March 25, 2024 - I had a chat this morning with a neighbor who shared with me a few of the details about her recent experience with a local photographer. She expressed to me her concern about how she paid a lot of money to have her daughter's high school senior photos taken only for her daughter to be unhappy with the final images. She said, "I really wish now that I had been more involved in the details." She explained how she felt like the photographer she hired did not help her daughter with how to pose, so her daughter felt like she appears very unnatural in the finished images. My neighbor went on to say, "I really am not trying to throw the gal under the bus, and then repeated herself, " I just should have been more closely involved in the details."
Yes, and yes. My point of sharing this story with you is to shine a light on the true importance of collaborating and communicating closely with your hometown local photographer.