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Originally Posted by ChrisPerry  I get calls all the time looking for a 'professional' to come and shoot just the formals. I have yet to get anyone to pay though, even though I quote $100 to $150 for an hour, plus prints, I get no takers. Got one of those calls last night for Jan 5. I have no idea what they think it's worth, or what they want for prints (neither do they when I ask).
Open to suggestions on how to make any money off these calls. |
It's not limited to just weddings.
A couple weeks before Christmas I received an e-mail from a young woman who boards her horse at a local barn. She wanted to set up a private session of a friend's horse, when the friend wasn't around, as a surprise gift for the friend. In her message she claimed a
couple times, she really; "hoped we could work something out".
Whatever that means.
I replied that I could indeed make myself available, but the price of a private session is $65/hour, usually with a 2 hour minimum. But since I live nearby, I would do it for the one hour charge, plus any prints she ordered.
Never heard from her again. So much for "working something out".
Translation: She was game if I'd grab my bag and jump when the coast was clear. Spend an hour or so setting up the shots, plus more time downloading and proofing them for her onsite. Doing the post, picking up from the lab, and mailing out, for the price of a 5x7 or 8x10.
What was that old REM song? "It's the end of the world as we know it"
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