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Carl Feather
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Had an 80th-birthday event photo job this weekend. I did the husband's 80th birthday party last year, this year it was the wife's turn. Small job, about $150, images delivered on a CD, two hours.

Lady calls me and says they are going with a photo booth instead. That costs at least $750 and only 8 or so people can get into the picture.

Kind of bummed by this. I worked really hard at the last event and tried to deliver many candids they otherwise would not have had, plus did set-up shots with studio lighting, huge family photo that I stayed extra late to do.

Now I know how coal miners felt when they were replaced by mining machines.

Nov 19, 2009 at 02:46 PM

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i hope you got paid up front.

Nov 19, 2009 at 03:23 PM

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Man up, offer to do photobooths. Cost to make one thats automated with a pro-dslr is around $800.

Nov 19, 2009 at 03:32 PM

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You charged them too little, they perceive your service as something of little value. If you don't value your photography, why should your customers?

Nov 19, 2009 at 04:06 PM

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If you have a proper room, you can do photobooth with just an cheap Canon Rebel (I used an XSi), $20 eBay wireless remote, speedlight, and tripod...

But, maybe offer to have a photobooth set up, and you can do other candids at the same time?

Nov 19, 2009 at 04:45 PM

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KFormus wrote:
You charged them too little, they perceive your service as something of little value. If you don't value your photography, why should your customers?

Precisely.

Nov 19, 2009 at 07:20 PM

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"I can do a photobooth. Would you be willing to spend 800 for a booth and candids?"

Nov 19, 2009 at 08:29 PM

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In this area, my rates are actually high. We have 14 percent unemployment, median income is $19,000. Ohio is a lousy place to do business.

Nov 20, 2009 at 05:21 PM

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Your rates are high and yet your couple is paying an additional 650 for what I consider LESS of a service

you need to change your way of thinkig man.

Nov 20, 2009 at 06:26 PM

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Ohio is not a lousy place to work! Well in the sticks, maybe.

Nov 20, 2009 at 07:15 PM

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TTLKurtis wrote:
KFormus wrote:
You charged them too little, they perceive your service as something of little value. If you don't value your photography, why should your customers?

Precisely.

+1

Nov 20, 2009 at 07:39 PM

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Carl Feather wrote:
In this area, my rates are actually high. We have 14 percent unemployment, median income is $19,000. Ohio is a lousy place to do business.

If the photo booth guy can charge $750 and they can afford that, what makes you think people don't have money there? Even low-income families tend to pull money together for weddings.

Nov 20, 2009 at 08:44 PM

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I've actually never heard of a photographer being replaced by a silly-assed costly photo booth. What is the perceived benefit of getting one of these things vs. setting something up to crank out prints?

Nov 20, 2009 at 09:35 PM

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were they happy with the quality of your images, turnaround etc? I am confused why they'd want to spend more for less.

Nov 22, 2009 at 04:30 AM

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It's rare that there are not decent jobs to photograph in any reasonably sized areas. I have been in Ohio three times. Cincinnati twice, 2 weddings, same family, together grossed about $10k, and one in Columbus that grossed just under $18k

Nov 22, 2009 at 01:38 PM

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