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<blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 3677793" data-attributes="member: 13337"><p>I hear ya my friend,,,</p><p>Weddings are the worst job ever,,,</p><p>But they are also the most lucrative for a one-man studio.</p><p></p><p>Weddings are your bread & butter if you want to make a living.</p><p></p><p>Everyone loves the photographer until after the wedding,,,</p><p>When the bills start to come in they start to cheap out.</p><p></p><p>My strategy (and it worked 99.99% of the time) for 13 years,,,</p><p>Was to offer a 100% money back guarantee,,,</p><p>Minus the $250 deposit to hold the date.</p><p></p><p>That $250 ensured I would at least break even</p><p></p><p>After the wedding the bride and in-laws rarely ever liked the pictures,,,</p><p>They would say stuff like, "These don't look as good as your samples did".</p><p></p><p>Invariably they would ask for some kind of discount,,,</p><p>I would put on my best sorrowful face and offer them their money back.</p><p></p><p>Their next step would be to say they wanted some of the pictures if I could just come down on the price,,,</p><p>That's when I would say, "If you don't like the pictures a lower price won't make them better."</p><p></p><p>Then I would take the presentation album and put it in my desk drawer,,,</p><p>And start to write them a check for the balance,,,</p><p>I always got paid in full up front,,,</p><p>That was in the contract.</p><p></p><p>The quality of the images was never the question,,,</p><p>It was buyers remorse after the wedding frenzy wore off.</p><p></p><p>In Professional Photography Association seminars,,,</p><p>There is always at least one session on dealing with this.</p><p></p><p>Invariably, except for one wedding in 13 years,,,</p><p>They took the "bad" album.</p><p></p><p>It was either that or get no pictures at all.</p><p></p><p>The funny thing is I almost always got references from those folks.</p><p></p><p>That constant rejection and hassle drove me out of the business,,,</p><p>That I never should have started in the first place.</p><p></p><p>I should have just kept it as a beloved hobby,,,</p><p>And become an accountant instead.</p><p></p><p>Aarond</p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aarondhgraham, post: 3677793, member: 13337"] I hear ya my friend,,, Weddings are the worst job ever,,, But they are also the most lucrative for a one-man studio. Weddings are your bread & butter if you want to make a living. Everyone loves the photographer until after the wedding,,, When the bills start to come in they start to cheap out. My strategy (and it worked 99.99% of the time) for 13 years,,, Was to offer a 100% money back guarantee,,, Minus the $250 deposit to hold the date. That $250 ensured I would at least break even After the wedding the bride and in-laws rarely ever liked the pictures,,, They would say stuff like, "These don't look as good as your samples did". Invariably they would ask for some kind of discount,,, I would put on my best sorrowful face and offer them their money back. Their next step would be to say they wanted some of the pictures if I could just come down on the price,,, That's when I would say, "If you don't like the pictures a lower price won't make them better." Then I would take the presentation album and put it in my desk drawer,,, And start to write them a check for the balance,,, I always got paid in full up front,,, That was in the contract. The quality of the images was never the question,,, It was buyers remorse after the wedding frenzy wore off. In Professional Photography Association seminars,,, There is always at least one session on dealing with this. Invariably, except for one wedding in 13 years,,, They took the "bad" album. It was either that or get no pictures at all. The funny thing is I almost always got references from those folks. That constant rejection and hassle drove me out of the business,,, That I never should have started in the first place. I should have just kept it as a beloved hobby,,, And become an accountant instead. Aarond . [/QUOTE]
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