Ah, the likelihood of that is somewhat remote. Not to worry. :-)
We were at a photoshoot yesterday at this place called Venture. They entice you into having it done with displays of ultra-modern shots around the local shopping mall or supermarket saying you could get a free photo. The photos they have on display are all massive posters, but when you get there you have the photos done & then they hit you with their price list. A single 7x5" shot costs over 200UKP, and an album with 15 shots nearly 1500 quid. Needless to say we're not buying at those prices. I was wondering about maybe having some good shots done then getting them printed & framed ourselves. These guys are obviously a rip off at half the price. Our wedding photos only cost 500 and we thought that was expensive at the time.
There are lot of places in shopping malls that do cheap shoots. £200 basic rising to £1500 is just insane ...I'd be expecting David Baily for that. There was a photographer in our local shopping centre recently, I can't remember whhat he was charging though - I will make a point of noting down his prices next time I see him.
When I was thinking about doing CV photos for actors, the general price was £250 for 4 10x8's. The shoot was up to 3 hours, studio or location. Student prices were 1/2 that. So that's a guide for how much pro photographers charge for portraits. I would expect £100-£250 including enlargments for a portrait set depending on the experience of the photographer.
Depending on what you got, £500 for a wedding is pretty good. Weddings are expensive and they are pretty demanding of the photographer to get right. If I were to do a wedding, and I don't plan to as they are very stressful, I'd charge £500 (incl. an album of photos)...
Aye, that sounds fair enough. I'll have to see if that chap I got to do my carte de séjour photo is still going. Back in '96 there weren't any photo booths doing b&w and it was a legal stipulation that the photos used for the French carte de séjour had to be black & white so I had it done pro.
Really? So, if I comission a professional photographer to take photos of me, I'm not allowed to get the work which I've paid for enlarged and framed? How very bizarre.
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We were at a photoshoot yesterday at this place called Venture. They entice you into having it done with displays of ultra-modern shots around the local shopping mall or supermarket saying you could get a free photo. The photos they have on display are all massive posters, but when you get there you have the photos done & then they hit you with their price list. A single 7x5" shot costs over 200UKP, and an album with 15 shots nearly 1500 quid. Needless to say we're not buying at those prices. I was wondering about maybe having some good shots done then getting them printed & framed ourselves. These guys are obviously a rip off at half the price. Our wedding photos only cost 500 and we thought that was expensive at the time.
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When I was thinking about doing CV photos for actors, the general price was £250 for 4 10x8's. The shoot was up to 3 hours, studio or location. Student prices were 1/2 that. So that's a guide for how much pro photographers charge for portraits. I would expect £100-£250 including enlargments for a portrait set depending on the experience of the photographer.
Depending on what you got, £500 for a wedding is pretty good. Weddings are expensive and they are pretty demanding of the photographer to get right. If I were to do a wedding, and I don't plan to as they are very stressful, I'd charge £500 (incl. an album of photos)...
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Umm - there's a slight problem with that, called Copyright! :-)
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Copyright of photos is with the photographer, and as you've pointed out, it's through selling enlargments later that they make their money.
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