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Years ago we worked with a first-time model we paid $400 for the first shoot. It went well, got some great shots. During the shoot she mentioned she wanted some non-adult modeling portfolio shots, but didn't have the money to pay for the photography. I offered to do some in exchange for doing a second adult shoot for us. She agreed.
A few weeks later we arranged to shoot her modeling shots down by a scenic area of the Niagara river gorge. We went to a lot of time, effort and labour staging the shoot. The shots turned out terrific - she was pleased as punch. I spent another few days post-editing to make them perfect for her.
Came time for her to do the second adult shoot she agreed to - and she flaked. No show...no call. We'd booked the studio time and wasted the better part of a day waiting to hear from her. Nothing.
A week or two went by without a call...despite our repeated efforts to contact her. Finally she called us with some lame excuse and informed us she was moving "out west" in a matter of days and wouldn't do the shoot.
I told her if she did the shoot she'd agreed to - we'd do another shoot with her at triple the price of the first paid shoot. That enticed her to finally show up. We did the shoot, and then I never bothered contacting her again.
A year goes by - and she sends me an email (from 'out west')saying she had model regret...and asked if we'd take her photos down from our site. I told her it'd cost her $1600 (the $400 we initially paid her, plus another $800 for my post-editing time...and another $400 for the day she flaked on us).
We never heard from her again.
We left the photos up.
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