This morning, I had an urge to write this blog article.

There are photographers who ‘turn out’ top notch work, and there are those, who simply ‘churn out’ absolutely appalling work. Some are handful of full time pros and a lot of occasional part-time ‘weekend warriors’. There are photographers who charge a lot for their impressive work and there are others, who charge ridiculously low figures.

Unfortunately, there is a market for all types of demand, so I don’t feel that I should be too critical of those who do ‘cheap and cheerful’ work. However, I do have concerns about ‘professionals’ who charge medium to high prices in return for poor craftsmanship. This low quality work has given bad reputation to the industry. Unfortunately, till the industry becomes regulated by a professional body, there’s nothing we can do abut it. At the end of the day, it’s up to the client to look at their website, blog and then look at their print portfolio of the same images!

We discourage our clients to book us just because they like what they have seen on our website.  After the initial inquiry over the phone and rough price guideline, we request the couple to meet up for an initial consultation. During the one hour consultation, they have an opportunity to ask us as many questions as they like. We provide them with our recent references and then leave the decision up to them based on what they see and not what they hear.

After all, being good at something just needs more practice and a burning desire to be better. I don’t see that in a lot of recent photographers. They Point, Shoot and ‘Chimp’ (sorry replace ‘chimp’ with Hope).

N’uf said!!