If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photographer's experience

A wedding photographer's struggles

clubsnap.com 27 Feb '12, 2pm

If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photographer's experience

He expects no referral from this couple. Even if there are any, the new client will be expecting the same great album deal plus demand for free express highlights too. Was it a bad client? Not a good one I say but can't say bad either. But certainty a lot of bad business decisions and poor pricing strategy. If the client behaved badly, he had some responsibility in allowing that. All in all, I can only say this is a typical case of client leading the photographer in a wild geese hunt. If you don't set ground rules for your business, the client pinches you on the nose and leads you around like a jest. Dissect the problem package: $80 a hour, $800 for 10hrs. Consider rather cheap rates for weddings, since for each hour of shoot he ended up putting 4 hours more into edits. He puts time and effort into edits and post work because his serious about doing this but also because o...

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@greybear » 27 Feb '12, 3pm
Went thru that RT @bythewei: If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photog's exp [link]
@auturmis » 27 Feb '12, 2pm
RT @bythewei: If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photographer's experience [link]
@bythewei » 27 Feb '12, 2pm
If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photographer's experience [link]
@AspirantSG » 27 Feb '12, 3pm
@bythewei: If u are an aspiring wedding photographer, then u can a thing or 2 from this photographer's experience [link]”