On Oct 27, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> >> Unfortunately, parents of little league ballplayers don't think of it in the >> same financial terms as a wedding. You can't price this kind of photography >> based on what you might think your time is worth. You have to base it on >> what the parents will think the pictures are worth. And that's not very >> much. Low prices and high volume are the only possible path to a decent >> profit here. >> >> Paul >> >> > I sent my recent reply about pricing before I read this, Paul. I understand > your logic and I defer to your greater experience with the photo marketplace. > But I expect that the more satisfying and profitable approach in the long run > will be to value time rather than product. If Frank is a good enough > photographer (he is), good enough salesman (?), patient enough (?) and has a > day job (he does), then he might be able to follow an approach which does > calculate benefit "in the long run." > > stan > Perhaps. But I think photographing kids is pretty much a non-starter these days as a business model. Pricing it as a high value commodity is, to my mind, certain to fail.
I've only been able to make money at photography by hitching it to something else I can do well -- journalism -- and specialized knowledge -- the auto biz. If I were Frank, who is an attorney, I would try to exploit my knowledge of that field and develop a photo business that served the interests of the legal profession in some way. He could perhaps meld his knowledge of the law with his photographic talent, which is considerable, to market a unique product. Kid pics aren't a unique product. Paul > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
