The problem is there are other photographers out there who are charging $15 and making money off of it. They use cheap labor and churn out the pictures fast.
They are making money by being the exclusive provider of services and offering up-sells of the basic package. I personally wouldn't pay more than about $15 for sports pictures of my kid, especially if they played every week. And even team/individual portraits should be around that area. Figure that the people who are making money on this are using a pro lab that can give them prints for cheaper than Walmart, and can take volume business. The trick is to find one that is reasonable on cost and easy to deal with. A local one would be preferable IMO, since you can visit them if there are problems. On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:55 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: pnstenqu...@comcast.net >>> >>> Say there are 20 team members and you spend 2 hours shooting. At >>> $50 >>>> >>>> an hour that's a hundred bucks. Split 20 ways, that's $5 per >>>> team member. >>>> >>>> Package from Walmart is $15, so your cost per package is $20. >>>> >>>> Your price should be between $80 and $140 per package. >>>> >>>> Go higher or lower based on what you think is fair market value. >>>> >> Way too much for that kind of photography. The parents will hang you >> from the rafters in the gym if you ask $80. Figure you're going to >> sell at least a dozen packets. Price them at $20 over cost, and >> you'll make $240. Not bad for a couple hours of work. Paul >> > > My answer is based on PPA Best Practices, which considers photography from > the standpoint of a business. Start out with your prices too low and you > lock yourself into low prices forever. > > There IS such a thing as under-pricing yourself out of business, as well as > pricing yourself too high. > > "The workman is worthy of his hire", i.e. if your price is too low most > people will assume it's because your work is no good. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
