Tbini87
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- May 10, 2010
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- Chico, CA
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"We don't plan on being experts in ANY of these fields instantly. Is anyone instantly an expert in anything? I don't think so. We plan on starting small, and working our way up."
Good, so you should start small, in one genre and work your way up. Trying to play to all categories means you are sub-par at all.
"Newborns- we plan on traveling to the home of the client, working in their place, and making a make shift studio. Couldn't be that hard to do for newborn shots. We won't need a studio, and the same gear can be used with all other portait and wedding shots. "
Wow, a make shift studio. I'm sure the client will be thrilled at a bed sheet and a lamp. "Couldn't be that hard to do". I'm telling you it is not that easy. But you'll find that out. "The same gear" - did you even read what I wrote before?
Weddings- we have talked about different ways of doing things. Offering prints vs. a CD and giving them the printing rights. Offering albums is another option. Not experts yet... but working out the details. That is why I am on these forums trying to learn.
"Sports- I would do this on the occasion of being asked to do so by family, friends, or coaches that I know. Not an expert, but have plenty of knowledge in the area. This would require the biggest change in gear, but like I said, I don't think it would be impossible to get some decent shots with a D300 and 50-200 2.8. Could be totally wrong, but again, no I am not an expert."
I'm sure the clients will understand "you're not an expert".
"I don't understand where you come off thinking that someone has to be a "master" of something before doing it. How does someone become a "master"? By getting out there and doing it! I am not going to act like we are experienced professionals"
If you're charging money, you are a "professional", and you should be able to competently deliver. More and more, you're sounding like someone who got some good snaps with their birthday DSLR, and fancy themselves a photography company. Sorry, but it just ain't that simple.
We absolutely plan on starting small and working our way up. However, that does NOT mean that we have to stick to one form of photography to do that. What makes you think that someone who is a skilled portrait photographer couldn't do some research and try their hand at wedding photography? Isn't much of the needed gear the same? And for maternity and newborn shots... is there THAT much more experience needed that it would be impossible for a wedding or portrait photog to do a good job on newborn shots?
May I ask which niche part of photography you are a master of? You sound like someone who can do 1 thing and can't seem to be creative in finding ways to get into other types of photography. I have seen lots of photographers do shoots at the client homes and get WONDERFUL results! Most sites I visit have wedding, portrait (senior and family), and baby galleries.
I think a skilled photographer should be able to fairly easily shift between portraits, wedding, and newborn photography. We aren't experts, but we are working on learning and gaining experience, just like many photographers out there. Many "pro" photogs we know wouldn't walk around calling themselves "experts" in any one field. They shoot weddings and portraits and newborn and maternity... and that's that. I don't see the need to be some "expert" of one thing before trying something else. These types of photography compliment each other nicely.
Maybe my posts came off as me saying we are going to be charging out the nose for all those types of photography. All I was saying is that those are the types of stuff that we would be open to doing, depending on the market and everything.