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I agree. ONE STAR IS TOO MANY! My best friend hired Eastman to do her wedding -- her one special day where the pictures are what one hopes will be around for years to come -- and he was the only part of the wedding that wasn't perfect. He showed up late, by himself, ordered people around, was extremely rude when talking to all of the family, even the elderly, shot one picture of each group and sat on his ass the rest of the night. He got no pictures of the wedding party getting ready, almost no pictures of the reception that almost 500 people attended, and, while he did send quite a stack of proofs to choose from, none of them were any better than what I could have taken myself, had I not been in the wedding.
If I were calling myself a professional photographer -- a business largely promoted by word of mouth -- I would have 1) been embarrassed to send the proofs with random chairs, heads and construction sights in view 2) been more polite by perhaps greeting the bride with a smile and waiting patiently for my check at the end, rather than grabbing it out of the back pocket of the Father of the Bride, 3) brought more than one lense, most likely more than one camera, to get different view points during the ceremony, 4) taken pride in my work in hopes of getting more gigs, realizing that a couple only gets one special day, and as the photographer, I have the responsibility and pleasure to bring that day to life 10 years from now, and the list goes on.
On the other hand, Eastman did many of the senior portraits when I was in high school, and he did a find job, despite the slightly perverted instance when he shot one girl in his Speedo swimsuit. Maybe his old age is making him grumpy...but if that's the case....get a new career, and don't ruin anybody else's special day. Jerk.
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