Can You Just Confirm If Those Are Your Photos Or Not?

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09/19/22 • 54 min

And we are BACK with a good ole’ stories episode... arguably our most audacious one ever, so get ready!
College cocktail month is still going strong, so we’re sipping on the lovely Adios, Mother****** that we’ve aptly renamed A Magical Freelancer, and kick off telling you guys about the ~audacity~ of a company who wanted to buy our images for $15 each. Love it.
But, we digress — because the stories we have this week are INSANE. First, we hear from a listener whose client simply could NOTTTT understand why her prices had raised from pre-pandemic times — and who decided that she didn’t agree with renewal of licensing and usage, either. #nothx. Then we hear about a listener who got on a call with a potential client, only to LITERALLY hear the phrase “oh NO, we don’t work with budgets, it’s more about VALUE for us...” when she was explaining her budget.
Spoiler alert... this means they didn’t want to pay. 😅
Then we have a commercial photographer from the food space talk about a vvvv passive-aggressive email from a potential client asking if the photos in her proposal were... HER PHOTOS (well yes, duh!), and shows us the email exchange. And then, to wrap up the most audacious stories episode yet, we have a really fun (AKA, triggering) story about an incredibly picky client who did not give AF about her having COVID or her instilling any kind of client boundaries.
Oof.
It’s a lot, huh?!
Tune in to hear the tea. 🤟
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Previous Episode

They Kept Calling ft. Lina Cordero of Onlychild Design

Today’s episode kicks off with Lina Cordero of Onlychild Design, a branding and design studio, and we’re OBSESSED WITH HER... as you’ll be able to tell in this ep. 🤩
We’re continuing our theme of college cocktails this month (much to Elle’s distaste LOL), and drinking jager bombs we’ve called “Bomb Dot Com” — an ode to feeling of having amazing projects you’re proud of — and slightly wishing we were drinking palomas like Lina was. But, we digress.
Lina talks about how and why she started Onlychild Design (um, hint... in her last corporate job, she was LITERALLY asked to make changes to a project while she was in labor. No thx), and we talk about good ole client red flags, picking the right clients, and NOT having a business you have to treat like a child.
Then, as usj, we get to hear some incredible stories — including Lina’s worst ever discovery call (like, hi, a note to clients: can you not ask us ~why we’re having this call~ when you’re the one that booked it?!), a pro bono client who decided to reach out for changes almost 3 years later, being asked to work during labor, and when she accidentally deleted all of her client work from her computer.
*dies*
It’s seriously a good one, friends — head over to listen on in!
Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.
Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.
Follow Lina on IG at @onlychildesign and check out her website at onlychildesign.com
View some of Lina's Adobe Live Streams: Part 1 and Part 2
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Next Episode

She Was Always... Somewhere ft. Megan Rizzo

Today we’re talking to the incredible Megan Rizzo, an amazing creative, artist, and illustrator who’s worked with tons of companies (hello... like MTV, Sony, and BET!) — and we’re kicking off with a delightful college-themed cocktail that plays off of Jungle Juice, called “Welcome to the (Freelance) Jungle.”
(Megan’s a new mom who’s taking it a little more low-key than we are, so she’s enjoying an apple juice mimosa while we breathe in memories of frat houses. Sigh.)
There’s absolutely nothing better than a multi-faceted conversation about all the things, which is exactly how our conversation with Megan went — starting diving into her work, which she describes as “playful, bold, and comforting,” and how she draws inspiration from herself and her own struggles in her work (which includes #casual things like illustrating and writing children’s books).
So freakin’ cool.
Our favorite part of every guest ep is getting to hear stories from our fellow freelancers, and Megan tells us about a client who had wildly unrealistic expectations (AKA they wanted her to completely change her style) which obvi resulted in endless revisions... Oh and we also get to hear about an inquiry she received asking her to illustrate ✨sexual encounters✨ for a sexual poetry book.
Ah, we love it.
You guys know what to do!
Send your most audacious stories, thoughts, highs and lows to perourlastemail.com.
Forever accepting memes, gifs and stress-relieving videos via Instagram, too.
Follow Megan on IG at @daizydoodles and check out her website at daisyillustrations.com
Follow us on Instagram: @perourlastemail @weekendcreative