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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Slashdot meets the wedding photographer
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 23:22:47 -0700
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> The proper business model is a large upfront fee, an ample album, and a fee
> for the negatives or a CD of the images.  You save time, get your money up
> front, and the family likes you instead of curses you for your outrageous
> fee ($20.00) for a reprint.
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> Don


There seems to be two modes of doing business.

Commercial photographer charge big up front for their time but will give
you a 11x14 for 20 or 30 bucks which is a break even price for them.

Portrait photographers charge very little for the session, fifty bucks
say. But a print costs two hundred bucks.

But it's not as if this is not clearly in the contrast. The client can
add 50 to 200 and see that its going to cost them 250. If they thought
that either the session costs or print costs were to high he'd hire
someone else i guess. Not claimed he'd been ripped off.

By the way i used to charge $10 for 8x10's or 5x7's when placed with the
main wedding order.
When orders come in piecemeal 8x10's were my normal 25 or 30 bucks with
the same price for 5x7s,

The old fashion idea of a wedding book was about 8 to 12 8x10's and
these of course were all formals shot earlier in the day from the wedding.

The modern ideal of a wedding book is hundreds of little 4x6's. Just
like a snapshot album but tackier and with a picture on the front.

My wedding books were usually 30 or 40 8x10's. 9 inch squares printed
full frame black border by myself.
The did buy a lot more prints then they planned usually but they knew
what the prices were and knew if i did a real good job that would happen.

I think as long as costs are really not hidden then everyone is in the
clear. But when costs are hidden we're talking about a more intense
breed of swine than what we are talking about here.


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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