imagemaker46
Been spending a lot of time on here!
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2011
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- Location
- Ottawa, Canada
- Website
- imagecommunications.ca
- Can others edit my Photos
- Photos NOT OK to edit
Dealing with some clients will always be a challenge, some people have it in them to negotiate everything they do in life. I leave room to negotiate everything, these days setting rock solid take it or leave it fees and contracts is the sure road to unemployment. I'm not saying give it away, and as long as a potential client feels like they are getting a deal you'll usually end up with the work. A couple months ago I posted trying to work out a deal with FOX sports over pictures, they did finally agree to what I wanted and more, but they stretched out the paperwork to the point I came close to telling them to forget the payment. For two weeks straight I got emails from different people asking for more information, fill this form out, send us this, we need your bank info for a wire payment, the bank info doesn't match the invoice that doesn't match the legal papers.
Just when I thought I finally got everything done, along comes another form, that didn't even apply to me, but I had to sign it saying that the form doesn't apply to me. In the mean time, I wait for payment.
The BS side of photography is there for everyone, we all deal with it. The only time I turn down work is if I absolutely can't change the time, or am double booked, which happened a few years ago, it seemed that every job I was being offered had a conflict with another. Nothing more frustrating. But you just deal with it.
Just when I thought I finally got everything done, along comes another form, that didn't even apply to me, but I had to sign it saying that the form doesn't apply to me. In the mean time, I wait for payment.
The BS side of photography is there for everyone, we all deal with it. The only time I turn down work is if I absolutely can't change the time, or am double booked, which happened a few years ago, it seemed that every job I was being offered had a conflict with another. Nothing more frustrating. But you just deal with it.