Me: “Worst case scenario, you can just email the text in the body of an email.”
Client: ”I will print, scan to pdf and resend via email shortly.”
Clients From Hell
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2010-08-27
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2010-08-26
I had spent considerable time photographing a local actor for the part of Hamlet using gridded spots to create quite a beautiful moody and dramatic look. The ad runs in the paper with the image looking like it was taken with an on-camera flash. I quickly call the theater and am told by the PR person that “You could only see one half of his face, so I ran it through the “auto-levels” feature in Photoshop before sending it to the newspaper.”
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We need to talk about these alleged “invoices
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2010-08-25
Client’s Assistant: “He wants it simple yet dramatic, I’ve attached samples. Please call me if I haven’t been clear.”
[The client attached an image of center justified Times New Roman text surrounded by a box]
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Can we have gold on our website, or will that cost us more?
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2010-08-24
Me: You don’t have a copy of the logo?
Client: No. I dunno. We lost it.
Me: Ok, then try contacting the designer who made your logo for you. I’m sure he won’t mind sending you another copy.
Client: No, no, we can’t let him know how to reach us.
Me: What? Why not?
Client: Because then we’d have to pay him!
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Can you make the download button fly all around the website. We want to show that we are technically superior.
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2010-08-23
Client: “How large is the font on the webpage?”
Me: “It’s pretty big - 13 point.”
Client: “Well, I’m about 8 feet away from the computer and I am still having a hard time reading it. Let’s make it bigger.”
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“Please color this page for us so we can see your creativity. This will help us decide whether or not to hire you.” Attached is a child’s coloring page, a picture of a cat playing electric guitar.
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2010-08-22
Me: “Have you had time to look over the proposal?”
Client: “We really like your illustration style, very artsy. But, we don’t feel you can put a price on art. So can you do it for free?”
