I recently had an Indian couple contact me wanting a \"wedding portrait session\". He mentioned that he wanted to copy a pose from a popular Bollywood movie poster for one of the pictures. I told him this was ok and we scheduled the session. Immediately after scheduling, he emails me back to inform me that he wants *TEN* movie poster poses copied. Keep in mind this would take the entire session.
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I obviously am not going to do this for multiple reasons. There are serious ethical/legal issues involved. It is also moderately insulting as it seems they are not interested in my work at all, only to use me to copy someone else\'s work.
This is a couple who\'ve I\'ve worked with in the past on an \"engagement party\". They were very happy with my work and wanted to hire me again for future work - which is the basis for this inquiry. They have said they wanted to hire me for the wedding, but at this time only seem interested in hiring me for individual sessions instead of everything at once in a package deal.
So while I know that I risk getting the wedding booking by turning this session down, it\'s looking like that might have to happen if I can\'t get the couple to agree on something different for the session.
Thoughts?
Feb 07, 2012 at 09:56 AM
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