Comment Re:Getting a photographer and rights; (Score 1) 402
I'm a child of the 80's, and obviously don't have as much experience to work with. I vaguely remember my parents being forced into package deals on family portraits and such. I also remember being put in a lot of lines at weddings for pictures I would never want.
My first real experience with a professional photographer was when I was 16 just getting started in freelance web design. He wanted a website that would rival Pepsi World (back when they were first experimenting with web-based chat) and he wanted to pay $200. We (I was working with a friend) tried to explain the impossibility of his request, but he wouldn't have any of it. We told him we would put together what we could in 15 hours and we would go from there. Well, upon receipt, he said that it was great, handed us $100, and said that he would get back with us about changes. He drafted up a simple contract for monthly maintenance and such which we all signed. After that, he never called back. When we called him, both he and his office secretary denied ever knowing of our existence, let alone a contract. We were kids, so of course we didn't fight it.
But I digress. I think it's sad that they days of personal service (in any industry) are all but gone. I think it's high-time people start asking businesses for what they want instead of just taking what they can get off the prefabricated value menu.
My first real experience with a professional photographer was when I was 16 just getting started in freelance web design. He wanted a website that would rival Pepsi World (back when they were first experimenting with web-based chat) and he wanted to pay $200. We (I was working with a friend) tried to explain the impossibility of his request, but he wouldn't have any of it. We told him we would put together what we could in 15 hours and we would go from there. Well, upon receipt, he said that it was great, handed us $100, and said that he would get back with us about changes. He drafted up a simple contract for monthly maintenance and such which we all signed. After that, he never called back. When we called him, both he and his office secretary denied ever knowing of our existence, let alone a contract. We were kids, so of course we didn't fight it.
But I digress. I think it's sad that they days of personal service (in any industry) are all but gone. I think it's high-time people start asking businesses for what they want instead of just taking what they can get off the prefabricated value menu.
