martygreene
Well-known member
Sometimes I wonder why I bother doing bridal work. It's not a huge percentage of my work, and it's always such a pain. I guess I'm just tired of women wanting miracles that makeup can't do, or wanting a professional for pennies. I'm sorry, I'm not able to do your demo, wedding day makeup, stick around for your touchups after the ceremony, leave behind touchup makeup for during the reception, do your mother and your bridal party, for peanuts. That's not how it works. This is a job and a service just like everything else. I understand you broke your bank on the dress of your dreams, but that doesn't give you the right to shaft me.
It's that, and the brides who insist on wearing/not wearing something which is unflattering and will show up poorly on their photos, who then come back after the fact and try to finger me for it. I've actually started having brides sign off on a section of the contract indicating if they are requesting special treatment in regards to their makeup contrary to my professional advice, just to keep my ass covered in this.
What is this world coming to? With the amount of companies and photographers wanting me to do spec work, to the inundation of the industry with "girls/guys-with-a-kit" and "guys-with-a-camera", and everyone wanting something for nothing, I wonder why I bother anymore with bridal/fashion/commercial work, and don't just stick to theatre and forget the rest of it.
I can't be alone in this, I know it.
It's that, and the brides who insist on wearing/not wearing something which is unflattering and will show up poorly on their photos, who then come back after the fact and try to finger me for it. I've actually started having brides sign off on a section of the contract indicating if they are requesting special treatment in regards to their makeup contrary to my professional advice, just to keep my ass covered in this.
What is this world coming to? With the amount of companies and photographers wanting me to do spec work, to the inundation of the industry with "girls/guys-with-a-kit" and "guys-with-a-camera", and everyone wanting something for nothing, I wonder why I bother anymore with bridal/fashion/commercial work, and don't just stick to theatre and forget the rest of it.
I can't be alone in this, I know it.