NBR Dilemma

Bleeding_Heart

As most of you know, my DH is a photographer. ?We only have 1 nephew (right now) and we take a lot of photos of him. ?We always give my bro and SIL a discount - well, we generally don't charge for the photos. ?

They have already taken advantage of us, by taking photos off of Facebook, etc and printing them rather than buying them from us. ?I talked to my brother about that - and they haven't 'stolen' any photos since then.

Now they want to know if we will photograph their son and give them prints in exchange for dinner?

We don't want to set precedent for future nephews and nieces that we do free sessions and prints for dinner.

On one hand, yes they're family but on the other hand, this is our livelihood. ??

WWYD??

summerne

I would think once a year would be ok..Other than that they should pay..They should offer for more than dinner!

Rossi17

That is a tough situation, mixing family with business is never easy. I would just kindly tell them something like, "Times are tough, and we really can't afford to do any exchanges like that right now, but we can give you pictures for the cost of the prints" (or whatever it costs you plus a little more maybe for your time). Use the economy as an excuse. Otherwise, if he does something for a living that is "useful" to you (is in construction or fixes computers or something), then exchange one "livelihood" for another. Also, make sure you are putting a watermark or something on your prints online so people don't steal them.

garcia15

summerne:

I would think once a year would be ok..Other than that they should pay..They should offer for more than dinner!

This. ?If they're willing to barter, why not offer you something that you need and will last more than 20-30 mins. like some things off your registry maybe? ?A gift card?