Art of Emotion
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Last year around Christmas time I was asked if I'd like to shoot the local Nutcracker performance. When speaking with the Teacher she said that I would do performance portraits after the show and shots during. I made up a price list of what i'd charge for prints and offered a few well priced packages. I would then give them a package in which they would order a set amount of photos.
This to me was one of the worst experiences ever. unlike weddings this was just so all over the place. All of it albeit due to my lack of experience in this area. I took it as a live and learn type experience.
My headaches didn't come from the photos themselves but rather the after effect of having parents order prints. Some how they all loved my photos but expected to get them for free. Umm no. I guess what I learned is that the next time I do something like this I will be asking for payment of my time and this is what you get for that payment.
I had one mother who emailed me and insisted that the person who did these photos for the kids last year didn't require payment. That he gave all the parents CD's of the photos taken both during the ceremony and also the portraits. She emailed me time and time again to get a CD of all the photos. Again something that wasn't agreed with the Teacher. Plus I mean I'm not daft she could take the cd and give everyone the prints.
I had to give myself a huge slap on the wrist for ever accepting things as I did. I clearly didn't think this out well enough and the execution on the business part was poor. As I should have made myself very very clear. For me the 3 packages that were actually bought wasn't worth the headaches I got from this gig.
Has anyone ever done Performance Art photos before? If so how do you go about pricing? Do you require payment for your time or just for the prints bought after wards. I'd love to do this again because it was so much fun taking photos of the Ballet. I'm just looking for advise on what to do if I ever decide to take this on again. I do realize what I did wrong. However I don't really know of what I should do next time.
This to me was one of the worst experiences ever. unlike weddings this was just so all over the place. All of it albeit due to my lack of experience in this area. I took it as a live and learn type experience.
My headaches didn't come from the photos themselves but rather the after effect of having parents order prints. Some how they all loved my photos but expected to get them for free. Umm no. I guess what I learned is that the next time I do something like this I will be asking for payment of my time and this is what you get for that payment.
I had one mother who emailed me and insisted that the person who did these photos for the kids last year didn't require payment. That he gave all the parents CD's of the photos taken both during the ceremony and also the portraits. She emailed me time and time again to get a CD of all the photos. Again something that wasn't agreed with the Teacher. Plus I mean I'm not daft she could take the cd and give everyone the prints.
I had to give myself a huge slap on the wrist for ever accepting things as I did. I clearly didn't think this out well enough and the execution on the business part was poor. As I should have made myself very very clear. For me the 3 packages that were actually bought wasn't worth the headaches I got from this gig.
Has anyone ever done Performance Art photos before? If so how do you go about pricing? Do you require payment for your time or just for the prints bought after wards. I'd love to do this again because it was so much fun taking photos of the Ballet. I'm just looking for advise on what to do if I ever decide to take this on again. I do realize what I did wrong. However I don't really know of what I should do next time.