[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: photographer

  • From: Sandra Kozub <skozub@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:42:23 -0500

At 09:05 AM 4/22/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Carole,
>I share your pain....I had a situation similar but just a little bit
>different...the photographer sent me  one proof photo  ...very small (it 
>think you
>call it wallet size)  which was awful...he  did not even send me a normal 
>size
>print...BUT not only was the proof awful, on  his invoice it was stated that
>even if I did not want to  purchase  it, I still had to pay a sitting fee of
>$25.00...I was  incensed...when he originally took the photos, there was no
>mention of OR a sign  stating that there was a sitting fee if you did not 
>purchase
>a photo...I of  course told him his sitting fee was not only ridiculous but
>illegal as he  had not previously stated that if you asked for a photo of 
>your
>dog to be taken,  that there would be a sitting fee...I have had a ton of
>photos taken of my bitch  by numerous photographers and this was the first 
>time
>that I had even heard  of this sitting fee...and have never encountered it
>since....Now Photographers  before you start telling me about the cost of
>photographing a dog and  about how many people do not buy photos etc 
>etc...This was the
>ONLY time I did  not purchase a photo that was taken of any of my dogs...Also
>I do not have  a problem with whatever someone chooses to charge...BUT I do
>want to know  about MANDATORY charges UP FRONT.  Incidentally, I told that
>photographer that not only did he take a bad photo and I had no intentions 
>of
>purchasing it but I was also not going to pay his "sitting" fee either...I
>received several past due notices from him after that..and even 
>collection  letters
>stating that I had purchased a photo and was refusing to pay for it ( A
>LIE)...I did contact the collection agency and told them the true 
>situation and
>stated that I had no intentions of paying for something that I did not
>purchase...I did not hear from them after that..For the record, the photos 
>were
>taken at a specialty show, this was a "professional" photographer.  I  did 
>write
>the specialty club president and explained the situation and  suggested 
>that in
>future they not hire this person again OR to include either  in the premium
>list or the catalogue that there was a mandatory sitting  fee...but I DID NOT
>get a response from the club..oh well...I will share the  photographer's name
>PRIVATELY for anyone who wishes to know..
>
>Pauline Moon  - _www.ropajagsd.com_ (http://www.ropajagsd.com/)

Pauline, we probably all have stories about photos - yours is really over 
the top.

I guess that my worse experience with photos, is when my male took his 4th
major & finished his Championship.   The club said that they had a member
do the photos.   Well, he did "take" a photo but I never heard from him.  I 
contacted
him, the club & other exhibitors (who also never recievied photos) to no 
avail.   I
sure would have liked to have a picture of him finishing.
Sandy
Sandra Kozub
KcK Kennels
http://iweb.tntech.edu/rkozub/kennel.htm

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