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Ok, so this is weird. In one week, two clients dissing two of the biggest style trends of our industry.
#1 — Bride books at the meeting. She had been stalking my site for awhile. Brought prints to the meeting from her engagement session and said, "this is what I don't want." She shows me a stack of prints that could've been sample images for VSCO. My jaw dropped a bit (playing it cool). You know the look, muted colors and held-back blacks ... the revisionists film look (I shot weddings on film, they didn't look like that). Her words, "it doesn't look real. Look at my eyebrows in this photo. Now, pull away the print and look at my REAL eyebrows ... my eyebrows are BLACK, not Grey"
#2 — Mother of the Bride (bride is 20 minutes late) planning a very high end wedding at a venue that only does about 20 a year. She proceeds to show me exactly what she DOESN'T want from the wedding photos. Pulls out a sample print (my word, second meeting this week with sample prints). The look she doesn't like? Wide open, super shallow DOF ... below ƒ2. Her words, "I have no idea where this photo was taken. We're having this wedding at one of the most beautiful places in Colorado and I want to see the scenery. And what's this blob on the side? Is that a person? I want to see our family also enjoying the wedding, not just blobs in the background." Then the bride shows up. The whole meeting is negoiating how much depth of field to include in the coverage. Bride likes shallow, you know Mom's opinion. I tell the bride I'll rent an 85L and deliver a series of portraits where she will look like she's in Bokehville (I explained the term, since they were in to it). Bride's happy, Mom's happy (she's been stalking me for awhile).
Very different. If I do 100 meetings in a year, nobody ever asks me what camera I use, or how I light. They just want pretty pictures and they look what they see. The price is right, contract signed. I'm wondering how many clients think the same but would never mention it.
Edited on Jul 03, 2014 at 04:30 PM · View previous versions
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