blackwaterstudio
Aug-06-2005, 02:07 PM
I was recently approached by a company to shoot some local events, I have shot for this company before only they were part of a team then and it wasn't their money they were spending.
Anyways, I was asked to shoot 3 events, not more then 3-4 hours at each event. He wanted prices for the event so I gave him the prices (which was basically the same as the other job because of the hours 3-4 hour shoots). He comes back to me a few days later and say's they can't afford me now, loves me work, but just can't afford me. So I say ok, just remember you get what you pay for and end it there.
A week or so later they run into me while I'm out eating and give me this; we'll let you come into our event and setup and sell your photography for free of charge, but you have to shoot the even for us and give us the pictures to use at will. I said I would have to respectivley decline but I thanked them for coming back to me.
So was I wrong? Should I have took the "free" space and tried to sell some photo's?
**On a side note, I was told today, the first day of the first event that people were complaining about having to pay $8 to get in, another $5 to get 9 wings, and stand in line to pay another amount to go to another location to get beer.
Anyways, I was asked to shoot 3 events, not more then 3-4 hours at each event. He wanted prices for the event so I gave him the prices (which was basically the same as the other job because of the hours 3-4 hour shoots). He comes back to me a few days later and say's they can't afford me now, loves me work, but just can't afford me. So I say ok, just remember you get what you pay for and end it there.
A week or so later they run into me while I'm out eating and give me this; we'll let you come into our event and setup and sell your photography for free of charge, but you have to shoot the even for us and give us the pictures to use at will. I said I would have to respectivley decline but I thanked them for coming back to me.
So was I wrong? Should I have took the "free" space and tried to sell some photo's?
**On a side note, I was told today, the first day of the first event that people were complaining about having to pay $8 to get in, another $5 to get 9 wings, and stand in line to pay another amount to go to another location to get beer.