I mailed the letter and the very same day they called me, wanting me to go on a shoot. I told them I could do it because I only had one day before the location would change, but I insisted we work out the details of my proposed contract. They again insisted they didn't intentially not give me credit, but other members of the team didn't know I had to be given credit for the photos when submitting them to the local paper. I can understand how these things can happen, but It was my intentions from the get go to have a photo credit in hopes to gain more exposure and future clients via the credit of

Photographer: Robert R Gigliotti, Hqprints.net

After a few voice mails and playing phone tag for a week we finally met on the weekend and signed the contract. In the end I was very happy with the end result of a larger down payment for my services and the client committing to a two-year deal for a little more than half of what I could have received if I had taken them to court. The upside of taking them to court would have been more money, but a burned bridge and loss of client(s) and in the end a loss of more revenue above and beyond what I could have received in the lawsuit. The relationship is still intact and I have an opportunity to do more great photo work for a respected client in the industry. In the end, I plan to deliver the best photo work I can and gain more respect as a businessman as well as a photographer.