Doug has this exactly right. It's OK to shoot lots of film because you can
experiment with new ideas while you do it, but cut down on the number of
shots that to give the customer. I'd say let them select from the best
twenty or twenty five images. You get to use them all to build your
repertoire. I don't know about anyone else but the Muse of spontaneous,
creative photography is not on me every shooting session, and I have found
that having a good repertoire of "formula" shots can save a session, or at
least get me warmed up to the point where the creative juices can flow.
Remember to work out a contract for your customers to sign and include a
model release so that you can use your best work to advertise your business.
I'd recommend you require payment a week or more ahead of the shoot and be
sure to have a clause in the contract that says cancellations, after some
point in time, will not be refunded. No ifs, ands, or buts. You can always
temper that under circumstances that you may believe require compassion, but
never, ever, even hint that you might do so.
Sample contracts and model release forms abound on the web. Find them,
modify them, and check with a lawyer/solicitor before you start using them.
Len
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Brewer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 11:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: My decision...
>
>
> Tanya,
>
> Sounds like a pretty reasonable plan, I guess. Only a couple
> of things to think about:
>
> Plan for repeat business. Giving them 70-80 5x7's will assure
> that they will be awash in photos for the foreseeable future.
> Maybe forever. You have a pretty good eye, but I don't think
> you're yet at the point where you can come up with 70-80
> shots that are unique and different enough from one another,
> as well as photographically valid, as to warrant including them all.
>
> Also, you don't want to shoot your wad right away. If you use
> up every single idea you have, what are you going to do next
> time? A smaller number of carefully edited and arranged
> portraits will work better for you, because the clients will
> be impressed with your work, you leave room for reorders
> (which will be non-existent if you deliver 80 5x7's), AND,
> possibly most important, the client will begin to think of
> the next session.
>
> And speaking of reprints, keep the prices up there on them.
> If folks figure out that the reprints are cheaper than the
> initial package, they'll cheap you on the first order and
> then reorder you to death.
>
> Entirely up to you,
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> --
> Douglas Forrest Brewer
> Ashwood Lake Photography
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.alphoto.com
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