SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
What date? CD is fine, no problems with that. Raw images and a powerpoint show if you like. Copyright disclaimer etc, giving you no problems if you want prints from wherever. Nowadays, everyone has a flatbed, so they scan the proofs and don’t reorder anyway. I’d far prefer people to put decent copies of my prints on the wall when there friends ask who took them!
I generally do 3 kinds of stuff mixed – some formal lineups (for the parents), reportage / candid style for the memories, and detail shots (close-ups of all the pricey extra stuff you have to get that is forgotten about, or doesn’t show on the normal pictures). It would be kind of fun to do it at Duxford, so the travel isn’t a problem! I shoot on film though, and have it scanned. Reasons being that i’ve had cards go down, images deleted, CD’s that have got corrupted etc. Also, for outside / flash shots I find the tonal seperation to be superior (ie, no bleacehed out highlights). Of course, PJ style kicks medium format out of the window, but then that means no static tripod shenanigans, and more fluid pictures with less boredom, and less hanging around for everyone. And it won’t cost you an arm and a leg!
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
What date? CD is fine, no problems with that. Raw images and a powerpoint show if you like. Copyright disclaimer etc, giving you no problems if you want prints from wherever. Nowadays, everyone has a flatbed, so they scan the proofs and don’t reorder anyway. I’d far prefer people to put decent copies of my prints on the wall when there friends ask who took them!
I generally do 3 kinds of stuff mixed – some formal lineups (for the parents), reportage / candid style for the memories, and detail shots (close-ups of all the pricey extra stuff you have to get that is forgotten about, or doesn’t show on the normal pictures). It would be kind of fun to do it at Duxford, so the travel isn’t a problem! I shoot on film though, and have it scanned. Reasons being that i’ve had cards go down, images deleted, CD’s that have got corrupted etc. Also, for outside / flash shots I find the tonal seperation to be superior (ie, no bleacehed out highlights). Of course, PJ style kicks medium format out of the window, but then that means no static tripod shenanigans, and more fluid pictures with less boredom, and less hanging around for everyone. And it won’t cost you an arm and a leg!
SnapperRE: Another meet up ? See some ‘planes and have a chat / pie / pint etc
The good thing with Hendon / IWM is that the one takes most of the day, then its a short tube ride or two to the next, which doesn’t, whereupon, once we get booted out, we are in London town – and have a good choice of feeding / watering holes. If we aim for a saturday, then anyone who wants to can do a couple more places on the sunday, for example, and sleep off the effects of slightly more beer than you would want if driving home. Or, if a sunday, those who are free on the saturday can head up to a couple of places before. That would, of course, hinge on finding reasonably priced accomodation I suppose. I have a couple of places I can stay, but if we can all get into the same place (John only has one couch) instead, so much the better. Or, for authenticity, we could sleep in one of the tube stations and pretend its the Blitz. (Maybe not).
If we arrange stuff for both days, then whoever turns up for whichever can meet up with whomever, whenever.
Now, as a sidenote, who fancies D-Day in Normandy? I did it last year and it was great. Accomodation is cheap in France, loads of veterans, re-enactors and vehicles around. I’m off again this year, 5,6,7, June, maybe more if I feel like it.
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
In my area, £400 – £900 is average.
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
In my area, £400 – £900 is average.
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
I do agree with you Damien, there are a lot of people who call themselves pro’s who are either crap, or have gone stale (and lets face it, studio portraits are stale anyway – hence I gave them up almost totally.) I also think £400 is way over the top. I personally wouldn’t use someone charging that. Apparently, so I herad half an hour ago, a photog I know who has a good reputation locally, is charging £500 for ONE 12″ x 10″ inkjet print. He shoots 100 odd shots on a £6k digital camera (he’s got to pay the bank back for that presumably) and you get to choose. But extra prints are only £75 each…..(Personally, I think that that is legal extortion, but there you go.) RE the wedding – I always shoot some candid off the cuff stuff in addition to the formals – and people generally prefer that, although they ask for the formal line up crap. But it’s the formal stuiff that sells in the re-order line, and there are a lot more costs involved than you would imagine. But I would put one of my 12″x16″ prints up against any guests, and in terms of quality, you would not be able to argue in the slightest. Mood is another thing though, and that is why a lot of wedding albums are dissapointing. Something I try not to have happen with the ones I do.
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
I do agree with you Damien, there are a lot of people who call themselves pro’s who are either crap, or have gone stale (and lets face it, studio portraits are stale anyway – hence I gave them up almost totally.) I also think £400 is way over the top. I personally wouldn’t use someone charging that. Apparently, so I herad half an hour ago, a photog I know who has a good reputation locally, is charging £500 for ONE 12″ x 10″ inkjet print. He shoots 100 odd shots on a £6k digital camera (he’s got to pay the bank back for that presumably) and you get to choose. But extra prints are only £75 each…..(Personally, I think that that is legal extortion, but there you go.) RE the wedding – I always shoot some candid off the cuff stuff in addition to the formals – and people generally prefer that, although they ask for the formal line up crap. But it’s the formal stuiff that sells in the re-order line, and there are a lot more costs involved than you would imagine. But I would put one of my 12″x16″ prints up against any guests, and in terms of quality, you would not be able to argue in the slightest. Mood is another thing though, and that is why a lot of wedding albums are dissapointing. Something I try not to have happen with the ones I do.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
The fire-fighters earn a shitload more than I do, and get more time off. No sympathy. And they DONT run into burning buildings, and they DONT have a dangerous job.
The army should be given the fire engines that I paid for, that YOU paid for, that the PUBLIC TAXPAYER paid for, and should be billeted in the fire stations. The engines are ours – not fireman bloody sams.
And, furthermore, 007 can come, rest assured that he would be shot on site, not xcaptured, laughed at, and left to escape and beat me up. And if they send the A team, same thing – they will NOT be put in a shed full of things that can be turned into a tank and cannon.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
The fire-fighters earn a shitload more than I do, and get more time off. No sympathy. And they DONT run into burning buildings, and they DONT have a dangerous job.
The army should be given the fire engines that I paid for, that YOU paid for, that the PUBLIC TAXPAYER paid for, and should be billeted in the fire stations. The engines are ours – not fireman bloody sams.
And, furthermore, 007 can come, rest assured that he would be shot on site, not xcaptured, laughed at, and left to escape and beat me up. And if they send the A team, same thing – they will NOT be put in a shed full of things that can be turned into a tank and cannon.
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
Depends what you want. Do you want a snap, or do you want a high quality portrait that will be well lit, well exposed, sharp, with minimal grain, taken by a professional? Do you want a 6×4 glossy print from Boots, or a 20 x 16 canvas bonded framed wall portrait? Is he shooting on 35 mm, 6×6, 5×4, what?
£400 is a bit over the top without knowing what you’ll get – I imagine that you are living in an area that is quite high in salaries. Around here, just for a straight studio sitting, you are looking at £50, plus prints from £25 upwards. Now, £75 for a 10×8 print is still more than it would cost to take on a standard film and have done at Boots – but there is a world of difference. And Boots will charge less than a pro-lab too.
Quality, or crap?
(PS. I am, if you hadn’t guessed, a photographer.)
SnapperRE: Cost of portrait photography
Depends what you want. Do you want a snap, or do you want a high quality portrait that will be well lit, well exposed, sharp, with minimal grain, taken by a professional? Do you want a 6×4 glossy print from Boots, or a 20 x 16 canvas bonded framed wall portrait? Is he shooting on 35 mm, 6×6, 5×4, what?
£400 is a bit over the top without knowing what you’ll get – I imagine that you are living in an area that is quite high in salaries. Around here, just for a straight studio sitting, you are looking at £50, plus prints from £25 upwards. Now, £75 for a 10×8 print is still more than it would cost to take on a standard film and have done at Boots – but there is a world of difference. And Boots will charge less than a pro-lab too.
Quality, or crap?
(PS. I am, if you hadn’t guessed, a photographer.)
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
Come in, all welcome. NO benefits of any kind. None. Any law – breaking and back you go – if you are here because you have upset your govt, tough, you will have upset ours.
Restore the monarchy, assasinate Blair, and that hideous stuck up tart he married.
Oh my, no smileys attached.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
Come in, all welcome. NO benefits of any kind. None. Any law – breaking and back you go – if you are here because you have upset your govt, tough, you will have upset ours.
Restore the monarchy, assasinate Blair, and that hideous stuck up tart he married.
Oh my, no smileys attached.
SnapperRE: BREAKING NEWS!… Mr Men making a comeback!
Newsy by name, newsy by nature.
Haha. My mate got the Sun today – they had a great section on it:
Mr Drug Dealer, Mr Yardie, Mr Albanian Gangster, etc. Great write – ups – track one down!
SnapperRE: BREAKING NEWS!… Mr Men making a comeback!
Newsy by name, newsy by nature.
Haha. My mate got the Sun today – they had a great section on it:
Mr Drug Dealer, Mr Yardie, Mr Albanian Gangster, etc. Great write – ups – track one down!
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