Originally Posted by
Longshots
Jason - definitely leave it be.
Its simply not worth the grief and hassle.
I think you're just going to have to live with this situation occurring more than once in the future. Do your job to your best, and exceed their expectations, get paid in full, and dont worry about the "feeders" trying to gain some tit bits.
It's logical that even if you're in two places at the same time during a wedding, someone is going to get a very nice shot, that you didnt. The difference will be, should be that you're going to produce a better quality image, and your overall images will tell a consistent story throughout the day.
Dont even sweat on this, as its very small stuff. Maybe you've lost some print sales, and then maybe you havent. Just start to think about the future and how this will be more of an issue, not less, and build your business model into putting more of the cost into the commission as opposed to being concerned about, and needing, the income from future print sales (which BTW, I doubt you would lose too much).
So you would look better if you gentlemanly moved on and dont let it worry you - far better to be respected for your calm approach to someone who clearly doesnt understand the word ethical.
Yep, move on, and leave it.