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Worst Excuses
What is the worst excuse someone has ever given for cancelling a shoot? I got this message while I was already at the studio "Im sorry but I cant do today, I know I wont feel comfortable and I've had a shit couple of days, I came off my bike yesterday and f****d all my arm and leg and ive been to an atm and I have no money to get up there. Sorry for wasting your time and I will pay for your time ( despite my earlier comment I will have money soon)" So what strange excuse have you heard? From Photographers and from models? Sep 14 12 05:53 pm Link Most original: I hurt my back releasing trapped raccoons. Second-most: I have to clean out my Ebay storage space. Most maddening: I have to go shopping with my mother. Sep 14 12 05:55 pm Link 'your mama kept me up to late last night so i'm to tired to shoot' Sep 14 12 05:55 pm Link Chesterfield Hector wrote: I'm guessing that never happened. Sep 14 12 06:00 pm Link rp_photo wrote: I'm glad the raccoons are okay. Sep 14 12 06:02 pm Link Blamed me because she didn't answer texts or phone calls about confirming the shoot. Sep 14 12 06:16 pm Link "am sorry but I can't model today because I don't feel at my best, but if we re-schedule, I feel I will be able to give you all my worth..." !!! NIMATARADJI | Photography http://nimataradji.com http://www.facebook.com/NimaTaradjiPhotography http://www.facebook.com/AllAmericanHeadshots Sep 14 12 06:16 pm Link "I overslept this morning." The shoot wasn't until 5:00 p.m. Sep 14 12 06:17 pm Link "sorry my mom wont let me" Sep 14 12 06:18 pm Link I recently had a model end a paid shoot early because she "didn't eat", but what we managed to shoot surpassed many shoots that yielded 2 to 3 times more images. Sep 14 12 06:19 pm Link "Sorry I have to cancel for later on today...I'm homesick" Sep 14 12 06:31 pm Link Sep 14 12 06:38 pm Link Christine Eadie - Art wrote: Some teens and early 20-somethings might just up by then. Sep 14 12 06:43 pm Link Worst excuse is no excuse ! Sep 14 12 06:45 pm Link Augustine York wrote: The photographer said that? Sep 14 12 06:47 pm Link HEF Images wrote: I would prefer hearing nothing than an insulting excuse. Sep 14 12 06:48 pm Link Had a shoot scheduled for 6 pm, got an email from the model at 5 saying she's been helping her pregnant friend give birth since 7 am that morning. Nowhere in her profile did it mention her full time job was a midwife or obstetrician. Sep 14 12 06:50 pm Link Sep 14 12 06:59 pm Link rp_photo wrote: You are correct, they havent paid yet Sep 14 12 07:05 pm Link Augustine York wrote: I have had this.. only it wasn't "Mom".. it was "Boyfriend". Sep 14 12 07:11 pm Link Had a fight with my girlfriend My camera got stolen My camera got stolen (he used that one again 2 years down the track- must be the photographers equivalent to the grandma dying) Got a new camera and don't know how to use it yet Sep 14 12 07:14 pm Link Chesterfield Hector wrote: I have learned that the more a model "owes" you in some way, the less likely you are to hear from them again unless they are a dedicated pro in which case you can count on things being made right. Sep 14 12 07:15 pm Link "i'm going to have to re schedule with you, im so sorry but my house burnt down tonight. All my clothes and everything are ruined." She wanted to schedule another time after 7-days. This was her style of politeness. The amusement value out-weighted any offend I felt. Sep 15 12 02:49 am Link The day before the shoot... "My wife who is an event caterer has a last-minute job and since she is my escort I can't come as I've had bad experiences in the past...sorry...." Probably just as well, considering I was never informed that she was bringing an escort to begin with: imagine how much fun that would have been when I told her 'wife' to go find a coffee-shop in town...  Oh and last year after I asked on another's profile where the F*** she'd got to: "Sorry but I decided to spontaneously go to France..." WT actual F...? Sep 15 12 03:02 am Link I moved to a new appartment last month and can't find my lingerie... but she had just posted new images the week of our shoot in some of the items she claims she can't find ...(we booked a nude shoot) Sep 15 12 09:55 pm Link Sep 15 12 10:10 pm Link I got a headache- me too bitch- hang  Sep 15 12 10:50 pm Link After a model flaked and didn't even call, I called her the next day and she said, "I'm so sorry, I had an emergency and had to take my dog to the vet to get fixed". Sometime later, she turned out to be one of the best models I've ever worked with. Sep 15 12 10:57 pm Link "Didn't you read the restraining order?" (OK .. just made that one up ..) Sep 15 12 11:05 pm Link Well, I know that my BEST excuse ever was: "Sorry, I got drunk last night and have a hangover." While it's ---- not exactly cool I'd much rather hear that because it was honorable than find out that I'd killed yet another unsuspecting grandmother. Sep 15 12 11:12 pm Link Dennis-O wrote: ^ Sep 15 12 11:14 pm Link I wonder how many of these threads there has been. Sep 16 12 12:36 am Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: I wonder how many times a photographer thinks the model made some weird excuse when it was actually true... There are plenty of stories of models who have a problem or situation that prevents them from going to a shoot, have the balls to inform the photographer and get called names for it and put on some sot of blacklist. Sep 16 12 12:38 am Link I was browsing your images all night over and fell asleep in the morning missing our photo session. Sep 16 12 12:39 am Link Alabaster Crowley wrote: When I am talking to a new client (not photography), I explain the process. When I am on the job, the neighbors ask, I explain the process. People going by stop and ask, I explain the process. You would think that they would just say, "Hey, I bet this is on line somewhere and I can just look it up rather than bother him and his crew!" I know that I have had the conversation thousands of times and I know that the person I am talking to has never had the conversation. So I will have it again. So what. Sep 16 12 06:22 am Link A gatekeeper just called and flaked on me 15 minutes before the shoot. She said she hurt her leg 2 days ago, and although she was in the car and on her way, needed to cancel because her leg looked swollen. Sep 16 12 06:32 am Link Barry Kidd Photography wrote: Funny as hell..... Sep 16 12 06:50 am Link I had Taco Bell last night. They did reschedule. Sep 16 12 07:20 am Link Best excuse I ever got: "My brother was shot and killed last night." We had a great shoot when we finally rescheduled. Sep 16 12 07:28 am Link Augustine York wrote:
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