The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography

[natek313]

Have any of you purchased this e-book? I purchased it immediately after opening the e-mail announcing it. I've been reading it in my spare time, and there is a lot of good information in there - not that I expected anything else, really.

The main reason I bought it is because I want to support Darren and DPS. He has a great thing here, and I wanted to help out even if it is in a small way. But, I also wanted to have a good reference where "all" the portrait information is consolidated. This site is great, but sometimes I hate trying to sift through hundreds of threads to find a topic I'm looking for.

What are your thoughts/opinions on this e-book?

[smc1377]

I haven't read it, but I have scanned thru the book and it's chocked full of info from e-cover to e-cover.

[TheManny]

The book looks great! Pretty much bought it immediately...

I skimmed through it in it's e-form and could tell that it has a lot of information so...

I printed it in all of it's colorful glory!

[Darren Rowse]

thanks for buying it people.

we've sold a lot of them and its certainly going to help improve the site.

Just a note though - the 25% off launch discount ends in a bit under 48 hours so if you're going to grab a copy make sure you get it at the cheaper price!

[Markdr]

Hi Darren;
Your a hard man to get a hold of when someone wants a refund. Hope I don't sound too rude but I have yet to here from you about your money back guarantee on these e books. I have requested a refund on my purchase of Photo Nuts and Bolts but have not heard from anybody. Its been several weeks now.
I love this site a lot. It is loaded with great tips, etc.
So I was thinking you could apply my credit to the e book that I have been waiting for and that is The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography. How bout it Darren?
I know I will like that one for sure. Its just that the other one had everything that I already knew about so it was no use to me.
Please get back to me soon.

[FrankLamont]

It's really quite hard to give a refund on something that can't really be 'returned'.

[lonni]

Originally Posted by FriedChicken

It's really quite hard to give a refund on something that can't really be 'returned'.

OMG, that made me spit my drink out my nose. Funny, not sure why though, probably my skewed sense of humour.

[carl yeomans]

Originally Posted by FriedChicken

It's really quite hard to give a refund on something that can't really be 'returned'.

Well, he did state a "money back guarantee". so the guy is well within his rights to request a refund. No need to mock the guy is there, would it be funny if it was you that was unhappy with your purchase?

[natek313]

FriedChicken can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think (s)he was attempting to mock Markdr.

He/She was just pointing out the fact that an e-book cannot really be "returned." There's no way to properly return the e-book other than deleting the file when the refund is given. It's basically going on the honor system.

If Darren wants to offer refunds on e-books, that's fine. I wouldn't, but that's just me. There's nothing preventing anyone from requesting a refund, getting it, and then continuing to distribute the book to friends, colleagues, etc.

[Markdr]

Thanks guys for your support on this one. I go by the honor system too. In fact I have deleted the e book from my hard drive. There isn't any body that would be interested in this e book that I know of up here anyway. My friends are not photographers. lol

I love this site but I just wish that I could get this behind me. I still have not heard from Darren or DPS. So if any body out there can contact them or give me a phone number I would appreciate it. Like I said I would put the credit to the purchase of The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography instead. I don't know anything about that field so I know I would use it all the time.

Mark