Here we go again... :)

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[Today's photo shoot opportunity was unfortunately cancelled, so the details have been removed. But I hope to offer another one of these soon! Thanks to everyone who responded. As for details surrounding "why it was cancelled", please see the following...]

Update: So I finally heard back from the person I called today. And OOPS, they had their phone on vibrate and never heard it. D'oh!

Q: I noticed that you scheduled a free shoot, but then cancelled it. Were you ever really planning on doing the shoot?

A: As of 2/28/07, this has happened twice now. I've offered a free shoot, but then ultimately cancelled it later. Both times, this has only happened after I've contacted someone who stated they were available, only to get voicemail. After leaving a message stating they were selected and telling them to call me back ASAP, I didn't hear back (though the person I called today may still ultimately call me back, as it's only been an hour).

While in these cases I could then pick someone else to work with (after say 15 minutes time allowance for the first person to call me back), both times I've had other things come up that I should attend to.

For what it's worth, I'm a skeptical person myself, so I understand if people question whether I was really going to offer a free shoot to begin with when I ultimately cancel it, but then, would I really need to advertise that it didn't work out on a particular day? You wouldn't know one way or the other. So I'm open about when I cancel free shoots as opposed to letting people think that they actually took place.

So far, I think I've offered 8 free shoots since Jan 2007. Of those, 6 have gone forward as scheduled and without a hitch.