Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reality here in the UK is that if I take more than about 45 minutes max to shoot the after church part of the wedding then I get complaints from the client. The time table I work to is 30 minutes prior to the service, 30 minutes for the service and then 30 - 45 minutes after plus maybe 15 minutes at the reception. In that time I shoot around 3 rolls of 35mm which then cost me round $100 to get processed to 8" x 6". An 8" x 6" print sells for around $12 to $15. This is about the best most of us can do here. There are one or two high fliers who get more but not in this area of the country. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Lea Murphy Sent: 14 November 2002 16:25 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica I shoot roughly 200 main images in the primary film the client has picked...color or black and white and another 60ish images in the opposite film. Some clients say then don't want black and white but I always have the Leica around loaded with Delta 400 and do at least one shot far back of the ceremony...and it's usually a hit. Often I'll do a shot of the bride and groom in black and white as well. I shoot with my M6, Canon EOS 7, Pentax 645N and every now and again I take the Mamiya 7 out to play. Lea - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Jensen" <randy@jamzcheer.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica > I would really like to have a discussion with other wedding photographers on > this list, but I don't want to bog down the LUG with wedding-related stuff. > > I shoot with a Bronica ETRS, usually about 250 images at a typical wedding, > and about 100 black and white shots with a Leica R4 and R4s (plus various > Infrared, etc). Just curious what others are doing. > > Again, I don't want the LUG to become any kind of wedding discussion, unless > others think it's applicable. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rob Heyman > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:38 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Last weekends Wedding - 100% Leica > > > > Hi Ted, > > "the costs are so prohibitive and the public so > retiscent to pay high fees for this sort of coverage." > > My understanding of Gerry's statement was that it costs more to photograph a > wedding my way than his way. It seems to me that ANYONE can offer my sort > of > coverage. I use 6-8 rolls of 35mm and sell from proofs. That part is pretty > much > the same cost all over the world. Gerry can then offer the album and prints > for > any price he wants. I would like to know how Gerry photographs a wedding and > how > the costs would become prohibitive for him. > > As far as pricing the album, you are absolutely correct. We should price our > work to whatever the market can stand. The market will set your price. > > Rob > > Ted Grant wrote: > > > Rob Heyman sked: > > > > > "As for the market, and here I assume you mean the costs, how does > > > it cost more for to cover a wedding without any extra lights, > assistants, > > 120 > > > cameras AND WITH just a kit of Leica over your shoulder?"<<< > > > > Hi Rob, > > It has nothing to do with the cost factor of reality in any case.. > > > > It has everything to do with the balls to state your price of $20 K and > make > > it sound you are asking $200.! :-) And right there is the secret of making > > the big money! State the price, don't blink, snicker or anything but stand > > there and calmly wait for the answer, because they will say one of three > > things... > > > > OK that's fine, what is the drill for the wedding day? :-) > > Seems a bit high but for that money you must be damn good! You get the > job. > > :-) > > Drop dead you must be crazy! :-( > > > > It's having the mastery of the marketing technique which damn few > > photographers have, because we really want to take pictures and rarely > time > > to develop the selling technique. Then there are the guys who have all the > > marbles in the bag and sell themselves like magic. And in this case they > > always get their bride! > > > > ted.... whose never had the balls to try it! ;-) > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > __________________________________ > Rob Heyman M.Photog > 32 Binyara Street > CHAPEL HILL Qld 4069 > Ph 07 3878 3884 fax 07 3378 6639 > __________________________________ > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html