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Originally Posted by LewisM
weddings are honestly one of the easiest damned things to shoot.
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Originally Posted by LewisM
Pfft. What's hard about it?
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Lewis, I could be wrong - but I suspect that it was these comments that raised H's hackles.
The way I see it is that photographers are free to charge whatever they like to shoot weddings, and clients are free to pay that charge or not.
The onus is on the client to do their homework. To have a clear idea of what they are after, to look at photographers portfolios, and maybe contact people they have previously done weddings for, and decide whether they are worth the fee they are asking. And if not, move on.
The flip side of the fee is the clients expectations. I would suggest that clients who pay higher fees will have higher expectations of the quality of not only the delivered product, but also the levels of service given by the photographer before, during, and after the wedding.
It is possible that the reason you find weddings so easy to shoot, is that the fee you are charging, in general, attracts clients with lower expectations. I am not saying that the product you deliver is lower in quality, nor am I trying to denigrate your skill as a photographer (of which I have no knowledge). Setting a low price, then exceeding expectations is certainly one way to create happy clients.
If I buy a chinese $20 cordless drill at bunnings, and it gives up 1 day after its warranty I would be less inclined to raise a stink than if it were my $350 german made equivalent. A poor analogy, but anyway...
Adam