An opposite experience I had. And also to address the previous thread about
being amateur and using older gear. I shot a wedding last year just for fun, it
was my oldest friend's wedding. They are not short of cash (read very wealthy)
and hired the best photog in town. Hassies, assistants, the full hit. I used my
ME Super w/50 and 135Ms. They ordered the obligatory shots from the pro
(comments="they were all right") and "ordered" about 200 prints from mine. I
spent 2 days in the darkroom and delivered them as a wedding present. The
embarrassing praise was more than enough pay back. I had phone calls from their
relatives around the US thanking me and complimenting me. So, don't think you
should undervalue your work for the idiotic reasons Bill addressed in his usual,
diplomatic style :-)
Norm
Peter Smith wrote:
> Aaron Reynolds wrote:
>
> > I have too many friends who don't ask for enough up front for weddings
> > and the like, and then when faced with demands from the client for cheap
> > prints or the like ("Twelve dollars for an 8x10? I can get one done at
> > Wal-Mart for six!"), they find themselves not making any money, or worse
> > still, losing money.
>
> I was asked (didn't offer) some years ago to shoot a wedding for a colleague
> at work. I said I would do it but didn't negotiate a fee because I was
> willing as an amateur to do it at cost.
>
> I did it and got lots of praise for the results around the office. Not once
> was I even offered the cost of film and processing let alone thanked. My
> view was that a token thanks such as a bottle of Scotch might have been a
> reasonable gesture.
>
> Peter
>
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