Over the last few months I've had a lot of enquiries for August, this week a lot have come back and I've ended up with 7 weddings booked in August, 7! I've still got a couple of couples who have to get back to me too.
The seasonal nature of the work is the biggest problem with being a wedding photographer. In Jan, Feb and March when the weather is awful your usually sat twiddling your thumbs and when it gets all sunny and nice and you want to get out your working like mad!
Sunday 27 April 2008
Wednesday 16 April 2008
Flight details for Cyprus Wedding
My flight details arrived today for the wedding I'm photographing in cyprus. Getting so near now!
Remember the Haggler?
Well, he's been back to me 4 times now, which seems an awful lot of effort for something he tells me doesn't actually like.
Now he told me bought a package at another studio that was just unbelievable, and I mean I don't believe it. He told me he bought 200 prints, 8 canvasses and 15 frames. Who even takes 200 shots during a portrait session?
Bearing in mind the package he's just bought (yeah right) he only wants to view my images on a pc screen, not print them he's willing to pay about a third of the price, oh and can you confirm the resolution of the images on CD?
So why do you need to know the resolution of the images on CD if your just going to display them on the screen?
Why do people exist like this. I've basically just had to tell him I think he's haggling, if he wants the images he's going to have to pay for them. I've removed the images from my website. Move on.
Now he told me bought a package at another studio that was just unbelievable, and I mean I don't believe it. He told me he bought 200 prints, 8 canvasses and 15 frames. Who even takes 200 shots during a portrait session?
Bearing in mind the package he's just bought (yeah right) he only wants to view my images on a pc screen, not print them he's willing to pay about a third of the price, oh and can you confirm the resolution of the images on CD?
So why do you need to know the resolution of the images on CD if your just going to display them on the screen?
Why do people exist like this. I've basically just had to tell him I think he's haggling, if he wants the images he's going to have to pay for them. I've removed the images from my website. Move on.
Monday 14 April 2008
Passport arrived
My new passport has arrived, getting very excited about the wedding I am photographing in Cyprus now next month!
Equipment Failure at a wedding!
Bit of a nightmare at my last wedding on Saturday, not only did one of my cameras fail, but later on a lens went too, two pieces of equipment on one night!
It's time's like that I'm always glad I take 3 camera's and 5 lenses and 3 flashguns, it may seem overkill, it pays to be prepared! Every wedding photographer should carry backups, I'm glad I do!
It's time's like that I'm always glad I take 3 camera's and 5 lenses and 3 flashguns, it may seem overkill, it pays to be prepared! Every wedding photographer should carry backups, I'm glad I do!
Monday 7 April 2008
Arrogant Wedding Photographers
What is it with arrogant wedding photographers? I quite often get comments at weddings that I'm not like 'other' wedding photographers. When I ask them to explain what I mean the comments are always similar, most wedding photographers shout a lot, are often rude or arrogant while I'm......easy, nice, fun, amicable.
I must admit on the forums I do come across some of those sorts of personalities. Maybe as an industry it does attract that sort of person.
I must admit on the forums I do come across some of those sorts of personalities. Maybe as an industry it does attract that sort of person.
Tuesday 1 April 2008
Hagglers
Just had a guy from a portrait session tell me he was very disapointed with the images in the preview, so please could I make a reasonable offer for all images on CD so he could 'salvage' something from the shoot.
Now being a photographer always being doubtful and being your own worst critic I took this a bit to heart but looking at the images, they are actually a good strong set of images so I asked my wife and she agreed. So I posted them up for a load of other photographers to view and they all agreed to, the pictures are fine.
Then I started thinking, why does he want the images if he's disapointed with them? Answer, he's not, he's just trying to beat me down on price. The guy actually IS a professional haggler, that's his job, he runs an import company, but it's a bit soul destroying when he's trying it on with me. Still, I quoted him full price, if he wants them he'll pay for them, if he doens't want to pay full price, he won't get them.
Now being a photographer always being doubtful and being your own worst critic I took this a bit to heart but looking at the images, they are actually a good strong set of images so I asked my wife and she agreed. So I posted them up for a load of other photographers to view and they all agreed to, the pictures are fine.
Then I started thinking, why does he want the images if he's disapointed with them? Answer, he's not, he's just trying to beat me down on price. The guy actually IS a professional haggler, that's his job, he runs an import company, but it's a bit soul destroying when he's trying it on with me. Still, I quoted him full price, if he wants them he'll pay for them, if he doens't want to pay full price, he won't get them.
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