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Giving feedback to a photographer

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  • 11-05-2018 4:32pm
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    Pinkmoon19
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    Hi,

    Looking for a bit of insight or advice from people who know the photography industry better than I do.

    I recently paid a photographer €180 for 1.15hours work. I received 14 photos back. I felt a couple were really unflattering and asked the photographer if he had any alternatives. The photographer was quite angry with me and said 14 is way above the norm (I have no idea if that's true or not) and basically that I was out of order saying that a shot was unflattering.

    I was actually criticising myself in the shot more than him as an artist but judging by his reaction I don't think it was taken this way.

    I work in client services myself and often take feedback from clients. I would have assumed this was the same in any industry. Have I missed some unwritten rule of working with a photographer?

    Interested to hear your thoughts.


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    coylemj
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    He's obviously hyper-sensitive with an inflated view of his own talents and hence doesn't take criticism well.

    Happens in every walk of life. Move on.


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    davo10
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    Op got 14 photos back, that doesn't mean only 14 taken. Op, are you looking for the photographer to photoshop your photos to change/improve your appearance? Maybe it's not the camera.


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    Pinkmoon19
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    It was a photoshoot for my partner and I. He said he took 330 photos at the end of the shoot and actually we ended earlier than expected because he was confident we had more than enough.

    @davo10. It's not actually the quality of the image it's just a really awkward, uncomfortable shot and I was just wondering if he had alternatives for that particular setting.


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    tedpan
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    Pinkmoon19 wrote:
    It was a photoshoot for my partner and I. He said he took 330 photos at the end of the shoot and actually we ended earlier than expected because he was confident we had more than enough.

    I'd ask him for all 330 shots, then you can decide whether there's any decent ones.

    He sounds like a bit of a dick tbh.


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    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,518 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Closing this thread as you already have another thread on the same topic in the Photography forum

    Please do not open more than one thread per topic.

    dudara


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