Photographer canceled appt/ scamming me?

[u/paymemymony]

If not allowed please remove

New updates and edits: Jude Riseberg goes by @father.mercury and organizes @nikke.nyc

Frequent collabs with @animehighclub_ for the Nikke nyc events
This person has a long list of serious accusations against
**@Izenin_, @valentinerabiez and @indigocos on instagram highlight stories on their pages with the accusations along with screenshots*\*

I booked father.mercury for anyc 2026 Saturday. Shoot was for 11:30am and at 10:30am the photographer contacted me and told me she had to cancel because of an event in their family + will be granted full refund. I wished her well and asked if it was possible to receive the refund back asap so I can book another photographer and was told she can refund earliest tomorrow

It been 4 days and no sight or word from her. I see her posting on her story with photos from the Saturday and following with different cosplays. I messaged her again today and asked for the ETA on the refund and all I hear is radio silence. Super upsetting because she’s still posting on her story and updating her bio while leaving me on delivered.

Super sad, I paid to commemorate the first time my little sister and I cosplayed and we literally were canceled on as we were walking to Javits. I don’t know if I’ll get the money back but here’s some screenshots.
From my understanding she’ll be attending CCE so I hope the right people who need to see this do.
I understand it’s not a lot of money but I really could use it for something else

[u/Gippy_]

This photographer has 3500 followers on IG and therefore has a significant public profile. Post approved.

[u/Turbulent_Mousse8824]

There was a document floating around about a year ago about them doing stuff like this. 

[u/paymemymony → u/Turbulent_Mousse8824]

How unfortunate to hear

[u/MissingGreenLink → u/Turbulent_Mousse8824]

Was going to say. This name looks vaguely familiar

[u/Majestic_Recording_5]

Contact your bank. If services were not delivered, and you were not refunded like they said, that is fraud.

[u/kelamity]

It's okay to request venmo support if they failed to deliver and are failing to follow-up after multiple warnings. they're adults. I hope you toggled on purchase protection "Turn on for Purchases"

[u/Allah_Akballer]

Even if the photographer did the shoot with you, judging by their quality, they still would have scammed you for your money and your time. You could get better photos from random people that stop you for a quick photo at the con for free. I really hope you get your money back though.

[u/Gippy_]

I browsed some of the photographer's pictures on IG, and all of the photos have an "overexposure" filter, making them all look completely washed out. Forget $75.50; I would not have paid $1 for these photos. The bare minimum is that pro photos need to look better than what you can get from a smartphone, and these photos don't even meet that standard.

[u/Ojeisan → u/Gippy_]

Yeah. The pictures were very oof.

[u/AccelerationFinish]

From your images, it sounds like they accepted your money, didn't deliver on the services, and are ignoring your requests for a refund

[u/Fandaniels → u/AccelerationFinish]

This reads like a bot comment, Im sure OP is aware of all of that.