Reply #29: Well, then - for guerilla photos, they're fucking excellent! [View All]

[Rabrrrrrr]

Didn't realize your shooting conditions were so piss poor.

I'd say you did damned well, considering.

Of course, the trick of the professional (that's you) is to convince the clients that doing something in which Priority Number One is to "do it as bone-dirt cheaply as possible" is rarely a wise option.

If it means anything to your client, let them know that, if I were to read one of the their menus on-line (no pictures) I'd think "Cool, standard diner fare - just what I'm in the mood for!". But if I went to their website and read the menu items, but had to look at those pictures, I'd say "Damn - they DO NOT give a SHIT about their food. Even for a diner, that's piss-poor. I'm going somewhere else."

Which is to say - a photo of shitty looking food (partly because it IS shitty looking, partly because they don't care enough about their food to let their photographer do the job he's supposed to do) - is worse than having no photo.

Seriously.