I just filed my first lawsuit today.
Some guy I've been doing photography work for decided he was going to tell me today that he's refusing to pay me, even though he's already using the images I provided in a commercial setting. So I walked out and drove straight to the courthouse.
I want my money but I feel weird suing someone.
It was originally agreed to be $30/hr, he's been badgering me since the end of the first day and trying to bargain down.
"Can you just do all of the photography and the computer work for an even $300 instead of hourly?"
"Why don't you just shoot as quickly as possible here and do all the work at home or something?"
"I have thousands of dollars worth of professional photography equipment* so I'm not going to pay you to learn how to use your cheap camera."
Radda radda radda.
*He's either lying or just a rich guy that doesn't know how to use it. He didn't know what I was talking about when I was telling him I was shooting one series proper and one series overexposed to blow out the colors, which he requested in a layman's way.
It's odd that he's doing this because he was ecstatic with the results.
Some guy I've been doing photography work for decided he was going to tell me today that he's refusing to pay me, even though he's already using the images I provided in a commercial setting. So I walked out and drove straight to the courthouse.
I want my money but I feel weird suing someone.
It was originally agreed to be $30/hr, he's been badgering me since the end of the first day and trying to bargain down.
"Can you just do all of the photography and the computer work for an even $300 instead of hourly?"
"Why don't you just shoot as quickly as possible here and do all the work at home or something?"
"I have thousands of dollars worth of professional photography equipment* so I'm not going to pay you to learn how to use your cheap camera."
Radda radda radda.
*He's either lying or just a rich guy that doesn't know how to use it. He didn't know what I was talking about when I was telling him I was shooting one series proper and one series overexposed to blow out the colors, which he requested in a layman's way.
It's odd that he's doing this because he was ecstatic with the results.
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