I am a PROFESSIONAL photographer. I have been trained and have a good eye as well as talent, am i perfect, not at all. My prices are more than reasonable and i got into doing it as a business so people like my "friends" in a less than prosperous area would be able to get great quality portraits with out paying the rediculous prices. So now that i am doing it they choose to go to people who do them for $40 or free and they are aweful, this pisses me off. I know what im doing, i have the equipment, i have the experience and yet they'd rather pay $40 for less than mediocre crap by a fauxtog than pay $100 for quality portraits and that is including prints from a photographer!!!! I am the main provider and i work full time for olan mills but that job is commission based only and i only get paid by how much people buy on the days i work. I havent worked 150 days this year which means we havent had money! I watch people drop $200-$500 on portraits at my job yet i cant even get people to pay $50 (a special going on right now to get some business b/c an accident i was in i couldnt work for a while). People piss me off. They will go out of their way to go to someone who has no idea about posing, head heights, lighting, concepts, etc. and get crappy results than trust me. JUST B/C YOU HAVE A CAMERA DOES NOT MAKE YOU A PHOTOGRAPHER NO MATTER HOW PROFESSIONAL THE CAMERA IS THE PERSON OPERATING IT, IS NOT!!!! If you havent been trained or taken classes or what have you then you're not a professional. This was a hobby of mine for 10 years, i have talent and i have know how! YOU WOULDNT LET YOUR KIDS FIX YOUR CAR JUST B/C THEY HAVE THE DADS TOOLS THEY WERE PLAYING WITH WOULD YOU??? so why go to someone who doesn't know what they're doing just cuz they're cheaper? AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH creatingmemoriesphotography.org im worth more than what i charge! my co workers get pissed at me when they find out how low my prices are, but they understand quality!
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