please help asap

[SJRosa]

So I have a question! I had a photoshoot on Sunday with a mother and daughter. Okay I was able to shoot the daughter. But the mother and me decide it was to hot and that she would take the daughter home and we would do her shoot later at a different location.

The mother never showed up and I waited for a hr at this location when the time came. Now the mother emails me saying she doesn't want me to use the images from the morning shoot with her daughter at all in any way.

And she is emailing as if I was the one who never showed up at the shoot, and saying I play games. So I am being professional and not argue with he woman b/c I know she did not come because I waited there for an ENTIRE HOUR not moving from the location we were suppose to meet. Now my question is am I not allowed to use her daughters images for my portfolio? She was suppose to sign a model release at the meet she never showed to.

[OsmosisStudios]

Did you have her sign a contract before the shoot? If so, whatever it says on there is legally binding.

Are you sure the location issue isnt just a misunderstanding? Perhaps she was at another location waiting for you, thinking she was at the one you were thinking of? I've seen that happen alot.

Assuming there wasnt some kind of breakdown in communication on that, whatever your contract says, goes. If it says you can use the images, and she signed it, you're free to use the images. She can sue, but with a contract she'll have no hope of winning.