I didn't ask but in my experience, people who have money are careful with
money. That's why they have money. They can just afford the best when they want
it.
I very much doubt it anyway. Just a nice, attractive, middle-class family.
Andrew Fildes
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On 25/05/2011, at 8:25 AM, John Hudson wrote:
> ...but is the family income > $250k which might explain the generous fee ?
>
> jh
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>> A friend of a friend of a friend had some family shots done by a photog who
>> won a portrait of the year comp. a few years back and trades on that. I saw
>> the pix - family in the park.
>> Thirtysomething couple, three kids about 6, 4 and 2. All a bit ordinary,
>> but the little kid looked a bit gormless in most shots and intellectually
>> handicapped in others - and these were the 'keepers'. And no, she isn't
>> challenged in any way, I'm told - she was just not smiling. Only had
>> expression in one shot.
>> The fee - $4.5K! The lure - one as a 16x20 on canvas, stretched. Mum is
>> delighted.
>> I suspect that half of us on this list, at least, could have done better
>> given a nice family and a sunny day.
>> Time to rethink the business plan?
>>
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 24/05/2011, at 10:17 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>>> Last evening I was hired to shoot a portrait of a two year old. Babies
>>> and toddlers can be a challenge and this was no exception. I earned my
>>> sitting fee. We did it outdoors at a particular park. My hitrate with
>>> photographing humanoid-shaped alien lifeforms is never all that great
>>> to begin with, but she made it especially ornerous. My total shoot
>>> quantity was just under 250 pictures.
>>
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