Depends on what the photographer was paid. Probably next to nothing, so the results are proportionate.
Paul > On Feb 20, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Dear PDMLers, > > I'd like to hear your opinion on this, especially from the point of view of > those who did/does "seating session" photography (if anybody). > > We just received the annual class photograph for my child. (We usually do not > purchase individual ones, but buy group photographs, as a memory for the kid.) > > We've had some photographs from the previous years, and the quality varies. > Most of the time all these photographs are ... ghm ... at the > "OK" level. But it is expected, so, I am sort of content with that. > It was only once that the quality was above my expectation. > > And I think it is typical for different times and places: > I remember that most most of my formal class photos were mediocre. One was so > bad that the parents rebelled and made the photographer to redo the shooting > properly (or maybe they got a different photographer, and forced the first > one to refund the money, I don't remember). > > > So, here comes my question: On this year photograph, I see two kids with > their eyes closed, and three with their eyes not visible at all because > their glasses were totally covered by the flash reflection. > So, 5 out of 19 kids (and 3 teachers) have their eyes not visible. > Do you think this is normal? > > My thinking is as follows: > Seating-session photographs (i.e. posed) is a separate area where one needs > to have a skill to have it right (setting, light, poses, people > management), plus some when it concerns kids. And that's what the > photographer gets her/his money for. I do not expect > a masterpiece, but I'd like to see no trivial problems. > Is my expectation unreasonable? > > Thank you in advance, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
