Am I Going Overboard on Senior pictures?

[amie28]

I don't think you will ever be sorry that you got the package with the CD.
It would be nice to have so many poses that you do not have to print out, but can look back on with fond memories.

 

[CarolynK]

My daughter is also a senior, and I have a huge issue at the inflated $$$ these photographers wanted to charge us, so we did the free sitting, they gave us 9 choices for the yearbook, and we chose one. All for free. This company is the same one that does the other underclassmen photos for which the packages are SO much less money. Simply calling them "senior photos" allows them to inflate the cost? I resent that, and we are NOT going to do it. We can go to any photographer for a lot less money, or as a previous poster pointed out, take our own!

Also, I have a drawer FULL of old school photos that I feel weird throwing out, yet I don't know what to do with?!?

 

[lawnmd]

They run a business. So they have expenses, cost, and prfit. But see if you can bargain with the photographer or studio. Do you own a company or have a skill they need and or willing to bargain with for. I know a few photographers, that will bargain for things they need or want for photosessions.

Most photographers or studios don't print their own photos. They use a service and mark it up to make a profit.

Or just flat up ask for how much is is going to take to get the CD where you can print from it. Make sure you get the release. Don't be afraid to ask. They are there to make money. They are in business They have expenses. If you walk away they get nothing, but the deposit. Try to bargain.

If they are not going to bargain. Find a photographer that will for another photoshoot. Go into the deal with the photographer upfront with no intentions of buying the prints, you just want to pay them for the shoot, touch up work, and printable CD.

Simple, you can get it down for about half, and print your own.

Good photographers cost good money to use. They know what they are worth, and what they have to make to make their life and business profitable.

But there are also a bunch of good photographers that are willing to bargain, and still they turn out great work.