wedding package that includes CD

[Ty G]

Ok, what opinions, experiences do you EXPERIENCED wedding photogs have with selling a wedding package that along with leather album including CD of all images for client to reproduce on their own.

My thoughts are: the client is only really going to make small prints for grandma, cousin, etc. I would prefer to take the images, provide a really good leather album and let them do their own 4x6's My feeling is that I will sacrifice $100 of small prints for the pleasure of not having to deal with small orders.

Please chime in with any good or bad experiences with this method.

Ty Guillory
www.tyguillory.com
www.tystintypes.com

[SuzyView]

There are many of us who provide whatever as packages differ so much. I think the CD's with all images is a good option, but it costs because you are giving them the keys to the kingdom. And Dave Terry, when he sent me the CD of my son's wedding, asked if I was to want prints larger than 4x6, to order from him so he has control of the larger sizes. I think that's very fair.

[tim]

My $6000 package includes a CD, with my other packages you can add it on. Don't underestimate print sales though, my average print sales from one wedding is probably only $300, but sometimes I sell $2000 worth of prints from a single wedding. 6x4s make up a fair chunk of these prints.