Susan Alvarez Photography

The negative review by Ophelia B is truly a a crock of crap. I have known Susan Alvarez for almost 20 years. She is a wonderful human being, who has done much for her community. As a photographer, she did head shots for me that secured me work in the modeling and acting business when I lived in Miami. She has a great eye and her demeanor is gentle yet very professional. I am not being biased because she is a friend. She is simply a great person and a great photographer! Look at her work and decide for yourself. This negative review seems to be a personal vendetta from someone who has obviously never had the opportunity to get to know Susan or her work as a photographer. If you are considering getting pictures made, you will be very satisfied with Susan and the work she delivers.

Susan has been my photographer of choice for several years because she can deliver some fantastic shots of me. She always has fresh and original ideas that helps me stand out in a stack of actor’s and model’s headshots so that I can book the jobs!

Choose differently. Because of this bad review which has spread about her unreliability, she also created a NEW Unilocal profile under Susan Alvarez Photography.
I would not recommend SOBE to anybody. The owner, Susan offered to barter $ 1,000 worth of photo shopped/​illustrated photo art (four pieces to be exact) because she could not afford to purchase a vehicle from me for full price. My friend worked with her briefly and said she was an OK person, so I decided to allow this deal even though the website was questionable and her work didn’t match my idea of high quality.
We were emailed four or five photos of one piece that didn’t match our requests, no matter how many times we tried to show other examples. We thought we were going through the sample process, referring to my experiences with other local artists. Then, emails from SOBE abruptly stopped.
After five months and giving up, we received an email notice that we were being charged $ 25 per hour for the samples. We were told it took 28 hours to edit one picture. It totaled over $ 700 to photoshop a picture that we provided.
We were given no proof to her time spent, nor offered any initial time restrictions so we were left at a loss. She agreed to create «$ 1,000 worth of creative services». I guess that means photo shopping one picture for 28 hours sent by e-​mail qualifies as creative services.
I called her several times. I gave her my contact information so she could call me. Zip.
At the end of this situation, we were told by her that we «should have known better than to barter with an artist». We were told we’d get a response in her own good time and that she had better things to deal with; not the matter over our $ 1000 barter.
After the run around, we decided not to pursue matter further. We were never offered a solution to this ordeal. So, we have since moved on.
*UPDATE* 8 months after this ordeal, she’s still emailing us because of this negative review of her work. She has yet to offer a solution to the matter. When she does, I’ll let you know.