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The Client That Almost Cost Me $900 (and How to Protect Yourself)
BY HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS COACH, Vanie Poyey We’ve all come across that one guy who wants to haggle you on price right? A long time ago, before I knew to make my systems super solid, I had a lawyer ask me how much I would charge to photograph portraits of him at his office. I gave him a rough idea of what I would charge over the phone and then sent a follow up email. First mistake. The following week, he called again and asked the same questions but differently. Again I answered his questions and gave him a rough idea of cost. A few days later his assistant called and asked the same...
“There is no copyright.”
"THERE IS NO COPYRIGHT," he said, speaking over me when I attempted to explain why I don't give out all the high resolution images with my packages. In a very antagonistic tone, he said it again after I attempted to explain a second time. "No no no, there is no copyright, who does that?" So I wished him luck, and hung up the phone. The actor will remain unnamed, but I was a little perturbed by the hypocrisy of this fellow "artist" during this one-way conversation which started as an inquiry of my services. Musicians live on royalties, actors live on residuals, and photographers live on...
Why Doesn’t My Headshot Package Include RAW Files?
"Why?" you ask, "Why does my headshot photographer not want to give me a CD of high resolution files that I can go do as I please with? After all, my other photographer did." This question has come up enough times that I feel the need to respond for the collective who don't give out high resolution files. These are my colleagues, photographers, and artists whom I have great respect for because they truly value their work, and like to see the process through from start to finish. Let me explain. BUT BEFORE I EXPLAIN, I would like to define what a RAW file is (for the laymen). Most...