I am a client and have a question regarding professionalism of a photographer

[e.rose]

Just a friendly Moderator's warning... given the situation, and lacking any documentation to the contrary, I doubt the OP has the right to post the images. A link to a website however....

Thank you everyone for the responses. I feel better with my e-mail and with my gut that I did not verbally abuse her in any way. I will send her my address with the correct refund amount and to ask her politely to remove the pictures from her business page. I have no problem uploading a few pictures of my son if there is a way to go back and take them down eventually.

In my area (rural Iowa) I researched and she was in the middle for what people were charging so I thought it was ok. I paid 750 for my wedding pictures in which I loved! So I believed it was a decent price. Lesson learned.

I'm not asking for picks of her son... I'm asking for a link to the photographer's website/Facebook page.

I want to see her whole portfolio... not just this one shoot.

 

[e.rose]

Shannon Deweerd Photography - wdm - Photographer, Wedding Planning | Facebook

Oooo, yay!

 

[photoguy99]

Ugh, this popcorn is turning to ashes in my mouth, and yet, I cannot look away.

 

[tirediron]

Rose nailed it!

 

[e.rose]

Rose nailed it!

Yes... Yes I did.

You get what you pay for.

 

[Red1012]

And I get that. I do. I truly learned a lesson in all of this.

 

[e.rose]

Slim pickin's in West Des Moines, ha.

But out of all the photographers that I found in my *very fast* Google search...

I would have gone with this woman over all of them:

Jill Austin Photography

She's not priced like an idiot and she has solid work.

How the hell did you find the other person? And if you say "Thumbtack" or "Craigslist" I might cry... I mean... still... I wanna know... because I'm curious... but... I might cry.

 

[tirediron]

Just a friendly Moderator's warning... given the situation, and lacking any documentation to the contrary, I doubt the OP has the right to post the images. A link to a website however....

Thank you everyone for the responses. I feel better with my e-mail and with my gut that I did not verbally abuse her in any way. I will send her my address with the correct refund amount and to ask her politely to remove the pictures from her business page. I have no problem uploading a few pictures of my son if there is a way to go back and take them down eventually.

In my area (rural Iowa) I researched and she was in the middle for what people were charging so I thought it was ok. I paid 750 for my wedding pictures in which I loved! So I believed it was a decent price. Lesson learned.

I'm not asking for picks of her son... I'm asking for a link to the photographer's website/Facebook page.

I want to see her whole portfolio... not just this one shoot.

Understood... just wanted to avoid any problems before they happened.

 

[sm4him]

Slim pickin's in West Des Moines, ha.

But out of all the photographers that I found in my *very fast* Google search...

I would have gone with this woman over all of them:

Jill Austin Photography

She's not priced like an idiot and she has solid work.

How the hell did you find the other person? And if you say "Thumbtack" or "Craigslist" I might cry... I mean... still... I wanna know... because I'm curious... but... I might cry.

OP…PLEASE…do NOT make E. Rose cry!
Tell her a friend of a friend of a friend, or something…but just don't make Rose cry!!

 

[Red1012]

I live a hour and a half from des moines. She came to me for family shots. So in my area where I live I thought going to a des moines photographer was better which she is more expensive than the one around me. Like I said she was in the middle price range from what I found.

 

[e.rose]

Slim pickin's in West Des Moines, ha.

But out of all the photographers that I found in my *very fast* Google search...

I would have gone with this woman over all of them:

Jill Austin Photography

She's not priced like an idiot and she has solid work.

How the hell did you find the other person? And if you say "Thumbtack" or "Craigslist" I might cry... I mean... still... I wanna know... because I'm curious... but... I might cry.

OP…PLEASE…do NOT make E. Rose cry!
Tell her a friend of a friend of a friend, or something…but just don't make Rose cry!!

If she tells me that, then I'll KNOW it was Thumbtack and I'll cry anyway.

 

[e.rose]

I live a hour and a half from des moines. She came to me for family shots. So in my area where I live I thought going to a des moines photographer was better which she is more expensive than the one around me. Like I said she was in the middle price range from what I found.

She came to YOU for family shots? Are *you* a photographer?

And no, she's not middle price range... she's low price range. She's very low.

Maybe not as low as the kid doing a high res disk and session for $50, but she might as well be.

 

[sm4him]

Maybe not as low as the kid doing a high res disk and session for $50, but she might as well be.

From her FB page:
"Valentines mini session $50. 20 min session plus 5 high resolution edited images on a cd and a print release. Limited spots. Message to book."

 

[KmH]

It sounds like the photos were made in her home?

For the US - If the photos were made in private, in her home, she does indeed need your permission to use the photos she made to promote herself as a professional photographer or to advertise her business.
If the photos were made in a public park and any passerby could have stood there and watched, she would not need your permission.

But, it will likely cost you way more than $150 start legal action to force her to remove the photos from online.

 

[runnah]

I know this is the internet but lets not bash someone who isn't here to defend themselves. Besides there are always two sides to the story.

p.s. I am sure most of use would not like a group of strangers ripping through our portfolios.