PhotoACR wrote:
Well said, don't forget too that in most cases stylist, hair, MUA are involved too.

Thank you for adding

TouchofEleganceStudios wrote:
"I didn't realize it was so far. Sorry. "

HAHAHHAHAHAHA

you get that too?

Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote:
Sounds like somebody got burned by working with the wrong model

I think that it happens a lot. That is why I am putting in my two cents giving out positive advice. You don't hear me outing a model do you. That is not what this is all about.

For me I really don't make a thing about it. I have so many things to do and I do this because I enjoy it still. I am not needing to build my portfolio. If a model cancels on me I go play pool, spend the time reorganizing my photography things.

It is the studio that takes the hit most. The studio counts on the money. Some studios hire part time people who are going to be there just for the shoot and they have to pay them even if someone cancels. And what about the MUA and others counting on the shoot to make money. I am retired. I have my income. These people depend on it. When a model cancels she is not just cancelling on the photographer. That is my point.

TouchofEleganceStudios wrote:
Another note on this. If the photographer gives you a studio for the shoot and you agree PLEASE verify the distance before the shoot day so that you are not responding "I didn't realize it was so far. Sorry. "

for the record: i dont believe that for a minute. they just got tired of using the "i'm sick today" excuse.

Philip Brown wrote:
for the record: i dont believe that for a minute. they just got tired of using the "i'm sick today" excuse.

You forgot the ever popular dead or dying grandmother.  I'm actually waiting to hear about someone who keeps the recently deceased grandmother in a deep in the garage for those times when they need just such an excuse.  "Oh yea, she died like last year but I didn't have any offers to consider then so I thought I'd hang on to her for a while just in case."