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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
01-21-2015, 07:47 AM
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Ah in the open letter it says she offered to wave the cover charge BEFORE tv crews were contacted..
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This is one big dramafest.. looks like there was a hangup with the album cover and the release of the final images, but they had the watermarked versions from which to pick while they waited. Seems, from the little info we got, the cover was something that had to be bought additionally which is odd.. why not include that in the total price? Also seems it was mentioned in the documentation the couple received too.. this is starting to get a bit too gossipy for me so I guess I'll end it there. Hope they all work it out though.
In any case, this is why I don't want to have anything to do with commercial wedding photography.
I'd like to photograph a wedding though.. as a side third or fourth shooter. :lol:
I've thought about maybe one day finding a couple that can't afford a big time photographer that might want photographs slightly better than aunt elma using her point and shoot or cellphone and take them for free... but even that has me a little bit squeamish since I'd probably still have to draft some kind of legal document just in case poo hit fan.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
01-20-2015, 10:20 PM
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Other side indeed.. and that is the issue with 'viral' news.. anyone can say anything and get a lynch mob going from the comfort of their recliner on a tablet today. Media hypes it to get ratings so they don't care about releasing balanced facts.. just the facts that hype a story to whatever angle they're pushing.
Pretty easy to start a business with crowdfunding sites and some viral news mentions.. but equally easy to destroy a business with some twisted information and the same viral news mentions.
From the sound of it, it seems the newlyweds are pretty immature and self absorbed. Wedding photography (high end such as this) seem to be a very sensitive business to reputation. when base packages are starting at 2500, you know you have to keep your name in good light to keep the business going at those prices. Posting, what seems to be at this point, false stories in the hopes of ruining someone's job is really cutthroat and sickly apathetic.
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