chrisburke
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well i've got a lesson for all the people here who are new to photography... well the business side of it.. and to those who are in the business side, who maybe havent been in this situation.
I've got a situation which is going to cost me about $200.. I know, its not a lot of money, but, at the same time, it is.
Heres my story:
End of May I get a call: "hi there Chris, I'm getting married in August, and we'd like to have you do the photos"
I accecpt, I love shooting weddings, they are very fun, and I believe I have the eye for it (i've been doing them for a while now)
Beginning of July, I call up a friend of mine's wife. She is pretty new to photography, but gets some pretty decent pictures (she shoots in auto and doesnt know how to post process) well I call her up, and I say "Hey I'm doing a wedding the beginning of August and want to invite you to come along to take some pictures cause I know you want to do photography professionally some day, so why not start practicing now, and hey, I'll even give you $100 and include any good images you take in the package.
August comes, wedding day. We arrive at the location, beautiful. we get there about an hour early to have a second look around.. make sure everything is the way it was on my first visit... uh oh.. her D80 isn't working.. it seems to be over exposing everything, and the mirror seems to be shifting when she takes pictures. LUCKILY I always have a backup (lesson number 1) so I say "here, just use this one, slap your lens on it, and shoot away."
no problem, day goes great.. its really freaking hot out.. she gives me back my camera body, takes the card because she wants to look at them at home, no big deal.
well a month later I finally get the pictures from her... good thing I always tell my clients that it'll be 6 weeks before they get their pictures (lesson 2) her husband drops off the card to me... but he talks to me first. "i thought you guys agreed that you were going to do a 50/50 on this, so she should be getting more money... i say no, I would never do that, shes a beginner, I would never give half of the money to a beginner.. well we're friends, so he just says I know you'll do the right thing.. and I don't want to mess up our friendship, cause we're great friends.. so I say "i'll give her another $200... all is well.. he leaves.
I get into my house.. load up the card.. import the pictures... NONE of them have been touched.. she shot in auto, and just gave me the card... now I have to go through 400 images, crop them, clean them up... so even though she only did 2 hours of work and I've done the 2 hours for the wedding, plus 10 hours so far in process, and now will be likely another 5-10 hours editing her images cause I can't hand them in the way they are... and yet I'm still giving her money for this...
it's a lesson learned.. don't work with friends unless you have stuff in writing...
I've got a situation which is going to cost me about $200.. I know, its not a lot of money, but, at the same time, it is.
Heres my story:
End of May I get a call: "hi there Chris, I'm getting married in August, and we'd like to have you do the photos"
I accecpt, I love shooting weddings, they are very fun, and I believe I have the eye for it (i've been doing them for a while now)
Beginning of July, I call up a friend of mine's wife. She is pretty new to photography, but gets some pretty decent pictures (she shoots in auto and doesnt know how to post process) well I call her up, and I say "Hey I'm doing a wedding the beginning of August and want to invite you to come along to take some pictures cause I know you want to do photography professionally some day, so why not start practicing now, and hey, I'll even give you $100 and include any good images you take in the package.
August comes, wedding day. We arrive at the location, beautiful. we get there about an hour early to have a second look around.. make sure everything is the way it was on my first visit... uh oh.. her D80 isn't working.. it seems to be over exposing everything, and the mirror seems to be shifting when she takes pictures. LUCKILY I always have a backup (lesson number 1) so I say "here, just use this one, slap your lens on it, and shoot away."
no problem, day goes great.. its really freaking hot out.. she gives me back my camera body, takes the card because she wants to look at them at home, no big deal.
well a month later I finally get the pictures from her... good thing I always tell my clients that it'll be 6 weeks before they get their pictures (lesson 2) her husband drops off the card to me... but he talks to me first. "i thought you guys agreed that you were going to do a 50/50 on this, so she should be getting more money... i say no, I would never do that, shes a beginner, I would never give half of the money to a beginner.. well we're friends, so he just says I know you'll do the right thing.. and I don't want to mess up our friendship, cause we're great friends.. so I say "i'll give her another $200... all is well.. he leaves.
I get into my house.. load up the card.. import the pictures... NONE of them have been touched.. she shot in auto, and just gave me the card... now I have to go through 400 images, crop them, clean them up... so even though she only did 2 hours of work and I've done the 2 hours for the wedding, plus 10 hours so far in process, and now will be likely another 5-10 hours editing her images cause I can't hand them in the way they are... and yet I'm still giving her money for this...
it's a lesson learned.. don't work with friends unless you have stuff in writing...