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Ozzy Quarterman. It has been a minute. How are you, my friend? I'm doing great, all things considered. We have to. We have to give a preamble every time we answer that question. 2025 version of that question. Yeah, exactly. Always. Oh, my goodness. It has been way, way too long, first of all, since I've even talked to you, much less had you on the show. It's true. This is. I mean, it's funny. I was like, great. We're just going to record this quick intro. Can you meet me for five minutes? And then we just start, like chit ch. Yeah. For anyone who is listening, who is not one of our, like, original listeners, Posey is a dear old friend at this point. I've known you for a decade, I think. Or close to it. Yeah. And we co found with our friend Kate Thompson, co founded the family narrative, which Posey now runs independently. And for years we worked together on that big, amazing labor. And we talked all the time. And we talked all the time because we had like that, like, oh, hey, we need to touch base. Da, da, da. And when we. When Posey took over for the family narrative, I fully was like, we are gonna talk all the time. It's gonna be the same. And, man, life gets busy. We both have teenagers and we're both running busy businesses, so. Multiple businesses. Yeah. Sometimes you just have to, like, invite somebody to be on your podcast as an excuse just to see their face. But seriously, that's so sad. As I was preparing, I love preparing for the Halloween episode every year. This is one of my favorite episodes. I think it's one of everybody's favorite episodes. And every year I think of you because I literally think that it was a story that you told me one time when we were like, I don't know, sitting around somewhere that I first of all remember, like, not to oversell it, but I was, like, falling over laughing about this story just because it's so hyper relatable and like, oh, my God. And it was that story that every year, when I get ready to do this Halloween episode with it, like the photographer horror stories, I'm like, why haven't I recorded posies yet? And so this year I was like, you can be the intro. You're not even going to be mixed in with the rest. You get to read the whole thing. So this obviously happened several years ago, but give us the backstory. Okay. I mean, I want to say I've been in business almost 18 years, and this was probably 14 years ago. Yeah. So the backstory is I showed up at a session and on time as one does, and they were not ready. Mom had just gotten out of the shower. Kids. Well, what I learned was kids were ready, but they were in dirty clothes. And I was very much like, what, what, what's happening here? The house was a disaster. Yeah, it was like cold out. It wasn't going to be an outdoor session, it was going to be a home session. So I just, you know, put my stuff down and was like, okay, I guess this is what we're doing. And followed the kids around and was sort of like, you know, bumping the ISO up as high as it would go and just sort of gritting my teeth and getting through it. And then the kids ran into their parents room and started jumping on the bed and there was like glass doors so there was actually decent light in there. And I was like, this is great. I'm actually going to get some. We found our spot. Yep. Yeah. And I like, you know, so I squatted down on the floor and I backed up against the wall so I could get them and I'm like photographing them jumping on the bed and out of the corner of my eye through my camera, I'm like, what is that purple bright thing over there? And what it was was a, a Costco sized box of KY Jelly Sensations. I didn't know that product existed, but I will never forget that it was purple and iridescent and glittery and it said KY Sensations on it and it was like, I don't know, the size of like a box of diapers. Maybe I'm exaggerating in memory, but it was large and it was right there on the bedside table. Um, and you know, they didn't clean up for me, they didn't put it away. So I left it in all the photos. That was my gift to them. Did they ever, I assume they never said anything about it. Nope. I never worked with them again. But I also never heard a thing about it. That's amazing because of course 14 years ago was also before like all the amazing AI, you know, magic eraser tools that basically it would have taken a lot of work. But also I was absolutely not removing it. If I had to look at their box of lube, they were going to have to look at. Absolutely. Well, and I feel like this, you know, we always talk about how we tell stories with our photos. This is really taking it back to the beginning of like where this family started. Hashtag authentic. Yeah, for sure. My God. Well, good for them and good for you. And I Hope that they did not like take a pair of scissors to all of their prince. And I don't. You know, the thing is they also. One of the things we were gonna do is if it wasn't raining, we were gonna walk to the neighborhood park where they play all the time. And we did. It stopped raining and we walked to the neighborhood park and it was a playground in the parking lot of the grocery store. Like, everything about this session was a disaster. And this was probably. This was early enough on that. This was one of those learning lessons where I'm like, oh, I need to prep my. I should probably tell people to. Yeah, yeah. I should tell people to like tidy. Yeah. You know, because always like, oh, you don't have to deep. You shouldn't have like a lot of food on your kids clothes and that type of thing. Nothing like a good horror story to put the lube away to help you if so my, My get. My client getting ready guide now says like bottles of lotion next to the bed should be shoved in a drawer and extrapolate to whatever else you may want to. To. To hide. Unbelievable. That is such an amazing story. And it's the perfect. I feel like it strikes the perfect balance. I mean, there are those sessions that truly make us cry. There are those sessions that make us want to quit. The sessions like this are the ones that you're like, made me want to maybe want to quit, maybe want to cry, maybe wonder who these people are. But also like, brings a laugh sometimes at when you need it most in the midst of busy season. It's true. Yeah. And I've definitely laughed about it for many, many years. Here we are. 14 years later, here we are. I want to call him up and be like, I, I hope you know now all kinds of people know your story. Yeah, I know. I often think about that. I've never told it. I mean, I've told it to plenty of people, but never publicly. Sure. So we'll see. I don't think so. I cannot imagine this would come back to her. It would be. But. But she'll never know because we're not naming names. Posy. That's right. Thank you so much. Thank you for sharing your funny story. Yes, it's so great to see your face. And maybe let's not wait quite this long to chat again soon. Yeah, I agreed. Okay. Love you, friend. Love you too. Welcome to this can't be that Hard. My name is Anami Tonkin, and I help photographers run profitable, sustainable businesses that they love. Each week on the Podcast. I cover simple, actionable strategies and systems that photographers at every level of experience can use to earn more money in a more sustainable way. Running a photography business doesn't have to be that hard. You can do it, and I can show you how. Hey, guys, it's Dana, and I'm here at the Reset conference interviewing photographers about their horror stories. Back in the day, I used to do mini sessions, and I had a friend of mine who lived in Charleston, wanted me to take her photos, and I said, you know what, if I got to come down there, there. I didn't really feel like. I mean, she's a really good friend, so I didn't want to charge her. So I said, you know what? To make it worth my while, book me 10 other mini sessions and I'll do yours for free for marketing for me. Right? It was great. Yes. I did it for years and years and years. And she had a friend that had three boys, and this mom brought her three boys for me to take her photos several years in a row. Then there was one year she brought the dad in addition to. So it was family. Exactly. You know, dads don't want to be there. Okay. And these boys, sweet as pie, but were very rambunctious boys, didn't want to stand still for a photo. So every time I get ready to click the shutter, one would hit another one, or one would push another one, or one would, you know, just do rabbit ears in the back or, you know, something to disrupt the photo. And so the dad is increasingly getting frustrated. Right. Well, the final straw was the older one pushed the younger one, made the younger one fall down and stub his toe. It started bleeding. He started cr. Dad was losing it. Okay, so dad is screaming in Greek at the child, and there just was no consoling the child at this point because it's just escalated. So the dad gets so mad, he decides to reach in his pocket, pull out a wadded up bunch of money, throw it at me, and walk off set. Like. Like a. Like a rubber banded pack of money? No, like crumpled up money. Like crumpled up money. I guess to pay for the session. I don't really remember, but that's what I'm assuming. And it literally throws it at me. And they leave. And the mom is mortified. Yeah, mortified. And then guess what? She came back the next year without the dad, so I continued to take her photos. I'm just envisioning, like, money fluttering around you, like. And you're, like, stunned, I think. I had to pick up some off the floor, I mean, off the ground. Like, you know what I mean? Like, we were downtown Charleston in the middle of the city, and I think I remember like going, oh my. He just did that. And then just quickly picking up the money because, I mean, you know, who's not going to take the money? Yeah, you're not going to let 20s be blowing around on the street. Exactly. So you can imagine me running around this like, area of Charleston trying to pick up the wads of cash or the, you know, crumpled up dollar bills. It's bringing some visions into my mind. So when I used to photograph senior portraits, I had the daughter reach out to me. She like the, the senior reached out to me. She did the whole booking all on her own. And I was like, where, where, like, where are your parents? Are they like co signing on this? So I had said, I was like, okay, well, we're gonna have a little console. Make sure your parents are there. Parents weren't there. I'm like, okay, okay. So we go to the shoot. Have the shoot. And at the time I was doing, you know, in person sales. So at the. For the actual sale of the photos, I was like, your parents need, need to be there. Like, I'm coming to your house. All this. The sc. Yeah. Oh, yeah, they'll be there. They'll be there. So fast forward to the sales session. Go. There are no parents to be found. Oh, my parents are out of town. Like, she was there at the house with grandma. Okay, so here's where the horror story comes in. So she decides on the package because she's been given an emergency credit card. And I was like, are you sure? And this. Yeah, this is where I learned my lesson. So a day later, I got a phone call from a number I didn't know with an angry dad on the phone. I was gonna say, there's mom and dad. Huh? And he's. I don't think he said, how dare you? But he's like, what is this that my daughter bought? That was like, how is this? And blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like, you know, you get caught off guard. You weren't expecting like a phone call from an angry dad. And I mean, I, I absolutely canceled the, you know, the transaction. And he's like, so what do we need to do? I mean, he still ended up buying photos just at a lower price point. But I was like, okay, never again. Never again. We will always have a parent present, especially when someone who is under 18 doesn't have their own credit card. But sometimes you just got to learn the hard way. Yeah. We have a horror story. Tell us everything. Spill the tea. Okay, so this is a longtime client, and they've come to me many, many times. And the dad hates family photos so much, and he's so awkward. So we're at the beach, and we get there, and the little boy decides that he wants to climb up, like, this wall of rocks. And I'm like, are you sure you want him climbing up that? And then the dad just is, like, following him. The mom is like, maybe you guys should, like, come down now. So the dad is like, okay, wait, how do we get down from this now? And he starts to fall, and I'm seeing this in slow motion. And he twists his body to make sure that his son doesn't get hurt. He falls on the sand. Luckily, they're both basically fine, but the dad, like, cut his toe. And we finished the session. But, like, it's hard because the dad's toe is bleeding. I'm like, yeah, go get in the water. I'm sure that feels good. So I showed up to a session that was a family with a young baby about six months, and she also had a little toddler. So then we were outside running around, and he threw a rock right at my camera, luckily. At your camera? Yeah, he, like, threw a rock at me, which basically hit my camera. Luckily, there was no damage, but. And he wasn't old enough for me to be like, you don't want to do that. Your parents are gonna have to spend a lot of money to replace my camera. But I never got over like that. He just threw a rock at me. It's the only kid that's ever interacted that way. Like, was he mad at you or did he just was like, I'm gonna throw a rock at you? I think he just didn't want me to, like, play with him or follow him. And, yeah, he threw a rock at me. And did mom say anything? Her eyes got really big. And that was about it. Hang on, guys. I have a quick message for you. Let's take a minute to talk about marketing. If you need more clients or you need better clients, or if you just struggle to keep up with the marketing that you're already doing, I want you to check out the consistency club. This isn't just another course to watch. It's not a workbook to fill out. 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You've got nothing to lose and a whole lot of new booked clients to gain. We've got another epic horror story coming to us, so tell me what happens. Spill the tea. Okay, so I'm shooting a wedding and I go into the bride's suite and I'm photographing the brides and the bridesmaids. And one of the bridesmaids pulls me aside and she says, the bride can't know this, but the groom has not showed up today. So you, you need to pretend like he has until we figure out what's going on. And so I, I did, I played the part. And what happened was they, the girls finally get a hold of the best man and they hadn't been answering their phones because they were all at the ER and the groom, so they had all started their wedding morning golfing, had a lot to drink in a hot summer day. The groom went to get his hair trimmed after the morning of golf and collapsed on the concrete floor of the barbershop and cracked his head. And so he's in the er, he's sitting seriously concussed. They're doing scans of his head and everything. And the ceremonies at it was, it was like four or five o'. Clock. So this is like we're talking about noon at this point. Ish. And so they're like, just stall. We're going to find a way to get him there. Just stall. And so the groom shows up about five minutes before the ceremony. They didn't have a first look scheduled and he's at the end of the aisle. Like he's fully dilated in the eyes. Yeah, he's fully concussed. We went forward with pictures but I went easy on them, but that was like a pretty chaotic day. I'M not gonna lie. So I was photographing a first look as a wedding photographer many years ago, and I had recently lost a lot of weight, and so my pants were a little baggy, which kind of goes against what I'm about to tell you. But I was photographing the first look as a second shooter. So I didn't have the main angle. As I bent over, my pants split from literally right under the seam of where your belt goes all the way down. But here's what gets great now. I'm trying to, like, hide myself and back against the wall and trying to, like, be discreet in this moment. And I go to the maitre d and I said, can you find anything in the lost and found anything? She comes back. I'm not a size two. A size two tiny blazer. I'm like, this is going to fit. I shoved it in my belt belt, and I wore it like a tail. And so my husband and kids could get there with a new pair of pants for me. So moral of the story is always have a separate pair of clothing in your car on a wedding day for emergency purposes only. I am dying. That is so funny. Okay, we've got a spill. The tea. Real life story. Tell us everything. I was photographing a wedding on Mackinac Island. It's a little spot in between lower and Upper Peninsula Michigan. No cars. So everything is done by horse carriage, right? That's. Or bike. That's the transportation. So I'm gearing up for a wedding, right? And the wedding party is getting ready inside. Not a very beautiful location. So we take the details outside. Okay. Okay. We're in front of a door. Oh, God. Oh, God. Natural light. And my assistant is sitting there kind of putting all the details together. She's got the veil, everything like that. And all of a sudden she's like, what is smell? And all of a sudden, liquid gold starts coming down the road. From a horse carriage. No, in her details. Yes. As she's grabbing all of the details and throwing them inside. Because this horse relieved himself quite largely. It was pretty gross. So, yes, nothing was destroyed. Nothing was destroyed, thankfully, because she worked very, very fast. But yes, it was very disgusting. A client ordered an album, and we found out months later the client never got the album here. She put in some random work, saved address that went to a different location. Okay. And then I show up at this very sketch neighborhood to pick it up to try to see if maybe they got there. So they told me, oh, it's upstairs, actually. So I let myself in a back Gate and up some rickety steps and was like, knocking on the door, trying to see if maybe that person maybe had it. They weren't home. Went to my car, waited for an hour. They show back up. I went back up and knocked on the door. And here she dug through all this mail and actually found it. Shut up. She had it. She had it. She had it for months. Actually, like, two months. And she just kept saving it, thinking she was going to take it back to the post office, and never got there. I got started as a photographer back in 2009. Just, like, dabbling around with photography. Bought myself a good camera. And I was like, okay, I'm just gonna play around with this. We are at a wedding, and my husband was in the wedding party, and I was like, well, I don't know anybody else, so why not bring my camera and just play around with it? Well, the wedding photographer got in an accident, called the bride and groom and said that she couldn't come because she was in the emergency room. And my husband at the time, unknowingly volunteered me to take pictures for the wedding with a brand new camera. I literally took it out of the box the night before. And here I was then having to photograph a wedding and kind of, yeah, freaked out a little bit. That's really, like, throwing you in the deep end. Like, just like, boom, right in. Okay. And how did it turn out? One of the photos that I took, actually, two of the photos that I took from that wedding are still on my website. Tell us your horror story. Yes. So I was a photographer for a long time. Shot around 500 weddings. I showed up to a very fancy house. I was working for another studio. So I'd never met this client before. I could see into their garage, and there's a Lamborghini. And it was, like, you know, very nice. You could tell they had a lot of money. So we get deep into this. They've been drinking all day. The photos were very difficult. We got to the reception, and the DJ decides to play this, like, metal song. Then this one groomsman came out on the floor, and you could tell he's the one that, like, asked for the DJ to play this. He starts moshing on the dance floor with other guests. Him and this guest end up running into each other a few times. You can tell they're getting mad at each other. Okay. They end up getting in a fist fight on the dance floor. Oh, my God. The groom comes out, breaks them up, and is, like, a little bit embarrassed. You could tell his energy is really High. And then everybody on the dance was like, go take pictures. So I go to take pictures. He's like, do not take pictures of this. I'm like, I don't know whether to take pictures if he wants to. Remember this. This is just not going well. Before we start this story, you should know that I'm super type A. I always shoot with two bodies just in case something happened. I always have two cards in every camera just in case. So I had landed this big client that was this, you know, this team of, like, really dynamic five women. It was, like, very female empowerment. And I was really psyched. Yeah, a dream client. They were about an hour and a half away from my house, so I charged a travel fee. You know, this was over February break, when my kids were all home, too. So I was a little, like, discombobulated because things were not as routine as they normally are. So, you know, I get all my stuff, I get in the car, I drive an hour and a half. And this is in a pretty remote little town where they're situated. So we're not, like, near a Walmart super center or anything. We're really out there. So finally, it's time. Time. I get in there, I load all my gear in, I'm saying hello. Like, I, you know, introduce myself to the five women. They were super cool. I set up my light stand. You know, it took a lot of prep work to get everything put together. I get them all situated around the table. You know, we, like, set some people up with laptops, some people standing, some people sitting. I'm getting nervous, and you should be. And I go to pick up my camera to take that first shot, and it's like, There are no SD cards in your camera. I'm 10 years in. This has never happened before. And I'm like, oh, my God. I just had that, you know, that stomach sinking feeling. So I'm like, okay, okay. I. You know, I have backups. So my second camera, there were no SD cards in it. And then I go look in my bag, and my clamshell of SD cards that I usually bring is not in there because I think I had done some project earlier in the week. You know, kids are home, things are different. Oh, my God. So I'm there in front of these people who are all, like, set up for a scene. Yeah. And I can't take the picture. So what did you do? So I said to them, I have to go buy as. I mean, I had to be honest. Like, I don't know what happened. I never do this. But they were like, there is like this little local camera shop five minutes away. And I was like, oh my God, please let them be open. So I get my car, my heart is like racing. Drive all the way there. I get cards, I drive all the way back. I got like four cards because I'm buying backups now. So I get back, I put them in their. So nice about it. I'm like apologizing, you know, up and down and I go put them in my car and I bring my camera up and I press it and it's like low battery warning. I could not make this up if I tried. Now, luckily there was a backup battery in my bag because my stomach dropped the second time and I was like, I think I'm like actually going to have a panic attack if I don't have a battery and have to say that I have to leave again and get another battery. Yes. So I put the battery in. I did the shoot. But the great thing about this story is that they've hired me back again for another branding shoot. So I recovered. But it was terrible. And obviously your work was good. Obviously, you know, they were happy with it. So. Oh my God, that is. Oh, it was awful. Awful. Okay, tell me your horror story. Okay. I used to offer this. I don't anymore. And it's because of this family. So this was for a nine month old baby. They wanted a milestone session for her, but they also wanted some family photos. The studio in my home is just for kids. So I was like, we will add them on, but we got to go to the park by my house same day. That was the only way I did it. Yeah. So this family agreed to that. The week of the session they're calling me up going, it's, it's going to be cold on Friday. And I'm like, not really not that cold. It's too cold for our baby. I'm like, well, we'll wait and see what the weather does, but I will make that call on the day they absolutely refuse to do outside photos. And so in order to make them happy, I said, I have one spot left at my mini sessions this the next Sunday and you can have that spot if that'll make you happy. And they said, okay. So they come in for their milestone session and they're like, they brought a bag of clothes and they're like, how many outfits can we use? And I was like, well, we talked about it and I think two is the best. Three maybe max. And they continued every like three shots. They would Switch out the baby's bow for a different bow. Like they were trying to get as many outfits out of this session as they possibly could. Baby is not having it. So we do that session. I wish that I was done with them, but I still have to see them at the mini sessions. I give them the information for that. It's 10 minutes. It's a mini session. Which that was all that they were going to get after the milestone session. Anyway, they call me. Day of the mini session, I'm in church and they start blowing up my phone with text messages and calls going. We went by the location you gave us. We don't like it. It looks like a jungle. It looks terrible. We want to pick a different location. And I was like, you can't. I have people before and after you. And they said, well, there's no bathroom there. And I was like, it's a 10 minute mini session. You don't need a bathroom. Well, where are we going to change outfits? I was like, you need to show up already dressed. Well, what about the other outfits? We have four. And I was like, no, no, no, this is 10 minutes. This is a mini session. This is 10 minutes. You get one outfit, you show up in that outfit and I will take your photos and then you will leave. You know, I had to get really direct with them because I was like, I am not doing this. You guys are not going to walk all over me here. And then ever since then, I have not offered to add on family photos to any milestone session no matter what. So I was shooting this unbelievably gorgeous couple. Everything was going great. And we got to the reception hall. And at some point during the reception hall, I went to go change my card, which was attached to my hip, and it was gone and it was nowhere to be found. I went to my camera bag. I thought, okay, it's not in there. And then I even ran out to my car, just freaking out. Did I put it in here? When I came back, the reception hall, and it wasn't enough. Oh my God, I'm looking everywhere. I can't find it. Panic is setting in even more. The entire day is on these SD cards. And I did what I needed to do for the photos in the reception. And when I had a pretty solid break, I actually ran outside and I started searching the golf course. Like I'm running up these hills. It's getting. It's dark at this point. I can't find anything. Four in the morning, I drove back to the golf course and I met with the groundskeeper. And he was so nice, and he let me ride around with him, and we scoured every single hole, and nothing came up. I go back home around 9am on the dot. I'm calling the golfers. They said if our golfers had found anything, they would turn them in, like, okay. And at that point, I couldn't wait any longer. We're talking. It's 10am the next day. I emailed the bride. And. And I was like, hey, I just want to give you an FYI that I can't find your cards from the wedding. Like, I don't know where they are. And I said, okay, when we get back in two weeks, I'm sure there'll be found, and then we'll deal with it then. I was like, okay, great. But also, the pit in my stomach just grew larger and larger. Every day that they were not found. Two weeks goes by, they come back, and we met for breakfast. And immediately when I saw them, I just broke into tears because I, I. No one's called, and we don't have the cards. And I. And I had a plan. So plan A was I give them back all of their money and just say, I'm sorry. Yeah. And then plan B was I take the money that they had paid me to do their wedding, and I put it towards flying back 14 people from their wedding. And. And we're going to redo it. And I didn't even get home when I got a text saying, we would like to do plan B. We're gonna see if we can arrange for everyone to come back. And I was like, oh, this is gonna cost me a fortune. But it's what I would have wanted if this had happened to me. And I had some amazing amount of air miles that I had been collecting since I was 16, which actually ended up covering three flights in the end. It didn't cost too much, but it. It was several thousand thousands of dollars to get this redone come the day of. Everything worked out really well. I show up at their house. Everyone was full of smiles. The album was absolutely gorgeous. And I made a really bad situation into a really good one. I saved my business. And what happens if someone ever turns in those files? If they ever, like, appear? The bride and groom said, if they ever appear, I don't want to. Like, this is our story. We're done. And seven years after kid you not people, I got a phone call. Oh, my God. Yeah. And was like, hey, I just wanted to call. I found these in the bottom of my golf bag. And Immediately, I knew what the situation was. This guy was golfing with some friends and he found them while they were golfing. And fully knowing that there was a wedding happening, he could have given to the bartender. He could have walked over and said, hey, I think this belongs to the photographer. No. He threw them in the bottom of his golf bag. And so I was like, okay, well, I want my cards back, obviously. And so I ended up meeting him at like a Tim Hortons. He joked about it and he was like, I hope nothing valuable is on this. And that's exactly what I said to him. I'm like, you cost me. Good for you. Thousands of dollars. Good for you. I did. I had some stern words with him and I was like, you know, you could have. You could have just handed those in right away. Honestly, you could have just left them. So I have them. If you're all wondering, I have them. They're still sitting on my desktop. I have looked at them and one of the reasons I don't even want to tell the bride and groom is like, my day two, we'll call. It was way better. Yeah. Than my day one. I'm like, we're not going to sell anybody. Maybe one day. Just a little disclaimer before our final horror story. This one was recorded outdoors in front of a group of photographers by a campfire. So you'll hear that the audio is a little bit different and you're definitely going to hear some background laughing. Enjoy. So this is probably three years ago. I walked into a newborn session. It was a brand new baby. This is our first baby. Okay. The dad was like super nice. He was like a little nerdy, you know, wearing normal outfit, like a nerdy dad. Colored jeans, you know, a normal top, like a good color. They were all dressed cute. The mom was cute. We did the whole session. The baby was great. Everyone was like, happy. I didn't notice anything odd at the session time. So then I left and I went home and I uploaded all the raws, you know, like seven days later I went to call them and I noticed in every photo there is a full outline of his penis, like, very visible. Wait, who? The dad? Yes. This is not. This is not. And I have to describe this to you only because, like, it wasn't like a bulge and it wasn't an erect penis. It was a full. It was a full, like full outline where you could even see the, like the head. It was like, I don't know. And I. And I have proof because I sent it to Sarah and said, do you see anything in this picture? I got addiction. She can verify. She can verify how obvious this was. And the worst part of this story is that it was before AI Tools. So I had to clone individuals penis out of the photo. And someone else said, why didn't you put a child in front? And I said, because it was only the newborn. You can't hold it. And now this is an ad for Imagine. You're being sponsored. I'm at a family session and we're doing like portraits before we get to the pond. And all of a sudden mom was like, I'll be right back. And I'm like, is everything all right? Like, it made me nervous. And I'm like, I gotta go. I'll be back in a. In a few. And I was like, okay, so just. Just dad and the kids. She comes back like a while after and she's like, I'm so sorry. I think it's a little tmi, but I pooped my pants. Like, oh my God, are you okay? She's like, no, you're wearing a dress. And I was like, wait, you pooped your pants? And she said, no. I knew it was coming, so I left to go find a bathroom and I poked in the corner on my way to find a bathroom. So she had to go all the way home, change and come back. Oh, she did change. And she came back and she finished the show. My God. And the whole time at the end, I'm taking these pictures, I know she pooped her face. And the kids kept going like, where's mom? I'm like, oh, she'll be right back. What's dad saying? Nothing. Nothing. He has no idea. Really good sport. And I was like. He's like, I'm so sorry. I am so sorry. No judgment. I'm so surprised. Well, I don't know about you, but I needed that laugh. Because this season in our businesses can be so intense, right between the editing marathons and the client emails and the never ending to do list. And sometimes it helps to remember that we have all been there. We've had those sessions. We've had those clients. I'm sure you know the ones. So to everyone who submitted a story, thank you for being brave. Thank you for being hilarious and perhaps just the right amount of unhinged because you made today's episode what it was. And if you're out there listening to this in the middle of a crazy week, I hope this gave you a little breathing room or at least reminded you that you're not the only one out there questioning your career choices mid session. All right. I am going to get back to business and let you get back to business, too, because this busy season isn't going to wrap itself up. Have a great week. That's it for this week's episode of this Can't Be that Hard. I'll be back same time, same place next week. If you like the show, be sure to check out thiscan'tbethard.com to explore all the resources we have for photographers. And of course, it would mean the world to me if you would leave a review of the show on itunes or Spotify. As always, thanks so much for joining me. I hope you have a fantastic week.