So, I contacted someone from my Instagram feed about doing a TF session to create marketing materials at the end of October 2014. We'd finally locked in a date and location last week. Last night at about 0400, I got a telephone call from a man asking if I was sleeping with his wife; why would a photographer rent a hotel room to take pictures etc. I managed to calm him, prayed with him and he hung up relatively calm.
When I got up this morning, I emailed her and told her what happened and I told her that she needed to talk to him and get back to me before we go further. She emailed me back this evening and told me her son's father (did you catch that) has anger issues and she is sorry for wasting my time. She said she didn't want to bring her drama into my work so she cancelled the session. Ain't that some craziness?
This is a little extreme but many models and photographers have problems with significant others (their own as well as the people that they work with). While there are creeps out there a photoshoot is often not as sexy or glamorous as the finished product. Honestly, you can photograph a subject against a green screen and put them anywhere in the universe using Photoshop. Think of it like making a cake; while the constituent parts don't taste so wonderful on their own, the finished product is great. That beautifully enticing final image that you see, more than likely, was not so pretty in the making.
