Goodness!!!!! I wish I were more computer savvy. I wish it didn't take me ....well, I am ashamed to tell you how long it took me to figure out how to add a "Gallery" with pictures. Let's just say it took me a little while. I did finally figure it out though! I am so proud of myself! Now let's see if I can figure out how to add more than one category.
So, six months after purchasing my website, I finally have pictures of people on it. Yay! It's only 2, but it's better than nothing. I really do love my site. I think I'll love it even more when I've got more galleries up with more pictures. I have gone through my photos and selected some for my website. I just need to do some light editing and resizing so I can put them up on my site for all to see.
I also need to figure out my pricing. I was so worried about being too expensive, but there are so many things to consider when working out the pricing. How much time will I spend with the person/people? That one's easy because I can offer 30 minute sessions, 1 hour sessions, and longer sessions for special events and newborns. Here comes the hard part. I have to consider the time it takes to get to the site, the length of the session, and then I have to decide how much time I am going to spend editing and ordering and packaging the photos. Once I have a general idea of how much time I will spend on one shoot, I need to decide how much I want to make per hour. What is my time worth? As much as I want to be cheap for people, I have to realize that my time is valuable. I also have to get to the point of realizing that I am worth it. I'm still having issues in that department. Not that I don't think I take good pictures. I do. Out of the over 800 pictures I took last Saturday, I managed to find a few that I thought were fantastic. And then I found about 20 that I thought were good.
I can hear some of you gasping and saying, "800 pictures?!?!" Yes, 800 pictures. One of the hardest lessons in photography for me was understanding that I could take 500 pictures and maybe only have 2 that were great. The rest would be okay.....or blurry....or the person's eyes would be closed. Lots of things that could go wrong and do. Now it doesn't even phase me that I took over 800 pictures last Saturday and only found a few that I really liked when I went through them on my computer. When I told someone I took over 800 pictures, they looked at me like I was crazy. But that was nothing. I would have taken a lot more, but I was assisting Danielle so my main focus was to help with anything I could help with. Once things were set up, I would snap away. The more I shoot, the more I realize it's necessary to take a lot of pictures. I like to take a lot of the same pose, but I like to move around and get the shot from different angles. It's amazing what a difference moving a oouple of inches to the left or right can make sometimes. I also like to take a lot of pictures because when you are shooting people, there are so many things beyond your control. Some people blink a lot. Some people won't look right at the camera the whole time. When you have more than one person in the shot you have to get them all looking at the camera. With their eyes open! It's tough sometimes. But I do find if you take lots of pictures, and you talk to your clients as your taking them, you will get those great shots.
So I am off to work on a very important part of my website. Pricing.
Tomorrow I am helping Danielle with her Photography Class. When I say "helping" I don't really mean helping. I use that term very loosely because Danielle does not need any help with her class. I will just be there to assist Nikon users (YEAH!! NIKONS RULE!!!!) with their settings since Danielle is a Canon user (I will be nice and not make a comment about that). What I am really hoping to do is play with the new lens I bought for my full frame.
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