Duplo's blog

A tiny, tiny rant over a little thing that actually disappointed me quite a lot.

Hi All,

And welcome to a Duploworld update. well only two things to tell really.
First one is just a short message that in not too many hours I will be heading towards Copenhagen again for a few days. Not too eager, but any chance to visit my family should be treasured and it is
I still have not gotten all the way around my watchlist and my apologies to those I have not visited for a while. I will however strive to get by shortly to see what you have all been up to.
Mugshot - take #1

Now todays topic is actually examplified perfectly in the photo above.
While a standard mugshot and nothing special per se, it is the outcome of a most disappointing experience.
Miss Duplo is about to complete her drivers license (Yeha I know, a little late in life, but better late than never ). A drivers license like any valid ID requires a photo that has to be of a certain standard, whith expalins why it is face forward and all.
She went to the local camera store/photo studio to have her photo taken. Now instead of going through trouble of spending the 5 minutes it would have taken to light up two strobes and spend less than 2 minutes working over the RAW file as I did above. they used a large instant film camera with and a front mounted on camera flash, safe to say that it resulted in a photo that was poor, full of harsh shadows and totally unflattering (I dare say almost anyone would have done better with a disposable camera
Miss Duplo was a little sad and felt that the 12 EUR spend on the 30 seconds of poor work was over the top, especially the result considered.
I spend the 5 (ok 10 maybe, i need to unfold the lighstands, mount umbrellas etc.) minutes and she now has a photo for her drivers license that is well above average I would say.
My point with this story is, that if you do own a studio, a camera store even. Why would you not want to deliver an end result satisfactory to both your customer and your self.
That particular store, which will remain unnamed, has lost any future printing or other business from me.
I just find it sad when what should be a professional turns out not to be so.
You may think that I am overreacting on a tiny unimportant matter and In a way I am, but hey 5 minutes would have brought them a happy customer. I guess I just miss the days where those 5 minutes mattered.

Ok enough ranting for one post I think, in stead here is a flower photo to round off the post (I even know the name ).
Dandelion - after the rain

Thanks for reading and putting up with my rant

Ohh and do take care you all

Thomas