Nicholas James Photo
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- Joined
- Jun 6, 2009
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- Cotswolds, UK
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I think it depends what market you are in. I would never hand over a disc for $600, not in this life time.
I lay out clearly what the client will get for their investment, use top quality printing, top quality albums etc and if they are not happy, they can go else where.
This may sound arrogant but if you start giving things away, word will quickly spread, your rep will start to build as a cheap photographer and that is hard to climb out of.
Offer good value based on what you believe you are worth, and stick to it. I have no shortage of clients from using this business plan.
My job, as I see it, is to provide a service. I do that to an agreed level. If you want 80 pics in an album, then that is what you get. If you want parental albums, you can but the price is different. If you want framing, sure, the price is.... and finally, all other pics are available to you, your friends and family online at a cost of £???
However, as per the contract, the pictures will always carry my copyright.
I believe the growth of the so called shoot n scoot photographer is partly due to individuals thinking that wedding photography is easy money, finding out it's not, not wanting to fail having told family and friends that they are going into business, not having a client base or rep to build on so going down the cheap and cheerful route. I should imagine that this type business will close down before their second season.
I lay out clearly what the client will get for their investment, use top quality printing, top quality albums etc and if they are not happy, they can go else where.
This may sound arrogant but if you start giving things away, word will quickly spread, your rep will start to build as a cheap photographer and that is hard to climb out of.
Offer good value based on what you believe you are worth, and stick to it. I have no shortage of clients from using this business plan.
My job, as I see it, is to provide a service. I do that to an agreed level. If you want 80 pics in an album, then that is what you get. If you want parental albums, you can but the price is different. If you want framing, sure, the price is.... and finally, all other pics are available to you, your friends and family online at a cost of £???
However, as per the contract, the pictures will always carry my copyright.
I believe the growth of the so called shoot n scoot photographer is partly due to individuals thinking that wedding photography is easy money, finding out it's not, not wanting to fail having told family and friends that they are going into business, not having a client base or rep to build on so going down the cheap and cheerful route. I should imagine that this type business will close down before their second season.