Photographer disguised as a client.

[Thomas Bliss]

If you get a message like this one:

Hi there,
I like your work very much.
Please let me know asap what the investment would be
for you to come to San Francisco and photograph a
home, 5 different rooms for an Interior Designer, to
be used for a web site and magazine publications.
Thank you,
Sharie

(shariecohen@sbcglobal.net)

Her real address is
Sharie Cohen Photography
www.Sharie Cohen Photography.com (spaces added to keep her site from being logged on this site).

Its a Photographer disguised as a client. She is just asking you to do her research for her.

Does she know you found out about her? If not send her a very $$ quote. Maybe $10,000 for the day

P.S. Her works on her web page is very weak.

[Thomas Bliss]

Originally Posted by John Gibbel

Does she know you found out about her? If not send her a very $$ quote. Maybe $10,000 for the day

P.S. Her works on her web page is very weak.

I sent her a few emails asking if she was the same person and never got a reply, so I guess she knows she's busted. I should send her a link to this post. Then perhaps she will understand that when you are seeking information about creative fees its best to be honest and tell us you are a photographer (or in her case a novice). Heck I ask my peers all the time about pricing. But never cloak your question in the guise of being a client. That is just wrong.

Oh.... Happy Birthyday John!

Tom

[MossPhotography]

I got an email from someone who said she had just moved to Denver and was asking about rates for a similar situation, except it was for a resturant. I didn't answer, and trashed the email. I can't remember the name. It just sounded fishy to me. I wonder if laziness and deception is the new pattern for shooters trying to get decide their rates? At least this person admited they were a shooter. She just used her first name though.

Food for thought...

~V~