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From: "John Sessoms"
Subject: RE: Portrait software
From: "Jens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PS: Many photographing companies offer such packages for schools etc.
The price is often apr. 50 USD for on package wieh a number of
portraits and one group portrait.
If marketed right this can be a brilliant source of income. If I
could fill my order book, I could make one months wages in just one
week. One school class is enough for one week salery.
This is worth taking into consideration, if you wnat to make a living
from photography...:-)
Unfortunately, around where I live (Southeastern US - North Carolina)
there's one company that already has a lock on the business; already has
contracts with most of the school systems.
Another good line is CHURCHES - get the pastor on the hook with a really
LOW PRICE for a group portrait of the congregation then sell all the
individual families portrait packages
They also have the contract for the "Photo Studio" at most WalMart, Target
& J.C. Penny stores.
They don't hire photographers.
They take kids who want to be photographers, give them a quickie course -
Camera here, this light here, that light there, switches just so ... this
is how the background is hung - and pay them $11.00 an hour +
"reimbursement" for expenses.
The reimbursement = $.35 a mile for the wear & tear and fuel for their
personal vehicle + minimal per diem.
After a while the kids realize that when you add in all the unpaid travel
time they're making less than they could flippin' burgers at McDonalds, so
the company has to hire another batch of new kids.
Still, I'd take $11.00 an hour if they'd hire me for one of the nearby
J.C. Penny or Target studios, but I ain't going out on the road for that.
Moot anyway - they don't hire photographers.
Tell them you use Pentax. They'll hire you then.....
Seriously, these places aren't in the business of churning out high art,
they really are there for the people who are in the market for what they are
selling.
In order for them to be able to do what they do, every studio needs to be as
close to the same as possible with regards to lighing intensity and ratio.
This is the photographic equivalent of flipping burgers at McDonald's, and
the reasons for them doing what they do are exactly the same as the reasons
for why McD does it the way they do.
It's all about consistency of product.
William Robb
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