Photographer meeting

So I went up to Elk Grove to meet with Holly Clark from Clark and Corona. Just to be safe incase she didn't show, I also met with Emily Heizer of Heizer Photography.

Holly Clark was 20 minutes late. She did bring all of her stuff including her contract and some photo albums. She said that they were willing to travel for free because of the issues, and that their engagement session would be free. She seemed really nice and fun. I really liked that there was two photographers and the price seemed nice too.

After that, I headed over to a different starbucks to meet with Emily Heizer. She was also late. She brought a lot of photo albums. She seemed kind of strict though. She said she is always on time (well not always), and if she is scheduled to be there for 4 hours, she is there for four hours on the dot, and not a minute more. She told some story about how she was scheduled to shoot a wedding and the bride was an hour and a half late. They had 2 hours booked with her, so she shot some of their ceremony and then left.

I asked why she just didnt ask if they wanted to extend her contract and she said that she had booked someone else later in the day. So I said well what if something comes up and you are late and you've double booked the day? She said that has never happened, but if that did happen, she would just charge them for the time that she is there. I can understand that you want to make sure you get as much money as you can.. but double booking weddings if you are the photographer is kind of wrong. I know if I was in that situation, I would want to extend the contract.

Anyways, I asked about her terms and she wanted a lot of money up front and she seemed kind of strict about everything. She didnt really seem friendly. I thought some of her ceremony shots were blurry - infact most of her photos when people are in motion were blurry. Which is why its always good to see full weddings. I do kind of like her still work better than clark and corona, but I think that the two photographers is too good to pass up.