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Originally Posted by Phyllisva
I worked a wedding yesterday and during the formals i had several of the guests taking photos behind me . I had asked the Bride BEFORE the wedding to ask them not to and the Mother asked them not to when it was happening . Well it seems that there was a young lady that continued to snap away -- I was busy trying to get done --( we only had 20 minutes before the next wedding was going to kick us out . ) So I did not notice her . At the recpetion I saw her showing all of the family her ( MY ) shots on her Nikon D70. And then told her that she would make CDs for the entire family. 
so my question is .... since there is really nothing I could do short of wrestling her to the ground -- how do YOU handle this ??  I just lost a lot of reprint sales . People would rather take a mediocre photo for free than pay for it . (I did't want to come off as a complete jerk and ruin the day by stopping and demanding her to put away her camera .  ) |
I schedule the formals away from the guests, and if one of them follows, I'll address it on the spot. I won't be shy about telling them that it is a private session, and explain that their presence is unwelcome as it would distract the principals and lengthen the amount of time it would take to complete the set of pictures. If you're the prime photographer, you have to be prepared and willing to take charge of situations like this.