Indoor family Christmas photoshoot?

[Robin Usagani]

Crystal.. you had a family picture, small house, cropped sensor+50mm. That will certainly limit you doing any group photo because you are pretty zoomed in. You must convince them to go to a park.

 

[gsgary]

Those prices won't even cover petrol, when i'm helping out another tog shooting sport it's £100 minimum 30 miles radius, I'm doing a dog studio shoot 30 Dogs 3 hours work printing on site should be good earner £8 for mounted 8X6

 

[mrpink]

And I sure hope she buys them because some would look just right for christmas cards or wall photos.

again..... really?







p!nK

 

[Robin Usagani]

Crystal, you charge way too low especially if you didnt charge a session fee! So you are telling me they could buy 5 digital photos for $25? Theoratically thats what may happen, they buy 5 digital files, then they go to shutterfly and print whatever size they want. I am not sure how you can limit the reproduction size?

I am on the same boat. I am still actively building my portfolio. I charge people $125 and I give them 30-50 high res files. That is still way too low but I am OK with it for now. At least I am guaranteed $125 while your pricing can vary from $5 to hundreds of dollar (i doubt they would buy a lot of files). Eventually I will charge session fee + prints but I am not there yet.

If she doesnt want/like them, I won't get anything, but if she wants to use them, I am charging a very LOW fee of 5 dollars per digital file, with reproduction rights up to 8*10. FIVE BUCKS.

If she wants prints the pricing is as follows
4*6 3 bux
5*7 3.50
8*10 5.00

 

[ababysean]

Crystal.. you had a family picture, small house, cropped sensor+50mm. That will certainly limit you doing any group photo because you are pretty zoomed in. You must convince them to go to a park.

yeppers! I 100% agree! I wasn't using my 50mm, was I? crap if I was, I thought I had my 35mm on that baby....

Lesson learned, again, I need assertiveness training, I am too easily influenced and agree to stuff even though I know it is not going to turn out well.

 

[Robin Usagani]

oops.. my bad.. i thought you had 50mm. But doest matter what lens, it will still look like crap probably in an average american family house.

 

[gsgary]

Crystal.. you had a family picture, small house, cropped sensor+50mm. That will certainly limit you doing any group photo because you are pretty zoomed in. You must convince them to go to a park.

yeppers! I 100% agree! I wasn't using my 50mm, was I? crap if I was, I thought I had my 35mm on that baby....

Lesson learned, again, I need assertiveness training, I am too easily influenced and agree to stuff even though I know it is not going to turn out well.

With your husband being away for a year you should have said no on the spot

 

[ababysean]

but gary, you are probably way more experienced then I?
I plan to charge more when I get more experience.

and yes, usually it is 20 dollars for a digital file. I size the files before I upload them to print max 8*10. There is no way to really restrict it, but I just let them know, up to 8*10.... and then I say if you want to print larger, then I want it from a pro lab and professionally mounted, blah blah blah....

But really, I find the market just wants to the digital file, so I'm trying to push more digital files, and they can download these files straight from the website, so there is no time or effort on my part after upload.

If you give someone 50 pictures, you are only charging 2.50 per file. I understand what you are saying about the guarantee 125 bux, but even for me, I could not imagine paying 125 dollars for photos, but I could do 25 or 50.

The higher priced clients are just not my target at this time. I'm moving my way up from FREE to barely charging, but it takes time to build confidence and skill. I think I'm better then free, but no where near pro.

 

[mrpink]

yeppers! I 100% agree! I wasn't using my 50mm, was I? crap if I was, I thought I had my 35mm on that baby....

You... don't... know... which... lens... you... had... on... the... camera?

Assertiveness training just dropped down on your "To Do List".






p!nK

 

[ababysean]

no, not in my house, I have a nicely decorated fire place that I plan on using to take pictures when I get back from vacation, she said she had a fireplace decorated, I did not realize she meant decorated with MIRRORS! lol

I was watching that free online child photography seminar and the photog said she often went to peoples houses,moved furniture, blah blah blah but I also have to remember her target client is paying THOUSANDS of dollars for her (she said she charges 1350 for a 10*10 photo book, 10 pages) and they have homes that reflect the ability to pay thousands of dollars for portraits, I'm going into enlisted military families homes, they are average houses.... not on acres of land and usually less then 1500 sq ft.

 

[ababysean]

I had my 35mm.
I was sure of it.
But then he mentioned I had my 50mm. I didn't think I did.
I have both lens.

 

[ababysean]

Crystal.. you had a family picture, small house, cropped sensor+50mm. That will certainly limit you doing any group photo because you are pretty zoomed in. You must convince them to go to a park.

yeppers! I 100% agree! I wasn't using my 50mm, was I? crap if I was, I thought I had my 35mm on that baby....

Lesson learned, again, I need assertiveness training, I am too easily influenced and agree to stuff even though I know it is not going to turn out well.

With your husband being away for a year you should have said no on the spot

what? are you serious? I've been a single mom, with the kids, 24/7. Excuse me for wanting to get away and have some me time!

 

[gsgary]

but gary, you are probably way more experienced then I?
I plan to charge more when I get more experience.

and yes, usually it is 20 dollars for a digital file. I size the files before I upload them to print max 8*10. There is no way to really restrict it, but I just let them know, up to 8*10.... and then I say if you want to print larger, then I want it from a pro lab and professionally mounted, blah blah blah....

But really, I find the market just wants to the digital file, so I'm trying to push more digital files, and they can download these files straight from the website, so there is no time or effort on my part after upload.

If you give someone 50 pictures, you are only charging 2.50 per file. I understand what you are saying about the guarantee 125 bux, but even for me, I could not imagine paying 125 dollars for photos, but I could do 25 or 50.

The higher priced clients are just not my target at this time. I'm moving my way up from FREE to barely charging, but it takes time to build confidence and skill. I think I'm better then free, but no where near pro.

I hope so, but if my partner had been away for a year i wouldn't be going anywhere taking photos for any amount of money

 

[ababysean]

what?
LOL
have you ever been in that situation?
where you were the sole caregiver of 3 small children for over a year?
seriously?
I needed a break as much as the kids needed to spend some time with their dad,
He took them to see Harry Potter 7, I went to shoot a family.

 

[Robin Usagani]

This is why I am focusing on weddings.