A couple of weeks back, I came
across a post by a noted photojournalist(new into the wedding
photography market) about his
interaction with a prospective client that went wrong. In the uploaded
screenshot was his conversation with his client, where the client states his preference
for a particular kind of image effect, and where the photojournalist
sarcastically refuses to let go of his ‘many years of learning’ and ‘in-camera
expertise’. And no surprise, his fans and followers (except a few) began to
belittle the particular prospective client for his lack of ‘taste’ for ‘real
photography’. Within no time our photojournalist turned wedding photographer’s
post had hundreds of likes and many shares.
My take on this is that the
‘client’ is always right. After all he/she is the one who is going to show me
the money. My kind of ‘Creativity’ or what I
call ‘Art’ may not necessarily sync with the expectations of my client. I
would take great care in getting a clear idea of my client’s requirements and
delivering on them. A happy and
satisfied client is what I need to be able to continue to pursue my kind of
image making. And again every artist has a right to politely refuse an
assignment if he or she feel that it doesn’t relate to what they do. Making fun
of the client never helps in the long run.
Dinosaurs never did make it.
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