cineski wrote:
I know you\'re not saying this, but if that\'s the case people should simply not agree to those terms. There\'s more value in saying no just as much as there is saying yes. It just depends on the situation.
Micky Bill wrote:
I have a feeling that if it costs more than $200 the owner will do iPhone pictures. It doesn\'t sound like a place that would spend $7500 for a photo shoot..
Not to mention the damage to ones reputation...budding or not...caused by doing work that is not really up to snuff and priced way too cheap.
I know its a catch 22 for an upstart photog. You need work and you need samples. You MIGHT and I stress the word might dig yourself a hole here that will be really hard to climb out of.
What happens to you when someone asks the restaurant owner abut the photos, not liking them? Oh that was so and so he says. Or asks about then liking them...oh that was so and so, he works for next to nothing.
Learning to say no and to price your work correctly are the hardest lessons you will learn in this business.
I say no all the time and many times second guess myself after the fact, but I always come back to valuing my work and reputation.
There is an old saying in thus business and it still rings true.
You are only as good as your last job....
Words to live by if you plan on doing this for a lifetime.
