What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Since I recently turned Pro in August of 2020 my pricing is very low!
But don’t let my affordability fool you.
My photography is worth 10 times what you’ll pay and the real work for a photographer kicks in when they get back home or to their studio. It can take a few minutes to edit an image or if it’s ‘the’ shot and something in the image takes away from the feel or look it can take 40+ min on a single image.
I'm always willing to work within the budget of each client.
My goal is to never have a client have to choose a sub par photographer because of finances.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Find out your needs, find out what you need and want me to capture for you and connect with you to ensure a good fit.
Then we choose the date, time, and location. Often I help my clients with styling guides and even choosing locations for the most beautiful images.
I have my own professional studio as well as portable equipment and lighting so I am able to tackle any project!
Then we secure your shoot with an on-line booking that requires a 50% deposit with the remaining due the day of the shoot or event.
All my clients receive a complete on-line portfolio with all their images. Your portfolio can be accessed, downloaded, and shared from anywhere, and on any device. Yes even on your mobile phone.
Through the portfolio you can order prints, frames, matting, books, calendars, holiday and greeting cards, and even some of the newest materials such as edgeless photos on aluminum.
I pay for any color correction that is needed for the type of materials chosen, your chosen images and and framing and matting is all done by the photo lab, and the end products are shipped directly to you.
I only work with the very best photo labs in the US, UK, and AU.
So you’ll never have to worry about where your CD is, or that little thumb drive.
Since you receive the very best prints and even framing at very affordable prices I encourage all my portrait and event clients to order some prints, even if it is through another source.
Otherwise, more often than not, all those precious moments just end up collecting dust in the cloud or on a computer somewhere.
So for portraits, events, and weddings please print some of your favorite images.
You children, family, friends, and their children will be happy and thankful you did for generations to come.
All my Wedding and Engagement clients as well as some others receive 10+ “sneak peeks” within a few days so they can share them with friends and family as well as order prints while I complete on their portfolio.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Life and capturing moments, most often with people in them.
I’ve taken countless photography courses and am the lead photographer for our church as well as a videographer and am quite a geek.
I have been capturing beautiful images and portraits as well as weddings for 20 years in 46 states and 3 countries.
Sure I’ve taken A LOT of photography courses. Understanding composition, the exposure triangle, and so many other geeky things needed to be a “real” professional.
Yet traveling the world and working across the country from Alaska (Think Deadliest Catch, Yep I did that for 3 seasons) to the southern Florida Keys, has afforded me the life experience and abilities to tackle any project.
2/3rds of photography is composition. Some people are naturally gifted at it.
You know, the person you hand your phone to and they always seem to get great shots and you’re blown away and wonder “how they do that”?
It’s a calling, an ability and gift that cannot be explained in a paragraph. THAT is what sets some of the best of us apart.
