I think those are two different issues - receiving payment vs "artsy"
stuff. How you do the work - your photographic style, quality of the
product, quality of your service, pricing vs budget, payment terms -
should be the issues of getting the booking. Being sure you hold the
couple to the terms of their contract and being sure you're paid for
extras is, I think, different from, and not part of, getting the booking.
I agree about the "artsy" & "cutesy" stuff. I think a lot of it begins
with someone with good PR doing something that no-one else is doing and
labeling it creativity. It's how they set themselves apart from the
rest. If they convince enough people that it's new and different and
they've got to have it, it pretty soon becomes the de-facto standard.
As for Anne Geddes' work, well.....
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34766
-p
Bruce Dayton wrote:
It is one thing to be hard nosed with existing customers, but with
weddings, you are trying to get the booking. So what the brides are
looking for is all this 'artsy' stuff. Quite honestly, it is more a
female/male thing. Women are more into romantic, dreamy stuff and
men aren't. It is a bit like the Anne Geddes babies stuff - makes me
want to wretch, yet my wife thinks it is very cute.
So while I can tell potential clients I don't do that 'artsy' stuff,
many competitors do. So you lose out on business. I am currently
losing out on business, but at least have my dignity intact.
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