Bride-To-Be Accuses Photographer Of Fat-Shaming Her In Photos, But Photographer Has A Story Of Her Own
A bride-to-be claims she and her fiance got a lot more from their wedding photographer than they have bargained for. And not in a good way, either. Everything started when Katie Liepold turned to Facebook to hire a photographer for her May wedding. After receiving about 20 responses, the couple picked Tower Photography in Medina which offered an engagement photoshoot to go along with the wedding photos at the reception for $600. Including a free humiliating experience.
“Didn’t really need the engagement photos, but it was in the package so we did it,” Liepold told 5 News Cleveland. The shoot with photographer Linda Silvestri seemed to have gone well. “We laughed, we talked, we joked, we shared stories.”
When the couple’s photos were sent in, however, they noticed something was off. “This isn’t exactly what I thought I was going to get,” said Liepold. “She actually photoshopped one picture of us skinnier.” A side-by-side comparison of the original and the photoshopped images clearly reveal a dramatic change. “She probably took like 30 pounds off each of us.”
“That wasn’t asked for, and I just felt like that was really hurtful and my pictures weren’t good enough to be left alone,” Silvestri responded by telling Liepold she could cancel the contract. According to the bride-to-be, it wasn’t the end of the story. She claims that Silvestri left a hurtful rant on a Facebook page called Northeast Ohio Wedding Professionals Only. It started with “and people have wondered why I have scaled back my photography business.” “A whole big rant about how just that week she had a photoshoot with two morbidly obese individuals,” said Liepold. The post, which has been deleted, continued, “it is extremely difficult to get Pinterest worthy lovey-dovey pictures when people can’t even get their heads together.”
Silvestri refunded Liepold but kept the $150 deposit for spending two hours taking their engagement photos. “I didn’t pay her $150 for a body shaming rant on a site,” said Liepold.
A bride-to-be and her fiance from Ohio bought a wedding photo shoot but they claim they’ve received much more
Image credits: Katie Liepold
“This isn’t exactly what I thought I was going to get. She actually photoshopped one picture of us skinnier”
Image credits: Katie Liepold
“She probably took like 30 pounds off each of us”
Image credits: Katie Liepold
The photographer also left a hurtful rant on Facebook, which has since been deleted
“That wasn’t asked for, and I just felt like that was really hurtful and my pictures weren’t good enough to be left alone”
Image credits: Katie Liepold
“I didn’t pay her $150 to have her make fun of me on a site”
Image credits: Katie Liepold
Furious, people believe the photographer had no right to photoshop the images without the couple’s permission
Jesus Christ, look at the size of those dogs!!! It's one thing to be fat yourself, but what's your excuse for overfeeding your dogs?
I just thought the same. At least 2 of the dogs cannot even sit properly. I feel sorry for them.
There was always the theory, dogs are like their owners, or, owners become like their dogs.
Yes, i Agree completely. But what i don't agree is the fact, and i must say, for once lets just fck political correctness and be real, these morbid fat/obese people are neither sensuous or beautiful. They need to take care of themselves and their dogs. Don't make them fcking Icon of something just coz of PC.
Yeah, right, because somehow in the last 30 years our genetics did a sudden jump to “naturally morbidly fat“. Not possible. Yes, there are pre-existing conditions which make losing weight almost impossible. But those are rare. And yes, there are people that may be slightly overweight by nature and genetics. But overweight and obese are two different things.
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Also, this isn't about being "PC" - it's about being a decent f-ing human being. I'm also just speaking the truth, and you have no right to say differing opinions are wrong or just being "PC." The world doesn't revolve around you, sorry.
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Do you think your opinion is shared by everyone? It isn't. Look at the last comment on the article, and you'll see someone who DOES find this woman beautiful/sensual. And he's hardly the only one, so please don't speak for everyone. I like big men myself, and plenty of men like big women too... health and everything else aside, what we find attractive is HIGHLY subjective.
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You do know that some people are actually fat because that’s just how their bodies are. A lot of fat people are actually very healthy and take good care of themselves but sometimes their bodies still develop big. It happens. That doesn’t mean we should treat them as less than human.
Probably not overfeeding. I'm sure this couple doesn't get much exercise, which means the dogs don't, either.
I have no clue why @Mark Grudzinski comment is being downvoted, what he implied can be true, these are fat people and they dont take their dogs out and feed them all the shit they are eating. Why Bored Panda's tend to be so PC all the time ? For god's sake, one time accept, that these guys are fat and not sensuous or beautiful.
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Not really, it's a matter of who makes a choice for who. Consider also that there are very few laws in regards to "abusing" oneself compared to abusing someone else.
Not really, It's a matter of someone being an adult and making an informed choice the same with sex, you sleep with first two and you find yourself thrown in prison for abuse, sleep with an adult, happy times.
exactly my reaction. I saw that two of those dogs are not being cared for properly regarding the overweight condition. I wish I could tell them they are harming their dogs and their health. Make decisions to have a pet by all means but care for them properly. If you don't know how ask a vet. They are trained to give the best results for healthy pets.
This usually happens when people give their fur babies too much human food. They should walk their doggies more often. Win win all round.
Those poor dogs. Sorry but this couple is hurting their fur babies.
A very husky husky
Probaly feed them hamburgers, fries and other things dogs should not have.
my first thought
If your dog is fat, you need to get out more or give them up for adoption
I guess those dogs like to eat way too much and they have influence their masters to eat too much. Which brand of dog food are they eating anyways?
McDonald's.
hahahahahahahaha
It's a Dire Wolf?
Notice the insincere smile of the female?....in every picture?. She's a real happy camper.
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I mean, we have no idea if they did that to these animals or not. They are overweight, but the couple could have adopted them that way.
Sure, everything is possible. But seeing the owners this is not the first thought that comes to my mind. They get too much food and not enough excercise. And as someone else said, it will be very bad for their joints when they will be older.
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Yeah, fuck the humans, focus on the dogs. #priorities
You do realize the humans have self control and responsibility for themselves, so in other words it's their fault that they are morbidly obese. However the dogs can't control the amount of food or lack of exercise they receive.
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Stop using Gods name, damn Americans.
Oh no how dare anyone say your imaginary friends name out loud!
I feel sorry for the dogs. That weight is not healthy for them especially their joints. That makes me so sad.
Amazing, we feel bad for dogs more than humans. BTW I upvoted your comment.
There's a certain degree of... the dog can't make decisions about it's diet and lifestyle and so on.
The humans have a choice. The dogs do not.
we cannot feel bad for humans being fat.... apparently its called fat shaming..
Part of it is because when you say you feel sorry for these morbidly obese people someone is going to slam you for fat-shaming.
Tis right though, Whatever you put down for the dogs they will eat it. However for the two lovey-dovey's they can control what they shove down their gullets. Not that they have any intentions of doing that lol
@Szama Bensmail.. no will say anything about humans, coz the moment you say something which is "truth" you will get down voted... In case you don't believe me.. just see my this comment being down voted.
No reason to feel bad for these humans. They are responsible for their own obesity.
It's not so awesome that you upvoted someone's comment Szama Bensmail... that's just one of the things about BoredPanda.com.
Yeah, right? If they don't care about their weight, they should care about their animal's health. They live only 15 to 20 years and can die earlier because of the extra weight :(
She shouldn't have shopped them like that, but that doesn't mean they're entitled to 100% refund. The whole point of a deposit is that it's non-refundable, no matter the results. She still put time and effort into the photos, and if they don't like the result that's fine but that doesn't mean they're owed anything else.
I’m missing the part where she makes fun of them though. She simply stated her side and the trouble she had. The photoshopped version doesn’t make them look drastically different. This couple really needs to toughen up and take a look at themselves (and their obese dogs). Sounds like they were a terror to work with.
She didn't post about them on HER site, she posted about them on a photography board. And she didn't name them. They inferred, probably correctly, it was them she was talking about. The photographer was wrong to photoshop the end pics THAT drastically without asking, but ALL wedding photos are retouched to a degree, so saying she should not have touched them at all is just silly. The photographer is a bad photographer, but let's put the torches away, shall we?
I’m with you on that. I read her description of the episode. She didn’t sugarcoat anything but she didn’t jeer either. The couple definitely qualifies as morbidly obese (BMI>40). She didn’t photoshop anyone to make them ridiculous. She did a restrained and competent job. Gyms and clothing stores notoriously have skinny mirrors... do people jump up and down telling them they had no right to do that? (Sadly, some probably do)
No doubt.
Are you insane? It’s ok to go to your PROFESSIONAL site and tear apart a client and say everything you thought about them ?? REALLY? it was like a bitchy junior high brat ....and she expects to get paid? Nothing the client wanted was weird or PITA for a bride type. I don’t think you know what a terror client is.....
She could have easily made her rant about the couple without the several derogatory comments about their size. That is where she was making fun of them.
Really, mocking them because they can't get their heads close together so she could have a Pinterest worthy image isn't making fun?
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What? The chin crop does change her face! It might not have changed her appearance enough to make her not look like herself but it is enough that I can see why the couple is angry
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she has no right what so ever to state anything that is not her job, she was payed to take pictures not to state her opinion!
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Right?
Professional photographic studios often include complementary touch-up/enhancement as part of every package. Many people will have their photos tweaked in Photoshop without ever realising it, but in this case it was very hard to miss the improvements. FWIW, I can't help wonder if a shot of the sunlight off their truck wouldn't have been a vast improvement, by simply cropping out the couple's drowned corpse appearance.
Respect is free and maybe should be used and given more freely just sad
Still the photographer is allowed to have opinion. I hate that anyone is allowed to say awful and harmful things about white people, skinny people and rich people, but when you say one bad thing about fat, gay, black or poor, you get roasted. Please, be respectful about photographer opinion who disliked over-demanding couple who is over-feeding their dogs.
Simon, she is meant to be a professional but her behavior is VERY unprofessional in her reaction!
Jesus Christ, look at the size of those dogs!!! It's one thing to be fat yourself, but what's your excuse for overfeeding your dogs?
I just thought the same. At least 2 of the dogs cannot even sit properly. I feel sorry for them.
There was always the theory, dogs are like their owners, or, owners become like their dogs.
Yes, i Agree completely. But what i don't agree is the fact, and i must say, for once lets just fck political correctness and be real, these morbid fat/obese people are neither sensuous or beautiful. They need to take care of themselves and their dogs. Don't make them fcking Icon of something just coz of PC.
Yeah, right, because somehow in the last 30 years our genetics did a sudden jump to “naturally morbidly fat“. Not possible. Yes, there are pre-existing conditions which make losing weight almost impossible. But those are rare. And yes, there are people that may be slightly overweight by nature and genetics. But overweight and obese are two different things.
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Also, this isn't about being "PC" - it's about being a decent f-ing human being. I'm also just speaking the truth, and you have no right to say differing opinions are wrong or just being "PC." The world doesn't revolve around you, sorry.
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Do you think your opinion is shared by everyone? It isn't. Look at the last comment on the article, and you'll see someone who DOES find this woman beautiful/sensual. And he's hardly the only one, so please don't speak for everyone. I like big men myself, and plenty of men like big women too... health and everything else aside, what we find attractive is HIGHLY subjective.
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You do know that some people are actually fat because that’s just how their bodies are. A lot of fat people are actually very healthy and take good care of themselves but sometimes their bodies still develop big. It happens. That doesn’t mean we should treat them as less than human.
Probably not overfeeding. I'm sure this couple doesn't get much exercise, which means the dogs don't, either.
I have no clue why @Mark Grudzinski comment is being downvoted, what he implied can be true, these are fat people and they dont take their dogs out and feed them all the shit they are eating. Why Bored Panda's tend to be so PC all the time ? For god's sake, one time accept, that these guys are fat and not sensuous or beautiful.
hypocrisy of body positivity movement aZg2xAQ_70...f2af7f.jpg
Not really, it's a matter of who makes a choice for who. Consider also that there are very few laws in regards to "abusing" oneself compared to abusing someone else.
Not really, It's a matter of someone being an adult and making an informed choice the same with sex, you sleep with first two and you find yourself thrown in prison for abuse, sleep with an adult, happy times.
exactly my reaction. I saw that two of those dogs are not being cared for properly regarding the overweight condition. I wish I could tell them they are harming their dogs and their health. Make decisions to have a pet by all means but care for them properly. If you don't know how ask a vet. They are trained to give the best results for healthy pets.
This usually happens when people give their fur babies too much human food. They should walk their doggies more often. Win win all round.
Those poor dogs. Sorry but this couple is hurting their fur babies.
A very husky husky
Probaly feed them hamburgers, fries and other things dogs should not have.
my first thought
If your dog is fat, you need to get out more or give them up for adoption
I guess those dogs like to eat way too much and they have influence their masters to eat too much. Which brand of dog food are they eating anyways?
McDonald's.
hahahahahahahaha
It's a Dire Wolf?
Notice the insincere smile of the female?....in every picture?. She's a real happy camper.
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I mean, we have no idea if they did that to these animals or not. They are overweight, but the couple could have adopted them that way.
Sure, everything is possible. But seeing the owners this is not the first thought that comes to my mind. They get too much food and not enough excercise. And as someone else said, it will be very bad for their joints when they will be older.
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Yeah, fuck the humans, focus on the dogs. #priorities
You do realize the humans have self control and responsibility for themselves, so in other words it's their fault that they are morbidly obese. However the dogs can't control the amount of food or lack of exercise they receive.
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Stop using Gods name, damn Americans.
Oh no how dare anyone say your imaginary friends name out loud!
I feel sorry for the dogs. That weight is not healthy for them especially their joints. That makes me so sad.
Amazing, we feel bad for dogs more than humans. BTW I upvoted your comment.
There's a certain degree of... the dog can't make decisions about it's diet and lifestyle and so on.
The humans have a choice. The dogs do not.
we cannot feel bad for humans being fat.... apparently its called fat shaming..
Part of it is because when you say you feel sorry for these morbidly obese people someone is going to slam you for fat-shaming.
Tis right though, Whatever you put down for the dogs they will eat it. However for the two lovey-dovey's they can control what they shove down their gullets. Not that they have any intentions of doing that lol
@Szama Bensmail.. no will say anything about humans, coz the moment you say something which is "truth" you will get down voted... In case you don't believe me.. just see my this comment being down voted.
No reason to feel bad for these humans. They are responsible for their own obesity.
It's not so awesome that you upvoted someone's comment Szama Bensmail... that's just one of the things about BoredPanda.com.
Yeah, right? If they don't care about their weight, they should care about their animal's health. They live only 15 to 20 years and can die earlier because of the extra weight :(
She shouldn't have shopped them like that, but that doesn't mean they're entitled to 100% refund. The whole point of a deposit is that it's non-refundable, no matter the results. She still put time and effort into the photos, and if they don't like the result that's fine but that doesn't mean they're owed anything else.
I’m missing the part where she makes fun of them though. She simply stated her side and the trouble she had. The photoshopped version doesn’t make them look drastically different. This couple really needs to toughen up and take a look at themselves (and their obese dogs). Sounds like they were a terror to work with.
She didn't post about them on HER site, she posted about them on a photography board. And she didn't name them. They inferred, probably correctly, it was them she was talking about. The photographer was wrong to photoshop the end pics THAT drastically without asking, but ALL wedding photos are retouched to a degree, so saying she should not have touched them at all is just silly. The photographer is a bad photographer, but let's put the torches away, shall we?
I’m with you on that. I read her description of the episode. She didn’t sugarcoat anything but she didn’t jeer either. The couple definitely qualifies as morbidly obese (BMI>40). She didn’t photoshop anyone to make them ridiculous. She did a restrained and competent job. Gyms and clothing stores notoriously have skinny mirrors... do people jump up and down telling them they had no right to do that? (Sadly, some probably do)
No doubt.
Are you insane? It’s ok to go to your PROFESSIONAL site and tear apart a client and say everything you thought about them ?? REALLY? it was like a bitchy junior high brat ....and she expects to get paid? Nothing the client wanted was weird or PITA for a bride type. I don’t think you know what a terror client is.....
She could have easily made her rant about the couple without the several derogatory comments about their size. That is where she was making fun of them.
Really, mocking them because they can't get their heads close together so she could have a Pinterest worthy image isn't making fun?
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What? The chin crop does change her face! It might not have changed her appearance enough to make her not look like herself but it is enough that I can see why the couple is angry
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she has no right what so ever to state anything that is not her job, she was payed to take pictures not to state her opinion!
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Right?
Professional photographic studios often include complementary touch-up/enhancement as part of every package. Many people will have their photos tweaked in Photoshop without ever realising it, but in this case it was very hard to miss the improvements. FWIW, I can't help wonder if a shot of the sunlight off their truck wouldn't have been a vast improvement, by simply cropping out the couple's drowned corpse appearance.
Respect is free and maybe should be used and given more freely just sad
Still the photographer is allowed to have opinion. I hate that anyone is allowed to say awful and harmful things about white people, skinny people and rich people, but when you say one bad thing about fat, gay, black or poor, you get roasted. Please, be respectful about photographer opinion who disliked over-demanding couple who is over-feeding their dogs.
Simon, she is meant to be a professional but her behavior is VERY unprofessional in her reaction!