October was crazy and busy, but now I'm going through withdrawal. I actually felt like I was doing something, growing and learning. And it seems the south swell has disappeared and I'm staring at nothing. I have cabin fever and I'm going crazy. Craigslist ads don't elicit much response. I had one inquiry and she ended up booking through a wedding planner before I even emailed back. So, today, I emailed the top five wedding package companies that came up in google. Maybe I'll catch a break.
The great news was that I'm still receiving business from those weddings in October, which I did through a local wedding planner. The bride wants to purchase a CD of her images. My set price is $200 which is a steal, comes out to like $2 something per picture...plus, other photographers I read about charge closer to $650 to $1000. But I was still so nervous putting $200 down. I struggled with knocking the price down. I mean, I'm not going to make any more money off this wedding. People don't like to sell the CD because then there's no incentive to buy prints. There's no harm in selling a CD cheap. I don't know...I took a gamble and sent the email with the standard quote. Oooh, I would be real excited if she purchases. I was looking at all these cutesy newborn props, a fluffy white rug, baby blanket wraps...all cost money. I can't justify spending the money when I don't have any newborns to photograph. Whe I say "I can't justify"...I mean, I am holding out for a day or two until I can't take it anymore and buy more than I even planned on in the first place.
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be strong keao. you can hold out! i hope you get more business soon too.
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