Кристина Костенко (Saint Petersburg) Photographer, wedding photographer, child photographer

12.06.2023 Catherine

We met the “photographer” Christina on VK. She responded to my request to conduct a photo session with a general group of photographers. Agreed. She did a photo shoot. We agreed that she would send the results of the work within two weeks, but she really promised to try to send it faster. “Faster” was not sent and I was surprised, in principle, by the person’s reluctance to communicate normally after receiving the money. And I paid her 100% immediately after the photo shoot. As a result, the source code was sent to me. Muddy, black, and in jpeg. When asked if there were any photos in better quality, she replied that no, that’s how she takes them and saves them. And basically, what else do I need, she supposedly allowed me to choose from the source photos for color correction - 22 of them. This is where I was very surprised. And who else should choose the photos they like if not the client? No, she answered, saying that it was a gift from her to me. And so usually she decides everything herself. Okay, I selected frames from this mess and 5 pieces for retouching, as agreed. And what did she send? Even more black and muddy footage!!! Retouch? what is this? Traces from the straps of the dress, the black color of the skin - Christina left all this and enhanced it. Did she communicate at the same time? No. When asked before to send the photo in two versions - compressed and for printing - she also replied that it doesn’t work that way. And she sent me the “video” that was agreed upon earlier and I paid for it. Absolutely no editing, just videos inserted one after another. All!! When I asked her to just send me the video sources so that I could edit it myself, she replied: I won’t send it, I deleted everything. All the best. AND I WAS BLOCKED EVERYWHERE! All. I was left with 23 black frames and no video. And Christina created a new page for herself on VK. Don't mess with me! Fraud in its purest form. After receiving the money, she will not communicate with you. And photo? You will receive a photo - a black muddy swamp and fly away to the block.