I recently needed some photos for my clothing brand. I hired this dude who I wouldnt say he’s a friend but definitely an acquaintance who’s close with a lot of my close friends. Whenever I brought up the idea for the shoot to him he seemed really excited about it and out of trust and all the good things i’ve heard about him, I booked the shoot with the entire payment up front. Fast forward month and a half now and I still haven’t received those photos. We only shot for 40 mins to an hour and he probably took close to 50-80 photos. I’ve already hit him up asking for the photos and he tells me he’s still working on them. I don’t want to keep asking him like some crazy ex to deliver the photos that I already paid for but at this point idk what to do.

I’m not a photographer so i don’t know, but am I being too impatient or is a month and a half too long for him to edit some photos? I’m considering whether I should keep bothering him or if I should just consider this a lost cause and hire a different photographer

  • Thenadamgoes@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    At this point he’s probably costing you money because you wanted to use the images for a promotion, right? Let him know that. That’s probably your best bet at this point, trying to make it clear that he is the road block in your business right now.

    And next time make it clear why and when you want the photos (I need them by Nov 15th because I want to use them in Black Friday advertising, etc). And make sure to get a contract with a delivery date.