A Nigerian photographer has shared a conversation that was leaked from a previous client who recently criticised him on social media for being unprofessional by hanging up on her during a call.
The incident, which started in 2022, came up again in 2025 when the client, @TheCakeChancery, used X (formerly Twitter) to share her experience with the photographer, @Steel_Visuals, calling him “uncouth.”
She said she was rudely treated when she scheduled a birthday photo shoot with him. In her initial post from 2022, she stated:
“Because your father is a soldier isn’t an excuse to treat your client rudely because u feel you’re untouchable.. this photographer said it to my face that I should get out of his studio, who the fuck am I? Small display of madness he quickly transferred my 15k to me.”
Three years later, she brought the matter up again, saying:
“This is the photographer I tweeted about in 2022.. Yes he’s good but he’s very uncouth and unprofessional… he will threaten u with his father is a soldier when u call him out on his BS.”
In reaction to the resurfaced allegations, the photographer made the decision to clear his name by posting a number of posts that described the entire transaction and exchanges he had with her.
He clarified that she paid N15,000 after he sent his rate card after she contacted him on WhatsApp to ask about a birthday photo shoot.
Later on, though, she asked to bring her makeup artist to his studio, which was against his studio policy, which was explicitly mentioned in his terms and conditions.
He mentioned that while he was in class the morning of the shoot, she called him. In order to avoid interfering with his lecture, he answered the phone for a brief moment before hanging up.
He claims that after she gave him a nasty response and made fun of his command of English, he stopped answering her calls.
“She kept calling nonstop, despite being able to chat. I had to put my phone on DnD so I could focus,” he said.
He added that when she eventually arrived at his studio with her makeup artist, he politely told her the session had been canceled due to her earlier behavior.
“Nike made a scene at the studio reception. Traders and artisans from the complex came down to calm things. She rained insults and even threatened to take me to the police.”
He remembered that another photographer who had been there when the mayhem broke out had said that he was a soldier’s son, which apparently infuriated her even more.
Despite the outburst, he refunded her payment in front of witnesses and asked her to leave the premises.
Still, she continued to curse and make a scene until eventually leaving.
“I later received a call from her makeup artist, begging me to proceed with the shoot, but I declined. I told her I wasn’t motivated to work with Nike again, and she understood.”
The photographer concluded by stating that while he had tried to remain silent over the years, he felt compelled to defend his brand.
“I’ve built my name and brand brick by brick, and I won’t let someone who had no part in that journey tear it down.”
He shared screenshots of their conversations, including chats from the start of the booking to the aftermath of the encounter.
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
