FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My standard portrait session fee is $50 plus tax with a la carte pricing for prints. My price list is on my web site. All photo sessions come with digital files suitable for posting on social-media sites. All sessions also come with 4" x 6" proof prints of usable images from the photo session. Digital files will be available on CD, DVD or online download. I do business and actor head shots for a flat fee of $125 plus tax. For that fee you get 4" x 6" proof prints of up to 10 usable images you select plus a full-resolution digital file of one image you select. You also receive a low-resolution digital file of each image you select (up to 10), fully edited and ready to share online. If you belong to an organization and want head shots for more than one person during one session, the session fee is $125 for the first person and $30 per person after that. The session is limited to one location. All prices shown here and on my web site are before sales tax.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
We like to chat with our customers over the phone or in person before we meet for a photo shoot. We want to understand what our customers want and need, and that allows us to properly plan for a photo shoot. Photo shoots normally last 1 to 2 hours, including time we spend reviewing photos on our tablet. Before we complete a photo shoot, we schedule another visit with the customer at their home, office or other location to review the proofs and take their print order. We provide online jpeg copies of the original images for customers to review before we meet to review their print order. These unedited jpegs are proofs only (watermarked) and are not suitable for printing. After the print order is complete and we have the prints in hand, we deliver the prints to the customer.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I have been a photographer for 30 years. I was a news photographer in the Air Force and a professional studio photographer after that. I've worked in the photographic retail industry and have taught basic photography. I'm a member of Professional Photographers of America and the American Society of Media Photographers.