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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally normal. It was most likely all spelled out in the contract you signed or their price list. Why are you expecting to get something for free?[/quote]

I'm not expecting anything for free. I spent 2k on prints.

I bought the session at a charity event via a fundraiser and it wasn't spelled out at the time. I wasn't informed actually until AFTER we had done the shoot about this or any pricing. [/quote]

Well then, lesson learned. Read the fine print!

Photographers spend hours that you do not see working on your photos. They make their money selling the photos in all formats after the shoot. Good, high end photographers do the pricing the way you see it.[/quote]

Agree. Just pay the damn money.  It's not just snapping pics and sending them to you straight from the camera. There are touch ups on those, sizing, and also the session planning (to get the shots, lighting, etc.) It's an art. Plus, her admin costs (e.g., upkeep for Photoshop, billing platforms, her time, etc.)

I'm just a hobbyist but, even for my pics (which are decent but not professional), its a LOT of work.[/quote]

So just asking, do you not think a client ordering 2k in prints is showing adequate respect for their work? This photographer shot us last week. Went over photos earlier this week and will be sending them for print today after touch ups.

So lets say they did nothing else BUT work on my product for this entire week. 2k a week is making quite a bit of money. That is in addition to their $500 sitting fee (which is about what I paid at the fundraiser, so they didn't receive that directly). [/quote]

[b]Your beef is with the pricing, then.  You should have checked that upfront and you didn't. This is your problem, not the photographer's[/b].[/quote]

Add this to the fact that OP got her package at a discount, through a charity event. She didn’t even pay full price for the small package she got (session and one print)[/quote]

There was no way to check the pricing up front. She didn't post it on her website and it wasn't available at the event.

Then, despite being irritated with the lack of transparency I still bought 2k in prints. I don't think I've done anything wrong here. I think clearly this photographer is very expensive, more expensive than someone I would have chosen to hire (what I paid for at the auction was more than what I would have expected to pay for a sitting with a photographer). There was [b]no way[/b] for me to know how expensive she was the night I bought the package. Personally I would say, as a consumer, that not packaging digital files with prints is bad business because it has, at least for me, eliminated the possibility of repeat business with me. I would have happily been onboard with, 'need to buy a print then +10/15/20 for the digital file. Instead I got, the only way you'll get digital files is buying a 5k package. People value digital files in this day and age, it seems short sighted to not have a semi reasonable way for people to acquire them. [/quote]

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