Outrage Over The Photographs Of The United States Olympic Team
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Klamar was assuming he was going to be doing something completely different than what he was asked to do when he got there.... this sucks.. this can make you feel really manipulated... many clients have no fucking idea that they're asking you to do something completely different, after all, you're a "photographer" and all.... you end up feeling really bait-and-switched.... but you either do it or don't, I've learned how to adapt really fast, but it's not always what I'd love to do....
this "bait-and-switch" client miscommunication happens a LOT to some of us photographers, but to somebody who specializes like Klamar does, it's makes him a fish out of water....
He was under the assumption that he'd be doing headshots for archives where athletes were on a stage or press conference, this is COMPLETELY different from a setup insta-studio with backdrops arrangement.... poor guy really was bait-and-switched!
I do feel sorry for the guy... whoever the client contact was should really, really be paying some career price for this, having potentially really messed up Klamar's reputation now....
of course, he could have walked, and he probably didn't have any idea these images would be used for anything except an obscure archive somewhere.... viral-phobia of mediocre work is a HUGE fear for photographers now!
Note also that the better a photographer's public profile, the more likely he really, really specializes.... and may not know much about doing something out of his/her speciality.