Every pro photographer needs clients by definition, and most are lovely – but oh, can they be a ballache. They don't know how to talk about what they want. 'I want candid photos,' said one, and that's what he got – only for me to discover that he actually wanted posed photos. 'Why isn't anyone looking at the camera?!' he moaned.
Another insisted she wanted candid photos, but actually wanted group shots of the entire room, which she later used to advertise her club night instead of my intimate portraits. 'Candid', to many clients, is a term they know photographers use, so they try to impress us by using it too, not understanding what it actually means in terms of the photos they'll get. Let me say this candidly: it's a massive annoyance.
