You ever been NOT paid for a job?
crystal wrote: 1st time is letting them know they owe you money.
2nd time is a reminder
3rd time is a reminder including, this is your last reminder to pay me, if I do not pay the full amount within X amount of time, then you do not get your photos.
Now I hope you did not give them the photos, without getting the money first?
If you did, did you have them sign a contract?
Because if they have the photos, and they signed a contract, depending what is in that contract, you could sue them for the money.
If they do not have the photos, then if I was you, just let it go. They seem to not care to have the photos.
Now if they do have the photos, then they are playing you. I understand we all at times are tight on money, but they knew about the photo shoot, it happen, they knew about the photos needing to be paid for.
Never give the photos before they pay you.
If you gave them the photos and didn't get payment, I'd take them to small claims court. Warn them first though.
Why so serious?
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"A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective." - Irving Penn
I shot some of her jewelry and art on Fujichrome with my Hasselblad. They came out beautiful, the lighting, the background, the colors, everything. On delivery, she wrote me a check for the agreed amount.
At midnight, she calls my girlfriend all drunk (and maybe high) and complains there are NO black and whites and she's going to cancel the check. Don't know how she got her number? But we woke up early and headed to her bank.
Glad to be teaching now, and photographing only what I want.
Matthew
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