Craigslist: Everyone is trying to get photography for free

Today a friend linked me to a post on Craigslist, where an “award-winning restaurant” is looking to get photography done to grow their business. However, they are not willing to pay the photographer for several hours of work more than a meal and a cocktail. On top of that, they expect the photographer to produce work at the level of Toby Glanville or Eric Wolfinger, some of the top food photographers who easily command thousands of dollars for such an assignment. Here is the ad from the restaurant:

A fellow photographer, John Jebbia, gave the right answer to this, just to show how ridiculous the request from the restaurant is:

 

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