Describe your first paying gig (in the realm of interests relevant to retouchpro.com). How did you get it, how did it go, was the client happy, would you have done it differently if you knew what you know now?
Mine was a photo restoration for a friend of a friend. I worked on it for 2 days but only charged $35 (in 1999) because I needed portfolio pieces. It was a classroom photo and had the date written on the border. I scanned, repaired and printed what I thought was a beautiful restoration.
But the client called, upset. Where was the date? I'd cropped it out because it was part of the white border. "But how will I remember when this was taken?" I offered to redo it at no charge, but she said nevermind as she'd run it through her laser printer and printed on a date using Microsoft Word.
So I ended up with mixed feelings about that. But I did learn to ask more questions before starting.
Mine was a photo restoration for a friend of a friend. I worked on it for 2 days but only charged $35 (in 1999) because I needed portfolio pieces. It was a classroom photo and had the date written on the border. I scanned, repaired and printed what I thought was a beautiful restoration.
But the client called, upset. Where was the date? I'd cropped it out because it was part of the white border. "But how will I remember when this was taken?" I offered to redo it at no charge, but she said nevermind as she'd run it through her laser printer and printed on a date using Microsoft Word.
So I ended up with mixed feelings about that. But I did learn to ask more questions before starting.
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