Am I Overreacting? Photographer hasn't gotten photos back to me 5 months later

I spent well over $1,600 on these newborn photos. It was way over budget by a few hundred but she takes amazing photos and has great work!

She did a pregnancy photoshoot for me and the photos were gorgeous! I didn't even want a maternity photoshoot because all of them look so cliché. But these were amazing! So i booked her for newborn photos.

Since we did the maternity leave photoshoot and came back for newborn photos, we got 5 free photos as well. She said I would receive the free ones within a month of taking the photos (early August 2024), but I've never received them.

She used to be great with communication with the maternity photoshoot but I can't get her to respond at all in the last ~10 weeks.

My kindness and patience always gets taken advantage of, and I feel like she's never going to give me my photos at this rate.

Because the photos were over budget, it took me 2.5 months to get the money to her. I paid cash.. her policy is 4-6 weeks after final payment and it's been 7, nearly 8 weeks now since the final payment. 5 months since the photos were taken.

I'm really tired of people taking advantage of my kindness and patience. I'm not used to being so confrontational, but I feel like 5 months is plenty of time to send me digital photos. They're not being developed. I'm not receiving canvases or giant picture framed pieces. They're digital photos!

Idk. Am I Overreacting here?

I spent well over $1,600 on these newborn photos. It was way over budget by a few hundred but she takes amazing photos and has great work!

She did a pregnancy photoshoot for me and the photos were gorgeous! I didn't even want a maternity photoshoot because all of them look so cliché. But these were amazing! So i booked her for newborn photos.

Since we did the maternity leave photoshoot and came back for newborn photos, we got 5 free photos as well. She said I would receive the free ones within a month of taking the photos (early August 2024), but I've never received them.

She used to be great with communication with the maternity photoshoot but I can't get her to respond at all in the last ~10 weeks.

My kindness and patience always gets taken advantage of, and I feel like she's never going to give me my photos at this rate.

Because the photos were over budget, it took me 2.5 months to get the money to her. I paid cash.. her policy is 4-6 weeks after final payment and it's been 7, nearly 8 weeks now since the final payment. 5 months since the photos were taken.

I'm really tired of people taking advantage of my kindness and patience. I'm not used to being so confrontational, but I feel like 5 months is plenty of time to send me digital photos. They're not being developed. I'm not receiving canvases or giant picture framed pieces. They're digital photos!

Idk. Am I Overreacting here?