...and some venting...
... a couple of things have been really bothering me recently... its the surplus of unprofessional people... a little history... most of the photo work i have been doing does not involve any financial transaction... but recently... due to my growing credit card bills... i have decided its time i made some money to pay off my investment in equipment and so on... my very supporting friends in the dance dept and theater dept has obviously been my patrons...
...normally i would imagine you would schedule a shoot with a photographer you like... make an appointment...take care of business... shoot... he get you the images... end of story...
now... it has happened to me twice... people have asked me to do headshots... or simple modelling portfolios... and offered me money... being a nice guy... i have done the shoot... and sent them the photos without asking for an advance... in the first instance... she said i was going to get a check in the mail... 3 months later when i sent an emailing wondering if the check has been misplaced... i get a reply sayin something along the line.... "...I really dont like the headshots you did for me... i have no use for it... so i dont think it is worth it..."
now... i have found out later that... the photographs i took was used for publicity stuff... now the questions is... how unprofessional do you have to be... to pull a stunt like that...
first off... we had a deal... and that should be honored... and second... how do you get the nerve to complain about photographs that you have used...
... i know there are great photographers out there taking stunning photographs of people... i try my best... and obviously sometimes it lacks... but that doesnt mean i havent spent my time getting you a product that you asked for... so not being compensated at the end is absolutely ridiculous and a slap in the face... no matter how bad my work is... i dont think it deseves to be treated like that...
so... at the end... i have decided to create a little 'List' of people i am not working with anymore... might be just my bad luck or an absolute lack of picture taking abilities... but i think it is unacceptable non the less...
1. Katrina Ylimaki
2. Samantha Melchiorri
... i think that is enough for one night...
...normally i would imagine you would schedule a shoot with a photographer you like... make an appointment...take care of business... shoot... he get you the images... end of story...
now... it has happened to me twice... people have asked me to do headshots... or simple modelling portfolios... and offered me money... being a nice guy... i have done the shoot... and sent them the photos without asking for an advance... in the first instance... she said i was going to get a check in the mail... 3 months later when i sent an emailing wondering if the check has been misplaced... i get a reply sayin something along the line.... "...I really dont like the headshots you did for me... i have no use for it... so i dont think it is worth it..."
now... i have found out later that... the photographs i took was used for publicity stuff... now the questions is... how unprofessional do you have to be... to pull a stunt like that...
first off... we had a deal... and that should be honored... and second... how do you get the nerve to complain about photographs that you have used...
... i know there are great photographers out there taking stunning photographs of people... i try my best... and obviously sometimes it lacks... but that doesnt mean i havent spent my time getting you a product that you asked for... so not being compensated at the end is absolutely ridiculous and a slap in the face... no matter how bad my work is... i dont think it deseves to be treated like that...
so... at the end... i have decided to create a little 'List' of people i am not working with anymore... might be just my bad luck or an absolute lack of picture taking abilities... but i think it is unacceptable non the less...
1. Katrina Ylimaki
2. Samantha Melchiorri
... i think that is enough for one night...
posted by maneeacc at 5:39 PM
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