"David Dyer-Bennet" posted: "... This seems so...small-minded. Mean-spirited. Something like that. Don't you think your photos can stand out on their own? (Okay, I do understand wanting people not getting in the way and disturbing people while doing the formals. That would interfere with *your* photos.) ..." You are correct on all counts. However ... this "attitude" is SOP with some (most ...? ... all ... ?) second-tier or third-tier "Wedding Photographers" to have such an "ATTITUDE."