Horror stories from the front…0
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The other day I went to the hair dressers for a cut.
When I arrived I asked how much? $45 they said. I said how about $25. They looked at me like I was an idiot. I pressed the point and they finally agreed. Then I said no deal as I found someone willing to do it for $10.
All in all it was a great outcome for me.
And obviously this is not true. For starters I have no hair to cut, and secondly no-one would actually do what I did.
So lets talk about a situation that actually did occur.
A photographer I know quoted to do some real estate photography. They had to drive to the location, do the shoot, go home, process the shoot, then deliver the shoot. The photographer was to provide his own transport, own camera equipment, own processing equipment, and not to mention the expertise he has developed in photography and photoshop to be able to do such work.
The photographer started with a suggested price of $150 which for the amount of work is already to cheap (if a hair dresser took half a day to cut my hair, for starters I would be pretty angry, but they would be charging a lot more than $150).
The real estate proceeded to argue the price. They agreed on $90. For half a days work.
The next day the photographer was called by the real estate agent and told they had found someone willing to do it for $50!!!
As I’m sure many of you know, this is not uncommon. There are many problems touched on in this example and these problems need to be addressed if photography is going to be an industy that generates an income for the new professionals (and old).
If you have any thoughts we would love to hear about them.
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