[sarahgirl777]

Yea, I was thinking you must be in a larger city, things vary so much from city to city it's really hard to say. I mean if the cost of living is higher there then you have to charge more to make ends meat!

Good point of having a hard time raising the prices later. I've been thinking of raising them already but still offering free sessions for now. I mostly only have childrens portraits to show for so far so I need to get a few more to prove to people that I know what I'm doing. I think I'm gonna have a busy weekend though, I have a senior shoot friday then some family portraits this weekend, so hopefully that should give me more of a full portfolio, then I can base my prices on my proven work. I really don't want to cell CD's either, but it seems like there is a growing desire for them and I don't want to loose out on those clients either. But here in town I've heard there is someone doing 1hr sessions for $30 CD included. Yikes! I've yet to see their work though, lets hope it's no more than average...lol I have been processing every photo, but I'm not sure how that's going to continue to go, I know it sure is time consuming, but I'm so picky I only want to show them the best!