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How to never approach a photograper if you’re an influencer or media personality

Apr 22, 2017 by Pratik Naik 5 Comments

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I really dislike it when photographers aren’t treated with respect for their time and talent. It happens way too often sadly.

Justin Rosenberg recently fell into this situation. He was recently approached by a media personality that wanted to take advantage of her position. The funny part is that she had less online engagement than he did so there was legitimately no value to the over-inflated claims produced in the beginning.

The conversation below is exactly how NOT to approach a photographer when you want someone to produce content for you.

I do wonder if she just moved on any kept messaging people till someone said yes. In the eyes of some people, I wouldn’t be surprised if they saw nothing wrong with it.

What do you think?

Thank you, Justin, for sharing your story. Be sure to see more of Justin’s work on his website and Instagram.

[editor’s note: if you are being pitched a low ball, there is an easy way to formulate a response, check this response generator here]

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Pratik Naik is a high-end retoucher, photographer, and retouching teacher under his Solstice Retouch brand, he also runs the succesful Retouchist Blog.  You can catch Pratik on social media on his Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook. This article was also published here and shared with permission

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