Very useful John. Thanks a lot!

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Informative again!

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Thanks for sharing!

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yeah, there is a great article about it on Croatian photography forum, whit list of actual expenses you do have and should charge for if you were an amateur... and added costs for pro photographers. but the example there was great. personally i'd only do that for a friend as i know it'd be good for both of us and she is one of my best friends, and she'd give me free clothes anyway. i can understand when photographers and models are just starting, so they both do each other a favour when they do a photoshoot, but in the case mentioned in the article, that was not the case.
thanks for sharing.

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It is very sad but true, I hate the thought that because our cameras are digital the photographs are 'free' shooting sporting games for money I am approached by parents occasionally that ask for me to email them an image, its ridiculous they get offended when I tell them I will gladly do it for 30 dollars an image. <sigh>

rGood article John

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great!

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I only give my services free, like this summer a friend has asked me to do her wedding, and I will for free as my wedding present. I'm scared to death but nuttin in life is free honey....LMAO

Great read John!

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if you're good at something, never do it for free...

Out here in Colorado, everybody and their brother has a camera (many own very nice DSLRs) and they all think they are (professional) "photographers."

i would feel confident saying that Colorado has one of the highest "awesome camera" to "beginning and novice" photographers ratio in the states. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of pros out here, but there seems to be an abundance of amateurs floating around willing to shoot for free (fashion, head shots, events, weddings) just to build a portfolio. You see "TFCD" a whole lot.

There's not much that can be done to change the market, unfortunately. The downside is that many people are being driven to think that photography should be free. it's a hard knock on photographers trying to start out and make a business as well as the consumers who, likely, find that their free photographer's work was less than what they were expecting.

And yes, i've shot for free. *shame*