I am so excited and also a teensy bit nervous to announce I have finally posted my pricing on the blog.
Why am I excited?
-This means one more step forward in that direction of turning my passion for photography into a business. (last year I was practically begging people to photograph them for free)
-Now, when people ask how much I charge, my response won't be "I dunno!" haha!
-I have fretted about where to set my pricing for months (maybe even a year. hehe) and this feels like a good starting point.
-I feel like I've come up with a way to offer several options that make my services affordable to anyone.
-I feel like I can finally justify some of the time I spend doing photography. I work part time so I can be home with Sydney and be the mom that she deserves. Although I love photography, the times I am not at work is very precious to me and I would love to spend more of it with my own family and Sydney.
-And It frees me up to pursue my dreams of photographing food. :)
Why am I nervous?
-Honestly I am nervous that no one will hire me and I won't be able to grow my business.
-If no one hires me I won't have a way to feed my addiction for taking photos. bwahahah!
-If I can't grow my business I will be stuck at my part time day job for the rest of my miserable, lonely life! hahaha! I totally exaggerate! But it is a tiny bit true. I want to eventually turn my photography into a full time business/career that allows me to support myself and Sydney.
-There is always that fear, that lives deep inside of me with all of my other silly fears, that people will think I am overpriced.
Well there you have it. And it feels good to get it out there! Dang it! Big sigh... And after reviewing my lists, I know this is the right thing for me to do right now. The reasons I am excited far exceed the reasons I am nervous. And so it is. Yay!
Because I am working on building a sustainable business, pricing will change in time.
To finish up I would like to include a few links that discuss why photographers charge what they do:
I feel like this post, "Why does wedding photography cost so much?" by photographer Brian Powell, best illustrates why photographers charge what they do.
I also really liked this article, "Why Does Custom Photography Cost More?" by Marianne Drenthe of Marmalade Photography.
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Way to go!
ReplyDeleteDelurking to say... I could have written this exact post! I am at the exact point in my photography where I am starting to charge for my services and I am experiencing all of the same fears you have expressed. Let me know how everything goes, won't you?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jake! Can you believe how many times I said "okay, I'm charging now" and never did. hahaha! well it's on the interweb now..... so that makes all official now. hahaha
ReplyDeleteAloicoius, Thank you so much for "delurking" and for your comments. It's so good to here from other photographers in the same boat. I really enjoyed looking at all your blogs.
ReplyDeleteFor sure let's keep in touch! Let me know how everything goes for you too with the whole charging thing. :)
Well you have started charging some people I believe. So it's all part of a continuous process of growth and change. Nothing wrong with that. Excited for you to have come so far. I'm sure there's plenty more room for growing and learning still to come. Thanks for sharing the milestone with the interwebs. :)
ReplyDeleteYipeee! You are amazing!!!
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