I'll start by saying, I'm not the type of person to post a negative review about a small business,…read morebut here we go. In October I "won" a witch themed photo shoot off of a fb contest.. I never win anything so I started the process really excited. I put won in parenthesis, because I didn't actually win anything, and I suspect this is a tactic they use to get people through the door, as to have any rights to my photos (which I was never explained beforehand) I'd have to pay hundreds of dollars. To even post my photos on social media. Which is absolutely ridiculous price gouging. I had expected to pay for a few prints, because I wanted to support the business, but even the smaller end of the package deals were over $200. My photographer was nice enough to me, but made some really off handed comments about things like "don't tell my granddaughter she's half black" and "I've had people ask me if I'm okay morally with shooting boudoir photos, and I tell them yes because I'm not the one in front of the camera". She also did not explain to me that when they offered a payment plan for your photos, you wouldn't get them until they're fully paid off. That would have changed my mind had I known, because it's literally pointless for me to get a Halloween photo in the middle of March. I reached out to the owner multiple times, from everything from them not alerting me when my photos were edited, to not really being happy with the photos, and feeling very taken advantage of and like I hadn't actually won anything. I was told I won a sitting fee which would've been $100. Who in small town Bastrop can afford to throw hundreds of dollars every step of the way at these people? Also, the photos themselves are not the quality I thought they'd be, and I really wish I would've seen that I looked like a Spirit store ad, before giving them my card info. I also noticed that they've used my photos for marketing on fb, and on their website. I feel like I honestly just did a modeling job for free, and even in the past the modeling sessions I've done, have at least landed me the right to post my own photos.
When I expressed my concerns, and told TJ, that I no longer want the photos, and want to just cancel everything and call it a day; she ceased contact with me, and has never responded to any of my concerns, but they've still drawn money from my account every month.
I've worked with and am friends with many photographers, and I've never seen any of them have such price gouging, shady business tactics. VERY DISAPPOINTED