tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25496398.post4632887558112390171..comments2023-07-16T03:52:00.332-07:00Comments on The Right and Kind Reverend: It changes how you look at everythingAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15390837030580881528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25496398.post-71233843387975051352010-05-30T10:13:19.861-07:002010-05-30T10:13:19.861-07:00I think there is the difference between the starti...I think there is the difference between the starting pro rate and the rate of an established professional with years of experience who is able to demand a higher amount and can afford to take only the jobs they really want. There's also the difference between the type of service. For dancers a 15 minute party show will be different than a wedding event where you may perform a few times and do something special for the bride and groom or whatever. It seems like photographers have that too, I've seen pricing on wedding jobs where it can be just the "active" hours (ceremony and reception) to photographing an entire weekend's worth of festivities!<br /><br />I think, no matter what the field, the big thing is keeping out the people who will work for free (unless it's a gift/for a friend/a barter) or who undercut other people in order to steal their jobs. We have a problem in the area of a local dancer who undercuts, knows she is doing so, and has told the people's whose job she took that she doesn't care about demanding a higher rate. That sucks for everyone.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390837030580881528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25496398.post-39242687856882110002010-05-27T07:54:20.065-07:002010-05-27T07:54:20.065-07:00I have been hearing this a lot in some of the phot...I have been hearing this a lot in some of the photography forums and mail lists. But I took a different feeling from the complaints. It's usually people complaining that people are charging $500 for weddings and putting $2000 or $5000 wedding photographers out of jobs. That kind of drives me a little crazy because some people can't afford that much, and I feel like those photographers are being elitists. Like something as "nice" as photography can't be purchased for less than a premium price. Yet the tools to do excellent photography are more and more accessible. <br /><br />I dunno. It's different, but I was really irate about how some professional photographers were acting. People getting their start in photography can't just go and charge thousands of dollars right out of the gate. It's not like we have medieval guilds setting prices.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800413017670775338noreply@blogger.com