Mockingbird Studios

Helbard Alkhassadeh is a big Cheater who is a poor farmer but presenting as a professional photographer. Don't deal with this cheater for your business.

Are you going to start business with this person? either for your product photography or image post processing service, just keep 100 miles away from this pure cheater who continuously doing business illegal way.

If you are image editing service provider/image post production company then STOP right now to do any kinds of editing without 100% upfront payment because Cheater Helbard knows how to decline payment after received lots of batches from you.

Helbard Alkhassadeh pretending that he is very gentle person in Santa Cruz but who knows the real things? He is a poor farmer cheater but presenting as professional photographer, very funny.

We provided our services for few months and also sent 4 invoices to him but what we got??

Review the following reply when we asked about payment:

1. "Your payments started being sent this week, you should be getting a couple today."
2. "Let me check with our accounting and make sure it happens."
3. "we already have these invoices, our accounting system pays for invoices at the end of the month (net 30), So we will get to these payments very soon."
4. "Invoices getting paid this week."
5. "We are waiting for some payments from our clients and planning to pay all of these invoices at one time."
6. "Yes, I will get one payment out to you. We like your work and would like to continue working with you."
7. "I thought those payments were released, I will check on them again."

and there are lots of more that we may missed to post here.

But he was still sending us images for post production but finally we decided to stop provide our service for Helbard and asked him 'please make our all pending payment before continue work with your company'. and he replied - "We'll go ahead and find another company to help us. Thank you."

We are saying less than what we feel right now, he wasted our lots of time, we send invoices on January 2017, now its May 2018.

What do you think about him after read this horrible experience? Please give your comment if you faced same issue with helbard or Mockingbird Studios. More...

I own a small local business in Santa Cruz County. I approached Helbard yesterday morning to inquire about potentially revamping my current logo. I gave him my ideas and he said he would see what he could do. By yesterday afternoon, I was already able to choose between 5 different options. CJ is a saint for putting up with my constant, minor tweaks. By EOD, I had a new logo ready to go. Best design company in the area. Wouldn't trust anyone else. Thanks y'all! More...

Reviewed on Yelp

I recently had Mockingbird Photography do some photos and videos for my business.  I have been in business for almost 25 years and I know the difference between a good business and a bad one, and I must admit working with Mockingbird was not good but an excellent experience.  Helbard works hard to make everything happen just right with superb results.  He takes his job seriously and knows what each one of those photos can do for our business.  Lets just say he does his homework before hand and knows how to deliver a quality job.  Thank you Mockingbird!! I will have no problem referring people to you. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Great location, really great work. Helbard is professional yet keeps it light and fun. My aunt had headshots taken for her real estate profile and she is just the pickiest person alive and had a great experience and "got the shot. " I've seen some of their product work and it is superb. Really a great choice for the future of your business or product. More...

Reviewed on Yelp

Helbard is a delight. He has done several projects for me. He is very good at what he does...and his pricing is very competitive. I have always found him to be approachable, courteous, and he seems to have a keen insight into how to deliver the perfect photos, on time, and on budget. I hired him to photograph my daughters wedding at Chaminade, and he recently photographed my 30th wedding anniversary at Nestldown. The best part? He is a commercial photographer who specializes in product shots...but as a courtesy to me he agreed to do the wedding and anniversary parties. Thanks Helbard! More...

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