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If someone offered you $300 to cover 3hrs of a wedding, 1.5hrs of commuting, and 2hrs of sorting/editing time, WITH LESS THAN 8HRS NOTICE, how many photos would you include? Prints? Extras?

If you’re thinking that sounds insane then you’re correct but I’m just losing my mind here. He asked for an additional DISCOUNT and thought that I was going to include 200+ prints into a photo album for him???? I’m new to photography so I figured I could at least get the experience and use for marketing but I don’t have permission to post photos of the family in their culture either. I did someone a favor and it’s been nothing but a nightmare.

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[–] hashtagtotheface@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

That would be I take it because I'm broke and know I can bang through 200 photos in a couple hours. But I've done them over the years. As a new photographer it's hit and miss. You won't be as fast at editing. So it's down to whether you need experience and money doesn't really matter, or its not worth it. I have made more money from doing free work then when I had a studio at a mall. Free work and talking to people got me paid work. So even now I'd take a 300 wedding because I'm broke af on the possibility I'd pull extra work. So don't always look at work as being paid a certain amount. Once I was doing it proffesionally I liked to price myself at 50 an hour Atleast. Volunteer photography got me the most work other then making a shit ton when Groupon first came out.