Commission Me

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  saintvinasse at 2010-01-06T04:32:09.

  gosh…

  for a price as low as this one, I wonder if you even use a camera…
  With people like you, the photography market will never get better.

  If you valued your work and your gear a little bit more, you’d charged at least 40$ an hour, and that would still be an insult for many photographer, but, at least, you’d not being self-exploiting yourself.

  lets put this simply:
  if you ARE a photographer, ask for the price.
  if you ARE NOT a photographer, make it clear that you ARE NOT or want to enter the market but don’t have the experience yet. And then, work for someone as second shooter, you’ll get experience and confidence which I can say, by the price you’re charging, are both things you lack.

  Anyway, don’t take my comment badly, it’s just that we see to many peoples grabing a point-and-shoot and calling themselves photographs or cousins and nephew making it “for free”. In both situations, in a wedding, “free” means “honey, we should have hired a pro”. I get a lot of couples calling me to shoot them in their wedding outfits 2-3 months after their wedding happened because the cheap photographer, well… was cheap. This way of thinking that if you like photography and are pretty good at it makes you a photographer ruins some peoples weddings. Don’t improvise yourself on something ones needs to remember forever.

  I’m not being a bitch there but get me right: a regular wedding photographer will charge at least 1200$ which is a very friendly price. (that’s what I charge to my friends)
  Why? well… editing is at the very least about 2 full days of job plus one day of work. Add the gear and you’re already bellow the 400$ a day. that’s nothing for someone who realisticaly CAN’T work everyday.

  Last word: the previous comment shows something important. People will move to you for the PRICE, not for your TALENT. With the cost you charge, you will never know if people truly enjoy your skills and if you should try to make a living out of it. One day, you’ll wake up and will need to rise up your price to keep up and that day, my friend, clients might not be showing up and it might hurt emotionaly and financialy. The clients you’re attracting with your prices are the ones who will say bye bye the day someone else will be cheaper. And, by the way, those clients are not loyal and not very respectful, like anyone toward cheap labor.

  Please, think about the core of what I’ve said. And good luck for anything you’ll

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  Hank at 2009-12-11T12:45:30.

  Oh great package. I will emigrate on beach and Florida places then you take my photo

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  Richard X. Thripp at 2009-12-11T19:40:23.

  Nah, don’t move here just for me to take your photos.

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