I used to shoot a lot of mp’s and sp’s. Owners of spas and agencies would hire me to shoot the location and attendants. I always provided publication ready images with minimal editing. If an owner requested heavily altered images I just refused to work with them.From what I remember, having spoken to a lady at PA/LV, the owner charges the girl for the photos and keeps them. So the owner is responsible for taking bad photos and you can't fault the girls for not wanting to shell out for new, updated pics. I agree that old and heavily altered pics are boring and misleading, but that's the business for you and coincidently, exactly what SPs do in their adverts and civvy women do on dating sites.
As a result of all the “photoshop manipulation” many clients have preferred cel phone selfies which I understand. However, with all the apps available now most cel phone pics are now heavily manipulated.
I got out of the spa/agency business when owners wanted me to charge the mp’s and Sp’s directly but, give them the images. As a professional photographer I give the images to the person who paid for them not a third party. I can forward copies to a third party with the clients consent. Owners don’t want to pay but, it is their business and responsibility.
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