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What are some of the funniest (or maybe scariest) things your clients have ever said to you? I know we always said we should right a book with all of our experiences. Clients can say the most amazing things – and most of the time they don’t even realize the implications of what they are truly saying. Take a look at these 15, then come up with your own.
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“You want HOW much? For a PICTURE?!”
“I used to be a professional photographer!”
“I’m paying $10,000 for my dress so I can’t afford a lot for my pictures.”
“Here, let me take your picture. No one ever takes a picture of the photographer at a wedding!”
“I’m sorry. Did I just step in front of your shot?”
LOL! This post was hilarious! Let me share one with you that happened to us a couple of weeks ago. We did a session with a couple that ride bikes. She works in the same company that we do. Pictures turned out great and they ordered a photobook. When the book was ready, we gave it to the . She was so thrilled that she showed off her pictures everywhere! Well, another colleague called me to inquire about the book, and I explained to him our portrait packages. He then said to me “Oh no, no! I don’t want to hire you. I cannot afford you, but I have a CD with pictures that the nurse took from my newborn, and I was wondering if you could make us a book like that!”… go figure… *smh*
Veronica – LOL. We’ve heard that before too. Maybe a side business… hmm… (Just kidding)
Lori
Dale – Thanks for the additions, they’re great.
Lori
LOL Dale! Those were good! We were hired by a couple to take some portraits. They live in a gorgeous place, so we immediately thought about outdoor portraits. When we were in the meeting with the couple sharing some ideas for the photo shoot, the man says “Oh no, we don’t want outdoor portraits. You see, my wife is a photographer, and she has taken lots of pictures of us and the kids outdoor.” Then I ask “Oh, that’s awesome! Does she use Nikon or Canon?”. The man replied: “Neither. She uses a Sony Coolpix I gave her… 4 megapixels!” Then we spent 10 minutes looking at their crappy snapshots…
This applies to videographers too!
“Can you send me the full size file? I need to look at it in full size before I can figure out if I want to buy it.”
Anthony – Wow hadn’t heard that one before. That’s bold.
Lori
How about…
“We just bought a good camera. We can shoot that part ourselves.”
“I think this is the best angle from here.” (Then they make framing gestures with their hands)
“We just bought a good camera. We can shoot that part ourselves.” <– That's a good one, incite photography! It goes in line with "that camera takes good pictures" LOL!!!
“while we are here in your studio you won’t mind if we take some photos on the iphone will you?”
From a couple in with their newborn. Not really sure how they proposed to fire my studio heads from their phone as my answer was NO!
Paul – People are truly amazing. I like the “negative” – you won’t mind – really trying to throw the psychology into it.
Lori
It seems most people just want the disc nowadays. Then they think that just because it’s only a disc, that it shouldn’t cost nearly as much as I charge for prints. Wish it was easy to explain to people that it’s a job that I need to make money from to eat and pay bills, just the same as they do with their job. Thanks for the post – I’ve heard many of these.
My cousin is going to shoot our wedding for free, but he is not that great at editing, could you cut us a break on editing, we just want the photos cropped. Say what? “*&^%%” lol