Too serious!

[cuteduck223]

So, we're leaving hollywood studios this morning and my husband is carrying our 4 year old, talking to her and making faces. We walk across the street, behind a photopass guy taking pictures. Other people are also crossing behind us. Once we walk past, the photopass guy stops us, and tells my husband never to do that again--he said "how would you like it if someone was ruining your family photos". He then turns to me and says "im serious ma'am, dont let him do that again".

Our best guess is he saw my husband making faces and thought he was trying to photobomb-but there were people walking in front of and behind us, so as far as we could visibly tell, we hadnt done anything different than anyone else.

We laughed it off, because we thought-unless you were at the park before open/after close, chances are there are always a few people somewhere in the background of your photos. It is july, it is disney world

Anyone have any other thoughts?

 

[kmb584]

I'd be a little perturbed by that comment. It's WDW. There are people everywhere and a good chance that someone is going to unexpectedly disrupt and/or appear in another family's photo. One would think that PP photogs would be accustomed to that concept? Maybe the CM was having a bad day.

 

[Alesia]

I'd be a little perturbed by that comment. It's WDW. There are people everywhere and a good chance that someone is going to unexpectedly disrupt and/or appear in another family's photo. One would think that PP photogs would be accustomed to that concept? Maybe the CM was having a bad day.

Yeah, but they're also very accustomed to people photobombing. That's almost certainly what he thought was going on.

 

[Schmeck]

So, we're leaving hollywood studios this morning and my husband is carrying our 4 year old, talking to her and making faces. We walk across the street, behind a photopass guy taking pictures. Other people are also crossing behind us. Once we walk past, the photopass guy stops us, and tells my husband never to do that again--he said "how would you like it if someone was ruining your family photos". He then turns to me and says "im serious ma'am, dont let him do that again".

Our best guess is he saw my husband making faces and thought he was trying to photobomb-but there were people walking in front of and behind us, so as far as we could visibly tell, we hadnt done anything different than anyone else.

We laughed it off, because we thought-unless you were at the park before open/after close, chances are there are always a few people somewhere in the background of your photos. It is july, it is disney world

Anyone have any other thoughts?

Since the photopass photographer is providing a service, and is an employee of Disney, he/she has the right to speak up and try to discourage others from interfering with said service. Glad you were able to 'laugh it off', as it seems it was just a mistaken situation. Perhaps your husband did distract someone in the group enough to ruin the photo, but I'm sure it wasn't on purpose.

 

[disneyshakeygirl]

That's really weird. I remember a few years ago, we were having photos done by photopass, and a woman and her family kept photobombing our photos, with stupid faces. The CM had words with them and they kept doing it, so the CM just waited until the people left and continued on.

That being said, that's really strange and while it doesn't excuse his behaviour, maybe he had just had some legit photobombers and thought your hubby was doing the same.

 

[larryz]

We walk across the street, behind a photopass guy taking pictures ... Anyone have any other thoughts?

If you're not in the camera's field of view, you're not affecting the photo. Your DH wasn't, IMHO, ruining anybody's family photo...

 

[andyman8]

I'd be a little perturbed by that comment. It's WDW. There are people everywhere and a good chance that someone is going to unexpectedly disrupt and/or appear in another family's photo. One would think that PP photogs would be accustomed to that concept? Maybe the CM was having a bad day.

I agree; I'd probably be a bit bothered by this but I guess it depends on his tone. Sounds like he had a bit of an accusatory tone, which if that was the case, would upset me a tad. You can say Disney "has the right to" and such, but it's a theme parks with tons of people, you can't go around yelling at everyone for distracting a person in the photo. It's good that you were able to laugh it off, but sadly, I probably wouldn't be able to do the same.

 

[WDSearcher]

If you're not in the camera's field of view, you're not affecting the photo. Your DH wasn't, IMHO, ruining anybody's family photo...

Unless the family whose photo was being taken complained because the OP's husband was making them laugh or distracting them in some way?

It's hard to know without being there ... could also have just been a really odd photographer!

 

[larryz]

Unless the family whose photo was being taken complained because the OP's husband was making them laugh or distracting them in some way?

It's hard to know without being there ... could also have just been a really odd photographer!

Agreed. But if the photographer can't command the attention of his subjects, what does that say about the photographer?

As far as I'm concerned, a photographer at WDW "owns" the space between his camera and his subjects. Everything else is totally out of his control, and the sooner he realizes that, the happier a photographer he'll be.

 

[ryalluvdiz]

Maybe they are dealing with this quite often, photobombing i mean..., last month we were in MK at night taking a pic on main street. The photographer starts to shake her hand and yells" Don't do that! STOP!" After the photo I said to a person in our group" Haha you got in trouble... What were you doing?" ( i thought he was making silly faces) the photographer says " No... Two guys were trying to photobomb your picture... We are getting so tired of it"

 

[darkwing818]

Maybe they are dealing with this quite often, photobombing i mean..., last month we were in MK at night taking a pic on main street. The photographer starts to shake her hand and yells" Don't do that! STOP!" After the photo I said to a person in our group" Haha you got in trouble... What were you doing?" ( i thought he was making silly faces) the photographer says " No... Two guys were trying to photobomb your picture... We are getting so tired of it"

Happens all the time.... Unfortunately.

 

[rock_doctor]

When it comes to Disney always think of the money issue. I bet they get photobombed a lot and in turn the people do not buy those pictures. So it is a loss of potential money for Disney. With that said, if i was your husband my return response would not have been very Disney like... Good of you to laugh it off, especially when all you were doing was passing behind with a group of other people. You were more "Disney like" then the Disney Cast Member....

 

[WDSearcher]

Agreed. But if the photographer can't command the attention of his subjects, what does that say about the photographer?

As far as I'm concerned, a photographer at WDW "owns" the space between his camera and his subjects. Everything else is totally out of his control, and the sooner he realizes that, the happier a photographer he'll be.

Agreed. But my guess is that 90% of the photographers weren't photographers until they got hired to be photographers.

 

[minnie mum]

I'm confused. If the OP and her family were behind the photographer, how did the photographer even see her husband, let alone the expression on his face?

Perhaps she meant they were behind the group who were being photographed? In which case I agree that the photographer may have (incorrectly) thought the husband was photobombing. An unfortunately all too frequent occurrance according to what I've read in other posts (why do people think this is funny??)

I know that when we are in an area near PP photographers (especially the ones who set up shop in the middle of the street) we try to walk outside of the immediate camera range so that we don't interfere with the shot.

 

[ttintagel]

What a jerk. If my face happens to be in a crowded public place, it's going to look however I want it to look, regardless of who happens to be taking pictures nearby. If a photographer wants to micromanage the backgrounds of his pictures, he should be working at a closed photo studio instead of an amusement park.

 

[dpswift]

He may very well not have a child so he does not understand how difficult it can be to get a four year olds mind off leaving a park.

As far as photobombing it is unrealistic to expect to have anything except the area between their camera and the guest being photographed. There are just too many people there and you need to get around. It would be rude to walk infront of them but they have to expect people coming and going and joking around. If your husband was walking with you and your daughter nothing should have been said. If you stopped in the cameras range he had a right to complain.

From the way you describe it I imagine that he had been dealing with issues all afternoon and snapped.

To be honest I get annoyed by the amount of photos being taken. In busy times you cannot move 5 feet without stepping in front of a camera.

 

[joshsmom]

I'm confused. If the OP and her family were behind the photographer, how did the photographer even see her husband, let alone the expression on his face?

Perhaps she meant they were behind the group who were being photographed? In which case I agree that the photographer may have (incorrectly) thought the husband was photobombing. An unfortunately all too frequent occurrance according to what I've read in other posts (why do people think this is funny??)
I know that when we are in an area near PP photographers (especially the ones who set up shop in the middle of the street) we try to walk outside of the immediate camera range so that we don't interfere with the shot.

THIS!!! Who has TIME to photobomb anyone??? Holy COW!! I'm so oblivious to other's photos, unless I'm waiting for the photographer, that I wouldn't even THINK of PURPOSELY interfering. I'm too busy looking at the scenery and soaking up being at Disney. Do people REALLY think this is COOL??? GEEZ!!

 

[doggydoc]

What a jerk. If my face happens to be in a crowded public place, it's going to look however I want it to look, regardless of who happens to be taking pictures nearby. If a photographer wants to micromanage the backgrounds of his pictures, he should be working at a closed photo studio instead of an amusement park.

Wow. These guys are not professional photographers. They are out there in the heat and crowds trying to preserve precious memories for quite often impatient people. On top of that now they have to deal with these photobombing idiots. I agree with others that he probably mistakenly assumed that is what OP's husband was doing. I think the ire should be directed at the morons that think bombing is funny. Not the poor guy that is trying, albeit in this case a little too exuberantly, to do his job.

 

[siskaren]

As far as photobombing, it is unrealistic to expect to have anything except the area between their camera and the guest being photographed. There are just too many people there and you need to get around.

But photobombing is something that's done intentionally; it doesn't refer to people who unknowingly walk into someone else's picture. And while I'll agree that you might not notice if you're walking behind someone who's getting their picture taken, I would think you'd have to be pretty oblivious to not notice when you're walking between a photographer and people who are posing for a picture.

 

[Planogirl]

Some of these photo bombers come quite close and can really ruin pictures. It sounds like the photographer mistakenly thought that your DH was trying to do the same thing.

Unfortunately there are a lot of jerks out there.