tells the lady her usually charges and in addition states that due to the character of the shoot she’ll must cost further as its not one thing she usually does or is tremendous comfy with. The women face when Sara talked about the worth went from enthusiastic to very “are you kidding me?” She then buts in and says “I’ve over 85k instagram followers, are you aware the form of publicity working with me would provide you with? This can be a as soon as in a lifetime likelihood for you.” Sara responds telling her that shes an in home photographer for 3 of the cities largest live performance venues, works as a photographer for the newspaper, and is a extremely really helpful marriage ceremony photographer on prime of all of it. “I don’t work without spending a dime” My favourite line she mentioned throughout this was “I work with individuals far more well-known than you on an nearly each day foundation. I’ve shot pictures for Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Shania Twain, Put up Malone and a bunch of different musicians that come by means of and was paid for all of it. Your publicity isn’t value something to me” after that the lady acquired actually upset and walked off.
She requested for $200/hr with a 3 hour minimal, with none actual prior modeling expertise, and had situations that the pictures couldn’t be posted anyplace and that she was going to have them offered solely on her Patreon.
What’s vital for individuals to know is that photographers present a service that holds worth, in any other case you’d by no means ask a photographer to take pictures, Soublet argues. “These people need to eat and be housed and people issues cannot be paid for with out cash. In case you worth the work somebody creates, pay them to create it for you.”
I do road images now and again. I used to be as soon as provided “affect credit score” for pretending to be in shock that I discovered her within the streets of my city. I might take a bunch of pictures of her on the spot and provides them to her. This may all be recorded by her, I hope, boyfriend. I wasn’t allowed to make use of the pictures myself and all I might get is a tag on the finish of the outline.
I mentioned no thanks. Then snapped a pair pictures of her.
She mentioned she would sue me.
I mentioned we had been on public streets and I am a hobbyist who does not promote. I dont want mannequin waivers.
By no means heard from her once more.
By no means used pictures both. Shes not attention-grabbing.
Been a marriage photographer for 12 years. I ROUTINELY get requested to do complete weddings without spending a dime. Not even at all times from Instagram influencers. One time this man (whom I did not even like that a lot) requested me to do a marriage without spending a dime for his good friend. Somebody I did not even know existed in any respect till this interplay.
I simply think about strolling right into a restaurant and asking for the very best meal they’ve for zero {dollars} after which telling them will probably be good for his or her enterprise to take action.
Marriage ceremony Photographer right here, they mentioned they had been influencers with an awesome following that they’d promote me to however once I requested for his or her deal with on-line, silence.
I get this can be a lot as I am pretty well-known so a simple goal when individuals look.
Publicity? Folks die from publicity.
Not a photographer however associated story…
I used to be at a non-public occasion, The insta person really had a digicam man taking pictures video. 2 hours into the occasion one of many celebs observed this random videographer and spoke with safety. Safety instructed them to cease filming and destroy any footage already shot. She refused and began yelling and making a fuss. One other (very giant) celeb who did not like his celebration being ruined, grabbed the video digicam, smashed the digicam, took the reminiscence chip and his personal bodyguards escorted her away.
She ended up posting an expose` which she bashed the celebs that had been there and threatened the placement with retaliation. This acquired her account banned from each Instagram and Fb. Instagram Influencer no extra…. 25+okay subs misplaced..
Sorry no names or I do not get to go to those occasions anymore.
She got here to me, wished $200 an hour for 3 hours work, but additionally wished full rights to the pictures so I could not promote or show them. Mainly, to make use of me as an ATM and for me to pay the pleasure to work with them. Completely not. Whereas I’ve paid $200/hr for a mannequin, I get full rights and 99% of the fashions agree.
A number of years again I used to be in Acadia Nationwide Park and we did the Beehive Path hike. For these unfamiliar it’s mainly as near mountaineering as you may get non harnessed as you’re going straight up a cliff on iron rungs and stuff, so tremendous enjoyable and you might be rewarded with an incredible view on the prime. Most individuals take a fast snap there on the lip, as most do on the peak of their hike, after which transfer on to the extra rocky space (however much less a pleasant view) to relaxation.
Anyway whereas we had been there resting two Instagram ladies acquired to the highest, and promptly took over the most effective view of the lip to take varied yoga poses. (As a result of that was completely a pure factor to do after scrambling up a cliff?) For at the least ten minutes- households had been developing asking if they may take an image, however they actually mentioned “we had been right here first” and “we’ll be right here awhile” when requested in the event that they had been nearly finished.
We ended up leaving earlier than they had been finished but it surely nonetheless boils my blood enthusiastic about it.
As a photograph assistant in Chicago, I had a good friend inform me there was a preferred NY photographer searching for an assistant on Instagram for a shoot in Chicago. I inquired with the gentleman, and he mentioned he solely had a day charge of $150. On prime of that, he mentioned the day could be a 14 hour day, and he requested me to choose up his tools rental which included a 12 foot sweep, and retailer it at my place to be prepared for the shoot the subsequent day. Hell no. 150$ for 17 hours value of labor? Idc which photographer you might be pay your assistants appropriately.
A associated story however precisely what OP is asking for, we had been on a street journey and on the Toketee falls close to southern Oregon. Now this falls is positioned on the finish of a path a few mile lengthy. The path results in a vantage level that’s about 40-50 ft above the autumn. If you’re a rock climber, then you’ll be able to in all probability scramble to the bottom of the falls but it surely’s fairly a scary endeavor.
The day we had been there, we noticed two influencer {couples} on the parking zone. We observed them as a result of the ladies stripped all the way down to their skimpy bikinis on the parking zone and so they had some snorkeling gear as properly. Now this can be a fairly fashionable spot on insta and so the parking zone was full of numerous children and households round.
They began the hike the identical time as us and had been planning on varied poses and pictures the entire time. Lastly we reached the tip of the path and so they realized that every one these cool pictures on insta means scrambling 30 ft down a moist rock face to the underside of the falls. The frustration was palpable that day. The bickering whereas mountain climbing again was even higher. It nonetheless cracks me up to consider that day.
Not an influencer essentially, however a band.
I’ve a very shut household good friend from highschool who performs in a neighborhood band, and he normally does a fairly good job at getting me on the visitor listing, whether or not or not I really need to take photos. Nevertheless, I do carry my digicam with each time, simply in case.
I normally use the opening band(s) to dial in my settings and see what angles look good for the stage setup, as a result of they did not even know I used to be going to be there within the first place, and I am there due to my good friend, so clearly I would like something I give to him to be a few of my higher work.
Generally if the opposite bands discover me strolling round and snapping photos throughout their set, they’re going to come discover me after the present and ask for a few of the photos. If I managed to get any that look first rate, I by no means have an issue sending them copies of the pictures for his or her social media pages. Some bands even provide to provide me a free t-shirt or hat or vinyl of their latest launch, and many others. Which is at all times appreciated.
As with every picture that hasn’t been bought, (finished for publicity) I place my watermark on the decrease proper nook of the image after I am finished modifying. It isn’t obtrusive, it is fairly tasteful in my view, and it simply ensures individuals know who took the picture. Generally bands cannot bear in mind my identify or overlook to tag me in a publish, no large deal, people make errors, I get it.
So after this one live performance in early 2019, the lead singer of a gap band (one I had by no means heard of) comes as much as me and says “I noticed you taking photos throughout our set, would you thoughts sending these to us for our Instagram?” I mentioned no drawback, give me a couple of days to import, edit, and add the pictures and I am going to e-mail you every thing. She adopted it up with “We’re on tour proper now, so we’re fairly laborious pressed for cash, however we would be comfortable to provide you a shout-out on our web page and direct bands within the space to look into you for live performance images.” I mentioned “yeah that is tremendous, I already acquired free admission to the live performance by means of one other band so I am not tremendous frightened concerning the cash, apart from that is extra of a interest than a job.” And we went out separate methods.
Quick ahead a few week and I determine to go examine their Instagram to see if that they had posted something from that present, and certain sufficient, that they had. Nevertheless, not solely had they not tagged me within the publish, that they had fully cropped out the watermark I placed on the image. A lot for the publicity I suppose.
I reached out to them on Instagram and in addition commented on the publish utilizing my images profile, not my private one, and simply politely requested them in the event that they’d add my tag to the picture as not solely was it my precise {photograph}, but it surely was additionally my edit. Properly, they blocked me. Solely on my images profile although. I checked their Instagram on my private once I began studying this thread, and certain sufficient, that image continues to be on their web page, and so they hadn’t even deleted the remark I made on it saying “I am certain it is an trustworthy mistake, however I would respect you giving credit score to the photographer who kindly despatched you these pictures with nothing promised however a shout out.”
Some individuals’s children, man
Somebody requested me to shoot her complete marriage ceremony, a full day, an engagement photoshoot underwater (I do underwater images additionally) and a few ‘honeymoon’ pictures someplace… All for ‘publicity’… I straight up mentioned no, politely and she or he kicked off in a patronising manner asking me if she knew who she was and what it might do for my profession… She had about 10k much less followers than I did and I do not even do weddings as I had identified so it wasn’t even in my finest curiosity even when she had thousands and thousands of followers.
Oh and an ‘influencer’ man requested me to do a nude photoshoot for him without spending a dime. I declined however wished him luck… He then despatched a dick pic. I reported him.
An “influencer” contacted my manufacturing firm to shoot each a photograph session and promo video. They despatched ME an estimate on how a lot I HAD TO PAY to do the work for HER. I politely declined.
An ‘influencer’ with simply over 1k followers thought I must be paying her $150/hour due to all of the constructive publicity and enterprise I’ll get from her sharing my work.
I declined.
Influencer as soon as DM’d me on Instagram to ask me to go over to the US for a shoot. I replied and was like “appears like enjoyable, ship me some particulars.” She was like, “certain, you fly over right here. Pay to your flights, obvs. E-book a resort, rent a automotive and choose me up. I need to do my shoot on the Grand Canyon.” So I replied and was like “and the way do you see me making a living from this?” She replied with “properly, I am going to share the pics so that you get followers and I am going to promote your web page for every week.” Once more I replied, this time saying “that does not assist me become profitable. You would both pay for my flights, resort and many others. And a wage?” Her response ended up being “why the fuck would I pay some blame ass photographer to return out right here and take pics of me? I am not some wannabe you recognize. Do you even know who I’m?” For the document, she had lower than 2000 followers. I used to be boasting at simply over 5000 reputable followers.
I observed an advert on Fb for a neighborhood bar that was searching for a photographer, so I fired them over an e-mail asking for more information.
The bar wished me from midnight until 2am on a Saturday morning, for roughly 300 pictures, all edited and delivered by noon the identical day.
For this extraordinary quantity of labor, mentioned bar was keen to pay £50.
I politely declined and knowledgeable them that any skilled photographer would take into account these form of charges an absolute insult.
“Beet Poop”
Some influencer that was selling betanin in beets as nutritious diet. She need me to take photographs of the colored-change poop. That that is really regular in these that may’t course of the betanin.
(that week, my DSLR was dropped laborious, and now I’m with out it. It was a nasty week…)
I’ve a good friend who owns a preferred bar. He has indicators up discreetly saying there’s a $100 up cost in case you are an “influencer and ask for comps.” He actually expenses individuals $100 in the event that they ask him to comp the examine as a result of they are going to point out him. To this point he says he hasn’t gotten a single chargeback from a bank card firm when he’s finished it (I feel he has solely finished it a couple of occasions with significantly obnoxious individuals).
I’m a ceramicist and use Instagram as my major channel for promoting and selling my work. I usually get ‘influencers’ asking me to ship them issues to allow them to present it on their profile.
Most lately and bizarrely, I had a bunny Instagram contact me, eager to ‘promote’ my work. I’ve about 15k extra followers than this account, so while I wouldn’t actually even need to, it wouldn’t be value it for me regardless. I hate the influencer society we reside in, however even when we had been to simply accept it for what it’s, this effing account doesn’t even come near having sufficient followers to be thought-about an influencer anyway. I checked out this bunny account and have zero thought of how they may probably promote me regardless – each picture on the grid is simply somebody’s pet rabbit doing varied shit, in no way ceramics primarily based within the slightest. 0/10 wouldn’t be influenced once more.
The “Us bare” due to the influencer’s ego. I used to be younger so I did partake. I would be extra cautious now because it seems that lady wasn’t as accountable as I would favor with these pictures.
Ohh wow! Not a photoshoot request for me as a photographer however type of related.
I personal a small enterprise, I didn’t need to do unpaid influencer collaborations as these by no means go away an impression,one influencer was adamant to do a barter take care of me to get my merchandise in alternate of pictures.
She had low followers & common likes, her content material was very elegant. I agreed as I used to be empty for the month with influencer posts. Anyway, she took extra merchandise than mentioned on the finish second, threw a match once I went to ship & it’s been 4 months since I acquired any pictures.
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