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Originally Posted by sarahgirl777
I know I couldn't pay $500 for a CD of pic's of my child. Now maybe a wedding or something. However if you are trying to discourage people from choosing the CD while still giving the option then you're probably on the right track. I suppose it would depend on your area too, I live in a small country town and I don't think it would work here, but that's not to say it's too much. I would look at it this way, what's the average profit you make when selling prints (per shoot) If you usually make $100 then maybe charge a little more than that then you're not really loosing out. Just my 2 cents, but I could be way off. (P.s. if you check my website my prices are real cheap cause I'm trying to build my portfolio, this doesn't reflect what I think the going rates around here would be) It will be interesting to see others responses too.
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Thanks, I appreciate that. I am in the metropolitan Washington area; most photographers sell their CDs for a lot or not at all (upwards of $1,000). Yes, I am trying to discourage them from buying a CD, mainly because I wouldn't sell any prints so I need to get what I think I would lose from prints. Also, if I sell a CD of the session, it means I have to edit every photo for print which sometimes is about 60 pictures. That is a ton of work.
Here is a local photographer about 10 minutes from me. She charges $150 per image if you want the digital negative, and her prices are pretty standard in the area: