I've wanted to do photography professionally for a while now, but other than not knowing where to start, I'd also prefer to cuddle & play with my neices & nephews when I visit, so I never really considered practicing on them.
Anyway, a friend of mine got pregnant and I offered to do some baby pics for her. I figured that even if the pics turned out really crappy, she'd still like them because they were pics of her kid!
After having to cancel, the day finally arrived, and off I went with my black fleece blanket, my beanbag and my camera. I had no clue my friend lived so close, otherwise I would have gone round much sooner. Her baby is now 9 weeks old!
So I set up by the french windows, had some baby cuddles and fed little Eve (who is so cute, BTW!), and then we were off...
I let Jo put all of the pics straight from my memory card to her laptop, and then once I got home I started editing them. Jo has all the originals & I uploaded the edits to flickr so she can save the full resolution images and print them if she wants!
So...here you go... If you live near me and know anyone that would like photo's taking, I will give it my best shot! I'm not charging anything at the moment, but should the pics turn out good, I'd like to use them in my portfolio. Kids, babies, maternity, couples...I'll try anything. The only thing I will have to pre-warn you is that I'm still very much a beginner, so the pics may not turn out *exactly* as you want them!
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Those are great! Take it from someone who has done professional photography, you are right on the mark!
You don't need to wait to start charging for it, but it does help build up a business if you have portfolio shots.
Well after looking around, the hospital photographer who takes pics of newborns charges £25 for one framed photo (cardboard frame) and then £10 for 6 passport sized photos...I was thinking of charging £20-£25 initially in exchange for being allowed to use the shots for portfolio. That would cover petrol and allow me to have maybe £17-£18 towards props.
Included in the £20-£25 would be a CD containing maybe 10-15 edited images. If the parents wanted prints then I'd be more than happy to order them & I would just charge whatever it cost me (to begin with).
I'm not sure if that's reasonable, so I'm still looking around at the moment.
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