Gator Day

It was early sunrise and we were heading down to Williston on Saturday for day of photographing per a request and then on to Cedar Key. It was SEC tournament time and Florida was in the final with Kentucky, the team I root for, having lived in Kentucky and attending school at Asbury College near Lexington. Florida won 61-60. It was a good sign for Florida.
There was a discussion on when one is taking landscape photographs for a person who requested you to take them, do you ask for a fee up front, or do you just take the photographs and trust the person will give you some form of appreciation? As it was, I took nearly 200 shots, did post processing, put them in a smug mug album and sent them to the person. My hindsight told me perhaps I should have handled it somewhat differently. One friend told me to have a price list and be up front. As usual, I broke the rules and payed.
We automatically assume if a lawyer or any other professional does any form of work, there is going to be a fee. Why we consider artists doing their work gratis is beyond me, but that is the way it is.