Crowd-Funding Suckers
I don’t want to think that photographers are dumber than the average human, but I sure do see a lot of ads for crowd-funding projects aimed at photographers, and they
Category: Business
Wedding And Fashion Photo Scam
Photographers with websites will inevitably get an e-mail about doing a wedding or fashion photography, with a huge paycheck. All very vague at first but they really want to make
Race To The Bottom
I always love potential customers who try to pressure me into dropping my price with real or imagined competition. Them: I can get that for [quotes price $50 less]. Me:
Playing The Victim
So I get a notice that someone is using a few of my photos. I check a listing and, sure enough, something I shot two years ago (and it sold)
Bargaining
…at an open house where the photos were pretty horrible… Me: Looks like you could use professional photos. Agent: Probably. What would you charge for this? Me: For this size
The Modern Age
This may be a recurring theme here: getting people into the modern age. For cohorts and customers alike. If you haven’t updated your picture since the year started with ’19,’
An Open Letter About Communication
I got an e-mail yesterday from someone trying to get me to use them as an editing service. Here’s the e-mail… Hi John am doing Real Estate images editing, with
Billing
Customer: You added a late fee to my bill. Me: It’s been 45 days. Customer: I never saw the bill. Me: How’d you see the late fee then? Customer: Oh…um….
Threshold
I believe that every real estate agent has a threshold price point in mind: anything over that number and they’ll use a professional photographer; anything under it and they’re using
Exposure
Ya know what’s great? When someone approaches you and wants to use your photos for free. But they’ll give you exposure! I tried paying for groceries with exposure once but