Am I Doing the Right Thing ??

[Iguanasan]

Everyone you ask about this will have a different opinion and I'm no different! If you are asking us then you probably feel like you got taken but you are too nice to say so. I generally give away my images when people ask as well but not to businesses. There's no right or wrong here. It really depends on how you feel about it.

[asnow]

I'm surely not looking into starting a business, yet if work did fall in my lap that I felt I could do I certainly wouldn't turn it down. In one way it would be nice to see it up there with my name (I do have some ego) , however it is probably as Marko said " please decorate my space for free ". That's why I'm not feeling totally comfortable with this and wanted to get others opinions.

[QuietOne]

So your 3 choices would be to pull the offer back (personally, I have a hard time with not following through when I've said I'd do something. I think I should do it more often than I do, but it's hard to find that balance), take it as a "live and learn" lesson, or try to figure out what would make the deal fairer for you and that he would agree to.

The second part of the third option is important. I mentioned business cards - would that help? Him being prepared to hand them out to someone who says, "Gee, that's a nice picture"? Allowing you to leave a paragraph or two about your work, with copies available to anyone who shows interest? He might not do it, for reasons ranging from getting requests from others for the same deal to he doesn't want to, but if you can get something to shift the balance so you don't feel quite so "took", you got more than you had before. And now that you've been through this, you might have a better idea of how you want to respond in the future.