The Unexpected Moments Photography

All Past Clients , I need your help. If you had a session with me in the past and would be willing to let me use some of your photos for marketing, please let me know.

In the next few weeks, I will have some news for all you. Keep a eye out. In the meantime, I have been rebranding.

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Why Do Professional Photographers Charge What They Charge? Many people don’t understand why professional photographers charge what they charge. Even most photog...raphers don’t know what to charge to have a successful business. They don’t realize or consider all the time and costs involved in operating a full time professional photography business. Let’s Start With Time Involved With A Portrait Session Travel to/from the location Time itself spent photographing the session Setup and preparation at the location Loading the photos after shooting onto a computer for editing Backing up the photos 4-5 hour of editing time: culling (selecting the best photos / keepers), cropping, adjusting, enhancing, sharpening, retouching, etc At least a few hours talking to the client, answering calls, responding to emails, sending and receiving contracts and invoices, invoicing and receiving payments, ordering prints, packaging prints and USB Flash Drives, shipping items, trips to/from the post office Meeting with clients before the shoot, and meeting with clients after the shoot so they can view and order. Time adds up quickly and what seemed like just a one hour portrait session involved many more hours of work. So now let’s take a look at a wedding with 8 hours of coverage time. We will spend on average 40-50 hours of our time on a wedding that was 8 hours long. Time is spent: Meeting with the clients before and after the wedding day Traveling to/from the location The time spent planning and preparing the timeline for the wedding day with the couple wedding planner Setup and preparation at the location Shooting the wedding day itself Post processing: editing, enhancing, downloading and backup up the cards from my camera, backing up the final images, designing albums and making revisions to those albums. Then there is the time making the prints, creating USB Flash Drives, etc After time invested in all aspects, then we must consider costs involved in running our business. Rent & Mortgage payments Business Insurance Accounting Costs Business Licensing Equipment & Backup Equipment costs Travel costs Cost of goods sold Marketing & Advertising costs Taxes The cost of running a business is very expensive. The time involved in producing high quality photography is very extensive.