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If someone offered you $300 to cover 3hrs of a wedding, 1.5hrs of commuting, and 2hrs of sorting/editing time, WITH LESS THAN 8HRS NOTICE, how many photos would you include? Prints? Extras?

If you’re thinking that sounds insane then you’re correct but I’m just losing my mind here. He asked for an additional DISCOUNT and thought that I was going to include 200+ prints into a photo album for him???? I’m new to photography so I figured I could at least get the experience and use for marketing but I don’t have permission to post photos of the family in their culture either. I did someone a favor and it’s been nothing but a nightmare.

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[–] guillaume_rx@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The direspect.

8 hour notice and they have expectations and bargain???

Unless you don’t live in a Western country, the client is either very ignorant, cheap, or disrespectful (unless your work is very amateurish and still, he’s asking a lot with the prints and album.

It’s not even the price, it’s the context. If they ask this sort of thing, they have non idea what to expect for what price.

Which means they’ll likely be disappointed in your work or come up with last-minute impossible requests and unrealistic expectations.

This type of clients are always a pain in the ass. And if you can’t even use the photographs, tell them they can’t publish them on social.

The rights still belong to you, unless you cease the rights (for a lot of money) by contract and allow them to share them. You have the right to forbid publication of your work.

You have intellectual property over every single image you take.