Strange request from clients?
I'm not bad on the eyes, so that statement could have gone either direction. The 2 boys did start to smile, and we got the portrait out of the way. ***Remember 9/11***
CatherineW wrote: I had a family portrait where the 2 sons weren't smiling. The father who was a joker told them to picture me in a bikini.
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photobod wrote: I did a photoshoot for 3 families it was about 80 miles away, I had just arrived home and their was a message asking me if I would return as they had thought of a few more poses they would like to try, naturally I declined as it was a 160mile round trip , what were they thinking.
Have camera will travel... If they offered you a dollar a mile would you do it? (Convert to unreasonable but profitable amount in £)...
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photobod wrote: I did a photoshoot for 3 families it was about 80 miles away, I had just arrived home and their was a message asking me if I would return as they had thought of a few more poses they would like to try, naturally I declined as it was a 160mile round trip , what were they thinking.
OMG. I might have not decline completely, but told them to set up a another time, as you just got home and have other plans. And that 2nd photo shoot I would have charge them.
chasrich wrote:
photobod wrote: I did a photoshoot for 3 families it was about 80 miles away, I had just arrived home and their was a message asking me if I would return as they had thought of a few more poses they would like to try, naturally I declined as it was a 160mile round trip , what were they thinking.
Have camera will travel... If they offered you a dollar a mile would you do it? (Convert to unreasonable but profitable amount in £)...
They were on a tight budget from the start, it took a lot of negotiating to get them to pay my expenses as it was, so I doubt they were wanting to pay more, more like they thought I would nip down take a few more and add them to the first lot, dont forget I know them from booking them, also I was pretty knackered as well.
Oh the final order was just shy of £500 not bad for a 3 family shoot, towards the lower end of expectation though.
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