How do I tell the mother-of-the-bride that I can't give her a DIGITAL FACELIFT!?
I recently took photos for a friend of my aunt's. It wasn't her wedding, but her daughter's. I only charged her $70 because all she wanted was the pictures on a CD. Now that she realized she doesn't have her photo editing software, she asked me to edit them, which I have no problem with. The problem I have is SHE WANTS A FREAKING NEW FACE! Literally, she wants me to fix her bangs so that they're "a little above [her] eyes" because she didn't have a chance to get them cut before the wedding. She also wants all her wrinkles removed and the color on her face and neck evened out. I don't mind doing small blemish corrections, but this is out of line. How can I tell her that I'm not comfortable making the photos look unnatural. I don't mind removing zits or SOME minor wrinkles, but she basically wants me to make her look 22 again. Oh, and she's not paying extra for this. I have 400 pictures to edit, and I'm doing it for free on my free time after my FULL TIME job.
I'm not a professional, only an amateur photographer and I'm using Photoshop CS3 to edit the pictures.
Also, she works for the University I work for so she's already e-mailed me TWICE today requesting more edits and even called to see if she could COME BY MY OFFICE TO LOOK AT THE PICTURES! I DEFINITELY don't feel comfortable working on personal business during my office hours, and that's exactly what I told her. I also have told her that fixing her bangs is going to take a lot more time and I would have to charge her extra.
She still insists that it will be a simple thing to do and with her "old Nova program" she could edit the bangs real easy. So I told her she should try to find that program and fix them herself.
One thing, I've learned that I will definitely be setting limits to what I do and what I charge in the future. This was my first wedding to shoot and it's been hell. She's insane. IT WASN'T EVEN HER WEDDING. IT WAS HER DAUGHTER'S.
I really appreciate everyone's answers. It's going to be hard to pick just one.
Oh, and I don't believe in piracy so giving her an illegal copy of Photoshop CS3 is out of the question. But thanks anyway.
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