I'd be mad as well. There are a few people I'll never give responsibility to because they've left me hanging in the past. Depending how she described the project, though, he could have thought it wasn't that important. If she had approached me about it, my first thought would have been that if it was important to her boss, he'd have hired a paid photographer long ago. If they haven't had one for the past 10 years, why would he care if he didn't have one this year either? (And a free one at that) Her cousin may have thought things were more flexible than they were.

She'll speak to him eventually... I think... I would not want to be on the other end of that conversation...