I also got involved with Kenmore coming up with concepts for the
glass 'Worktop Savers' they made, creating the photographs that became the main part
of the product as well as designing and printing all their literature
and packaging.
One of the biggest problems I had, was
that I soon became known as the photographer that could do special effects
and ended up having lots of work that most other photographers did not want
or were unable to do. This certainly gave me some headaches at
times, but all my clients were more than happy with what I did for them!
As an example, Willard Wigan (a Jamaican gentle giant) came to
see me, he had tried without any success to have his incredibly tiny
sculptures photographed for promotional purposes and was told to come
and see me. Just to see them one needed a strong magnifier (more about this
later).
The other difficulty I came across was that most clients waited till the
very last minute, before giving me the order to proceed and then
expected everything to be done, to meet almost impossible deadlines!
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I took on all the photography for Moulinex
Swan Brand (their factory was just a few minutes' walk away) they
were pleased with what I did for them and soon were giving me more and
more products to photograph, so many that I found it hard to keep my other
clients happy too! This seemed good for me, but they then kept
making me wait longer and longer for payment, till eventually having had
to work much longer hours and pay for all the large format film and
processing costs, not to mention the time spent chasing the payments.
This could not be allowed to continue and in the end, I had to take them
to court, as although they were using my photographs, they were delaying
payment for over 6 months! I was awarded the costs and got
all that was owed, but then I knew I would never do any more work for
them.
I also planned, designed, and produced a TV commercial for Jacques Vert
Fashion, it was quite long (30 seconds) and made up of still
photographs, fading in one after another, to show the complete range.
I had a model Sue and together with Trudy, they were the stars. I
was surprised how often it was repeated over about a month and sometimes
at peak times too. It was a big advertising success but caused
awful problems for my client the retailer Glarry's, as they were let down
with the deliveries
and lost so many sales.