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fstopper89
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Even for paid stuff, you can turn down clients if something about them makes you uncomfortable. Most of the time, you can try the excuse of it not working out in your schedule, and they won’t know the dkfference. There are certain demographics I just don’t want to work with. I’ve mentioned before how my town has a few local buy/sell groups on facebook, with one in particular being very popular. People are always posting that they’re looking for a photographer, and most often they ask for one that is “good and cheap.” Clue right there I don’t even want to waste my time. I’ve had friends suggest my name but when the people view my prices they don’t email back. One girl asked me to do her engagement pnotos last year. We set up a date/ and a week or two before I emailed to do a final consult. She never emailed until two days before and said “Sorry I have to cancel because I have a funeral.” I suspected that was BS and looked at her fb profile and saw she and her fiance broke up the week before. She could have been honest but she was kind of trashy to be honest. Well, they got back together and this other photog I know was scheduled to do her wedding photos. She gave her the deposit and the check bounced and then she refused to meet her to pay the $20 overdraft fee that tge photog ended up being responsible for and then blocked her and refused to answer calls or texts. then she was right back on that site asking for a photog to shoot her wedding for $300! If we knew who ended up taking her up on that, myself or that other photog were going to warn them. I don’t want to deal with crappy clients like that, so I am staying away from advertising much on that site anymore. Most of them are bargain-hunters.