My personal ad
Wanted: My perfect clients. You appreciate that I do more than just “press a button.” Maybe you think you don’t look good in pictures—until I show you that you do. You like me, and maybe even think I’m funny; at the very least, you find that I’m easy to be around, and I put you at ease. You are happy to pay what I’m asking, and maybe even think (whether you tell me or not) that I ought to be charging MORE money.
You love that I capture you with many different expressions, and that I get an insane amount of detail shots at your wedding, because you love detail shots as much as I do. You are so in love with my pictures that you want them all in an album, and you want some of them blown HUGE to put on display. You want mini albums, and accordion-fold prints, and calendars, and you want to know what else we can put the photos on, because you love them so much that you want to see them everywhere! You’re thrilled with my print and product prices, because you’ve heard how much more other people are charging.
You love that I can’t stand to process every picture the same way: you actually enjoy the variety as much as I do, and can’t wait to see what I’ve done with your pics. You love them so much that you post them on Facebook/your blog/your website/MySpace/whatever, to show them to everyone who will look!
I would rather not have anyone who:
- looks at my favorite photo and says, “but your white balance is off!”
- is annoyed by a wordy website. (Sometimes it takes a lot of words to say what I mean!)
- prefers stiffly posed traditional photos, or who prefers to have their photos taken in a studio.
- wants to haggle over pricing, or try to make me feel that I’m charging too much.
- will take my gift of web-sized images and try to print them rather than purchasing prints.
I promise I will do my best to give you more than you expect from me. I’ll be as non-threatening as possible, so you can relax and be yourself with me. I’ll be self-deprecating, and do my best to be funny (no promises there, though!), and I’ll smile a LOT. I’ll answer any questions you ask me, personal or no, and I’ll try to come up with some to ask you, even while I’m distracted by technical stuff.
I promise I’ll get photos of you that even YOU will like, even if you don’t normally like how you look in pictures. And if I don’t, I promise I’ll give you your money back. : )
October 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
You still should make whatever changes you can. ,