I don’t know why. Maybe it is a quark of human nature. Maybe it has to do with some abstract statistical theory like “Reversion to the Mean.” But every time I am super happy with a shoot and I think the images I delivered came out great, I get a complaint from the seller. Typically the agent is happy, and the two of us are blindsided by the owner of the property. Case in point, I left the shoot below knowing I had some good images in the can. I actually could’t wait to edit them. When I saw the finished product below I patted myself on the back and prepared to bask in the praise of my clients.
When I heard back that the photos were “taken at the worst time of day” and not worthy of a professional photographer I didn’t know what to say. Am I happy with them? Yes. Did do my best? Yes. Am I going to go back and do a sunset shoot and some twilight exteriors? I sure am. It is not what I think. It is what the client thinks. I am sure every chef has learned you can’t please everybody and it is something I am adapting to. So I will go try again and see if I can’t make them a little happier. Merry Christmas :)