If someone offers you a \u00a325 Mulberry handbag you most likely assume it is fake. If someone offers you a \u00a325 brand new TV you probably assume it is stolen, but when someone offers you a \u00a325 photoshoot or even free and a free framed images of your choice you say \u201cyes please, sounds amazing\u201d… why?!
\nWhat happens next is you skip along to your photo shoot, excited about your choice of clothes and have a lovely time doing a wide selection of pictures. And a few weeks later you go in even more excited to choose your FREE framed image, only to have all your hopes crushed by the realisation that your FREE framed image is tiny and fits inside the palm of your hand! \u201coh, I\u2019m sorry would you rather have that sizable gorgeous statement frame over there\u201d says the kind sales person, \u201cno problem we will happy upgrade your package!\u201d \u2013 and that is the key, they are very happy indeed to upsell you, and that comes with a very high price tag that they most likely won\u2019t have shown you beforehand!<\/p>\n
You might see this offer outright at events and festivals, but they are also disguise in more crafty ways like \u201cgift vouchers\u201d, \u201ccharity shoots\u201d and letters from nurseries saying things like \u201cwe work closely with your nursery and as a present we would like to offer you a photo shoot\u2026\u201d My problem with this approach is that, to me, it feels unfair! I genuinely work super hard to create gorgeous images for families to keep for generations. I am not about cheap and easy but I am most certainly about excellent value for money, and I want my families to be able to come back every year, or every two or three years to update their images so they build up a lifetime of pictures. However, when a family has been trapped into a hard selling experience and paid out twice as much \u00a3 as they had budgeted for they are scared for life to even book a professional photographer again \u2013 and that is a shame! I totally understand that some people don\u2019t feel they can afford me (we all have different budgets, I drive a Yaris not a Range Rover!), but I also know if you can\u2019t afford me you most definitely can\u2019t afford any of the \u201ccheap ones\u201d! So, if you have already booked yourself a bargain photo shoot, please do double-check the pricelist before you go along \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I urge you to read this before booking a free or cheap photoshoot with anyone – not because of the pictures you will get, but because of the process you will experience… If someone offers you a \u00a325 Mulberry handbag you most likely assume it is fake. If someone offers you a \u00a325 brand new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,46],"tags":[64,63,65,14,10],"class_list":["post-1408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-lifestyle-photography","tag-cheap","tag-free-photo-shoot","tag-free-pictures","tag-market-harborough","tag-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1408"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1419,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1408\/revisions\/1419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dorte.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI am not judging the photographers using this approach, and I am not saying that customers shouldn\u2019t go along for the palm sized free picture \u2013 I just absolutely urge you to make sure you see the full price list before you book<\/strong> that shoot so you can see exactly what you will get for your \u00a3!<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s my problem then<\/h2>\n
\nI only offer packages that ensure a family walks away with a selection of images, and I know for a fact that even my most expensive packages are on par with the price of just one large statement framed images from these other studios.
\nYes, I sometimes do \u00a325 special offers as well, but my pricelist is ALWAYS available at the time of booking and I NEVER trick anyone by including a tiny deceiving print!<\/p>\nCan’t afford me<\/h2>\n