wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? - Page 2

ssim · 20th of May 2012 (Sun)

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Originally Posted by picard

why do some wedding photographer shoot for free & provide album for client for free too?

WTF ?

is this the way to break into the field ?

This is news? I'd be interested to see the link that you found this on or is this just a generic question. Sure lots of people do it and many have good reasons for doing it as is evidenced by some of the responses here. You can only control things that are in your control so why lose sleep over what the other guy is doing. You have to be aware of what your competition is doing but is the person giving their work away totally free really your competition.

1314 · 21st of May 2012 (Mon)

I can understand if you're starting out, you may shoot for free.

I don't know anyone is giving out album for free. The good ones are not cheap, even without adding the design time for the layout.

cristphoto · 21st of May 2012 (Mon)

I've provided free labor rate for wounded veterans. The client paid for all other print and album expenses.

umphotography · 21st of May 2012 (Mon)

I gave away a free album last year. And was happy to do so.

It was for a United States Marine that is serving in Afganastan. It was an honor for me to do so for somone who is providing the services We need to live with freedom in this country. I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Apex174 · 21st of May 2012 (Mon)

I shot a destination wedding in Hawaii for free (cousin's wedding). My aunt paid for my airfare, hotel, food and transport. It was a nice 4 day getaway as well. I enjoyed shooting the beach ceremony for my portfolio and gave the couple a CD of their pictures and made them a DVD slideshow. No album though.

JohnThomas · 24th of May 2012 (Thu)

I'm in the process of turning my hobby of photography into a business.. To do so I'm shooting events for free in order to build experience and my portfolio.

However, I am not offering albums for free. This is the only way I manage to cover a little of my expenses.

Without offering to do events for free, I'm not sure how I would book clients (that I don't have a relationship with) without a portfolio. Every time I shoot an event for free I tell myself there has to be a better way, but I can't figure one out.

21st of May 2012 (Mon)	#17
1314 Junior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Hoboken Posts: 18	Re: wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? I can understand if you're starting out, you may shoot for free. I don't know anyone is giving out album for free. The good ones are not cheap, even without adding the design time for the layout. __________________ New Jersey Wedding Photographer New Jersey Wedding Photography Blog

21st of May 2012 (Mon)	#18
cristphoto Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Maryland Posts: 676	Re: wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? I've provided free labor rate for wounded veterans. The client paid for all other print and album expenses. __________________ 1D MKIII, 1DS MKIII, 1D MKIV, 24L II, 35L, 50L, 85L II, 135L, 300LIS, 17-40L, 24-70L, 70-200LIS, 100-400LIS

21st of May 2012 (Mon)	#19
umphotography Cream of the Crop Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: minnesota Posts: 7,061 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? I gave away a free album last year. And was happy to do so. It was for a United States Marine that is serving in Afganastan. It was an honor for me to do so for somone who is providing the services We need to live with freedom in this country. I would do it again in a heartbeat. __________________ Mike www.umphotography.com GEAR LIST Facebook

21st of May 2012 (Mon)	#20
Apex174 Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chino, CA Posts: 203 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? I shot a destination wedding in Hawaii for free (cousin's wedding). My aunt paid for my airfare, hotel, food and transport. It was a nice 4 day getaway as well. I enjoyed shooting the beach ceremony for my portfolio and gave the couple a CD of their pictures and made them a DVD slideshow. No album though. __________________ 5D-II, 400D w/ BG-E3 & 40D w/ BG-E2 50 1.8, 17-85 IS USM, 24-70 2.8L, 70-200 2.8L IS 430EX, 580EXII

24th of May 2012 (Thu)	#21
JohnThomas Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 332 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: wedding photographer shot free & provide album for free? I'm in the process of turning my hobby of photography into a business.. To do so I'm shooting events for free in order to build experience and my portfolio. However, I am not offering albums for free. This is the only way I manage to cover a little of my expenses. Without offering to do events for free, I'm not sure how I would book clients (that I don't have a relationship with) without a portfolio. Every time I shoot an event for free I tell myself there has to be a better way, but I can't figure one out. __________________ You can call me JT 5D mkIII \| 5D mkII \|50D \| 50 1.8 II \| 85 1.8 \| 17-55 2.8 \| 16-35 2.8L \| 24-70 2.8L \| 70-200 2.8L \| (3) 600EX-RT \| (3) 580EX II

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