Professional photographers are furious and rallying together after hearing a Nova Scotia wedding photographer took photos and then took off.

Corey Sinclair is a photographer in Calgary, but he’s planning to travel to Nova Scotia on his own dime to photograph weddings free of charge.

“I want to do something good for these brides to show that, you know, not all photographers are like this whatsoever,” says Sinclair.

Sinclair is upset that a Nova Scotia photographer took wedding photos and then left at least a dozen brides in the lurch, without photos of their special day.

The photographer, Ariane Anderson, has also stopped communicating with a number of the brides whose weddings she had committed to photographing.

“I find it wrong in every way,” says Sinclair. “This person shouldn't be a photographer.”

Sinclair says he is worried about one photographer’s ability to damage the industry.

“It looks bad for every other photographer out there.”

An organization called the Professional Photographers of Canada is also concerned about how the actions of the Nova Scotia photographer can impact their industry. They accredit photographers who pay a fee and have their work judged, but they want to do even more.

“I think if there was regulations in place this type of thing wouldn't be so likely to happen,” says Berni Wood, of the Professional Photographers of Canada.

The organization has lobbied the federal government for regulation in photography in the past.

“They don't see it as a necessary thing, because in this industry they don't see that anybody can be physically harmed,” says Wood.

Bride Niki Hanlin says she can see both sides of the argument, for and against regulation.

“From my experience, I think it would be helpful, but I also know, it also is an artistic medium and I think a lot of people, maybe they're not professionally trained but they know what they're doing,” says Hanlin.

Sinclair feels the current system works well.

“We believe that a contract, referrals, seeing the photographer's work, is more than enough to find out about that photographer.”

With files from CTV Atlantic's Kayla Hounsell