Complaint Review: Luis F. Sosa Photography - Metairie Louisiana

He can sell his photos all he wants but he should NOT force people to pay him for his mediocre work. His photographs could be taken by a point and shoot camera and probably look just as good. I am not responsable to pay off his equipment that he cannot use. I have never had to deal with someone who is forcing you to pay for bad work.

Which by the way he doesn't bother to tell you he will charge you a cancellation fee. 

What a scam.

My poodle won at the Fort Worth Show, TX March, 2011 and my handler took dog to make picture.

I have had several pictures taken by this photographer and have had several not too good. I buy them, but last was just terrible!  I returned photo at once with explanation. The picture was so bad, so poorly arranged, that I could not even put it up on the wall or use it for advertising. The dog was not stacked correctly; the judge and handler were looking down. Terrible work! He makes it so quickly & snap the photo without telling someone if they need to look another way or re-stack the dog. Look like he does not care what he is doing

Now 7 month later I received first reminder of unpaid photo. Never had such experience with other photographers.  I tell my handler NEVER deal with this photographer again. He is unethical, rude, and unprofessional! 

Sosa took my son's photo when he won in Open Junior Showmanship last Spring with our dog.  We REALLY disliked the photo he hastily took of our son looking down to adjust his tie instead of waiting for him to look into the camera and smile.  What in the world was he thinking??  My son was so upset when he saw the results he shoved it back into the envelope, and asked us to not show it to ANYONE.  I returned the picture only to have a collection agency send me a notification for a delinquent "sitting fee" that Sosa NEVER told us about six month after I returned the photo.  What was extremely upsetting was I negociating a mortgage loan at the time, and this collection of a mere $20 was reducing my FICA score.  My husband is furious with this persons lack of business ethics, and has given me strict instructions to NEVER deal with this person again.  I did settle with the collections agency to get them off my credit file, but I wish that I had stuck to my guns and told them where to go.  LET THIS BE A LESSON to all who do business with this man.  He is totally unethical, rude, and unprofessional.  NEVER AGAIN..

I have been purchasing photos from dog show photographers for several years including from Mr. Sosa. I had to purchase his photos as I needed them for advertising purposes (and had the advertiser lighten/darken) but enough is enough. I will no longer have Mr. Sosa take photos of my dogs for the following reasons; they are 99% of the time lousy photos (my dogs are black), and he still charges a $20.00 fee regardless if you purchase the photos or not but he doesn't have a sign posted nor is his policy printed in the show catlogs to my knowledge. There are many other photographers out there that are considerate of the exhibitors, are happy to oblige them and recognize that the photo signifies a special memory and make an effort to take a nice photo or "dr" it in the lab if it is over or under exposed. Luis Sosa in my opinion churns out inferior work compared to other dog show photographers and he has a terrible attitude.

Luis Sosa photography has taken photos of my dogs since 2005. They have always been very good. Infact I just got a my Metarie Dog Show photo this week and it was the best ever. I was so please I took it next dog to my neighbor who's a well know photographer in Austin who's photographed presidents. Her words were "stunning". Every aspect of girl's beauty, character and grace were captured. I've been very pleased with Luis and only found him more than accommodating. There are no charges if one does not wish to purchase. I think someone may have bad information.