i did not have a contract. i was asked to volunteer to take photos. do volunteers get contracts?

thanks for all the replies.
the director was involved from the beginning. he was the one that said my email was *very disturbing*. i believe had they been honest with me, apoligized and said he was a contributor, it would not have gotten ugly. blaming me was their response...
they did end up posting it on their fb page and thanking me with a link to my website.
it just could have been handled so differently....

thanks for your input. that was the suggestion by a professional photographer friend.

i believe they did not know he was showing up with camera, not sure, he was invited as a guest. i am sure they didn't want to offend him, as he is a long time supporter. they certainly could have altered the situation by explaining that to me, when i sent the email, instead of blaming me for being embarassing & difficult.

YIKES, not ready for any of that...

thanks for your input. he is a supporter and i am sure that is why they posted a thankyou and his link. i understand that, point being i was the designated photographer, they knew it and he knew it. it was rude, disrespectful and unethical of them. in my opinion...

thanks for your input.

i won't work for the charity or the event planner.
what i was looking for was some feedback on how others might handle this, do others think i should have not said anything, or should i have stood up for myself.

oh there is no way i would do work for the director or the event planner. both were totally unprofessional.

hi, would love some thoughts on a situation i found myself in.
i was asked to volunteer my time to photograph a fund raising event. this has always been done by another photographer in the past, who donates time and money to this charity. he was a guest at the event and clearly knew that someone else (me) would be shooting the event.

he came with his camera, took many photos. while i was processing, posting & tagging on facebook, i see a message on the charity's facebook page, thanking the other photographer and posting a link to view/purchase his photos. i was very disturbed by this.

i did send an email to the director & event planner (who requested i shoot the event), expressing my concern over posting a thank you & link to his site, when he was not the designated photographer. well, i got very nasty emails from both of them, saying i embarassed them and myself, being negative, my email disturbing etc, etc.

i feel i was asked to be the designated photographer, he was a guest. they were unethical in posting a thankyou to him for his photos with a link to his site to view/purchase, when he was not the designated photographer. they did post a link with my info late last night, 9 hours after posting his link.

your thoughts? would love to have some input on this, both positive and negative.
thanks!!

i was at the pocono enviromental center 2 weeks ago and it was just beautiful. the colors of the leaves with a mist over the lake was amazing.

i have the nikon d700 and the nikon d750. while i have the heavy glass, my walk around lens is the nikon 28-300. it offers great range, is one lens and is the only lens i took when i visited cuba 2 years ago. i took a photo from a bus, entered it into a juried exhibit and got honorable mention!

hi, while i understand your reasoning, it doesn't seem like a fair trade to me. the sony a6000 with the 2 lenses sells for $800, the d700 would sell for that without the lenses.
i have the sony and the nikon, i also have a nikon d750, love them all and i use them all.
just my opinion...

thanks for the info. i am not traveling with el al, flying delta. going to a wedding for my son in laws brother. my son in law's entire family is there. my daughter and i are not flying with him.
any suggestions?
thanks!

please explain this further. are you referring to travel by el al, or travel to israel in general. i will be traveling to israel in december.
thanks for any suggestions/help.