We know it's a dog eat dog world out there. Face it there is a limited amount of work and we are all scrapping for a piece of the pie. Most of us are upstanding business-people, who do everything on the up and up. But, there are those that are so bitter about another person's success that they focus all their energy on taking their competition out, rather than improving their own work.
So if something like this happens to you, and believe me if you do well, it will, what recourse do you have... Certainly not to stoop to that level and play petty war games. I think the best solution is to fight negative energy with positive energy.
I know it sounds a little Pollyanna-ish, but it does work. On a technical level, if you focus on doing good work, you will build a strong following. Your happy clients will provide good feedback both e-versions and real-world word of mouth. And, that will eventually overshadow the false negatives from an embittered competitor.
On psychological level, if you focus all your energy and catching the culprit, your work will suffer, and more importantly, your state of mind. It's tempting...Believe me, I wanted to cancel my jobs this week and hire the best investigative team to figure this out. But, the better solution is to fight fire with water, and go do good work.
Plus, if you feed the ego of the culprit, and let it get to you, they will only continue. If you not only succeed, but flourish, in the face of their barrage, that person will eventually get bored and move on.
The last point I want to make to any would-be assailants out there, is that we photographers are a community of brothers. If we destroy each other, the whole ship will go down. If we hold each other up, have open lines of communication and help each other out, we can all succeed together.
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