Professional Photography Pricing Types
Photography Prices - Old and New style pricing techniques, preparing yourself for your professtional photo shoot and what to expect during the session.
Online, May 29, 2013 (Newswire.com) - It is fair to say, the professional photography industry has a bad reputation for hard selling. Customers are lured into a studio with low cost or even free studio gift vouchers which perhaps, entitles them to a free shoot and a print worth £85, a print probably costing around 10p to produce, not including time of course. Once at the appointment the photographer and beauty team will spend many hours dolling up their clients, usually including hair and makeup sessions, manicures, sometimes champaign and massages. The concept is to make their customers look amazing, but more importantly feel very special indeed... the hard sell is coming, so perhaps the photographer is aiming to gather those brownie points in quick succession?
The pictures are ready and it is the classic time to seclude the clients into a viewing room where there is no escape, no time to think and the order must be made now! Why? Simply because, after this appointment all photographs not purchased will be disposed of.
Having researched, prices can range from £35 for a 6"x4" print upto £800+ for a feature piece wall canvas. If you wanted several pieces the finance agreements appear making it more manageable to afford these over several years. Is it scary to enter a financial agreement to have some nice photographs hanging on your wall?
Surely there must be better alternatives or services? The hard sell era is in the past isn't it? Photography is in the digital age, these prices seem to reflect the old 35mm film days when it was expensive to produce a single picture and each shot used up a frame on a 36 capacity film roll.
Yes it is fair to say, every photographer has his or her price, this can depend on artistic style, experience, quality, how much their overheads are... every photographer is different so it is recommended you view portfolios and prices carefully before booking an appointment. Make sure you have all the details so you know what to expect to payout before being lured into a daunting lair.
One highly recommended photographer based in Stockport, endorsed by Freeindex customer reviews, ShinyBlackApple offer all inclusive photo shoot packages for 1 price and supply the images on DVD. We expect more and more photographers will use this pricing and packages style in the future.