...but is the family income > $250k which might explain the generous fee ?
jh
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Feeble attempts at getting it out of my system
>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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