I have had such a busy July but it has been fun. The month started off with celebrating our anniversary which is actually on June 30 but we celebrated our honeymoon over the 4th and so we carry it on through the weekend . We planned on staying home and swimming at our community pool, but my parents called to invite us to go camping up Diamond fork canyon in Spanish Fork UT. We rode 4 wheelers, got dusty and saw some great scenery then we came home and the parents came over with ice cream and a big box of fireworks. Bryson is a lot like me he watched the first two fountains go off and then he was bored, but the whistlers and the crackling fountains he would watch, it was a Great Weekend!
This weekend we are off to Duchesne Utah to join the Stay Family Reunion it should be alot of fun we are bringing up the 4 wheelers and the dutch ovens. It is going to be a very hot weekend here now that we are getting into the 90's and up! I might even go for a ride to go see indian petroglyphs down 9 mile canyon if time allows.
The 24th is a state holiday here in Utah, we celebrate the pioneers settling in the Salt Lake Valley on that day. We will probably be parting at our house like we had originally planned on the 4th. Being lazy floating in the pool and doinging some bbqing. It will be another good weekend of doing nothing. :-)
We have been slowly and secretly planning a great party for Bryson's first birthday so if you are planning out the month of August and will be in town on the weekend of the 21st plan on coming over to our house for a day of swimming and bbq and playing with the all grown up 1 year old.
As far as photo's go it has been a slow go this year with people worried over the economy, so if you have friends that need photo's done please send them to me PLEASE!!!
P.S. I will be posting pics I have taken very soon!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Why Are Professional Photographers So Expensive?
Why Are Professional Photographers So Expensive?
I found this on another great photographers blog SusieQ.blogspot.com and I think it is a great way to help others understand why does it cost so much. Now my prices don't match what they talk about in this article but you will see why I charge what I do. It has been 3 years for me now from when I started shooting professional. At this time I would like to thank my customers and let them know how much I appreciate their business and their friendship. Whether you have been with me from the beginning or recently became a fan on my Facebook page brandon hyatt photography (Please like the page if you like the photo's and become a member of the group), thank you so much for helping me do what I love to do!
I found this to be a good read and I hope it will help answer any questions you might have.
Why are professional photographers so expensive?
A good explanation for all those people who ask and complain about why professionals charge what they do for photos:
Why are Professional Photographers so expensive?
In this digital age where everyone has digital cameras, scanners and home "photo printers", when people upload their photos to a local drug store website and pick them up a few hours later, we hear this all the time - How in the world do Professional Photographers charge $55 for an 8x10 when they cost just $1.50 at the drug store?
Here's why.
Simply put, you're not just paying for the actual photograph, you're paying for time and expertise. First, let's look at the actual time involved. If you don't read this entire page, at least read this first part.
For a two hour portrait session:
- one hour of travel to and from the session
- two hours of shooting
- 30 minutes of setup, preparation, talking to the client etc.
- 30 minutes to load the photos onto a computer (2 - 4 Gb of data)
- 30 minutes to back up the files on an external drive
3 - 4 hours of Photoshop time including cropping, contrast, color, sharpening, saving a copy for print and a copy for the internet and backing up the edited photographs
2 - 3 hours to talk to the client, answer questions, receive their order and payment, order their prints, receive and verify prints, package prints, schedule shipment and drop package off at Fed Ex.
- For local customers, we also print a set of all of their photos, and meet them at our studio to review the photos and place their order. Meeting and travel time averages 2 hours.
You can see how one two hour session easily turns into more than ten hours of work from start to finish. So when you see a Photographer charging a $200 session fee for a two hour photo shoot, you are not paying them $100 / hour.
For an eight hour wedding:
I won't bore you with the details, but an eight hour wedding typically amounts to at least two to three full 40 hour work weeks worth of time. Again, if they are charging you $4,000 for an eight hour wedding, you are not paying them $500 / hour.
Now for the expertise.
Shooting professional photography is a skill, acquired through years of experience. Even though a quality camera now costs under $2,000 taking professional portraits involves much more than a nice camera.
Most Professional Photographers take years to go from buying their first decent camera to making money with their photography. In addition to learning how to use the camera itself, there is a mountain of other equipment involved, as well as numerous software programs used to edit and print photographs, run a website etc.
And let's not forget that you actually have to have people skills, be able to communicate, make people comfortable in front of the camera - and posing people to make them look their best in a photograph is a skill all by itself.
Think of it this way - the next time you pay $X to get your hair done, a pair of scissors only costs $1.50. But you gladly pay a lot more to hire a Professional.
What about the cheap studios at the mall?
Please don't compare us to the chain store studios. But if you must, consider all of the time and work that we put into our photographs, compared to what they do. Good luck getting a two hour photo shoot at a chain store. Not to mention they won't come to the beach! And of course, look at our work compared to theirs. You get what you pay for.
The truth is, most of the mall and chain store studios lose money. In fact, in 2007 Wal-Mart closed 500 of their portrait studios because of the financial drain they were putting on the company. What the chain stores bet on is that you'll come in for some quick and cheap photos, and while you're there, you'll also spend $200 on other things. They don't have to make money, they are just there to get you in the door.
Conclusion
We hope that those who have taken the time to read this page will have a better understanding of why professional photographs cost so much more than the ones that you get from your local drug store.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
I found this on another great photographers blog SusieQ.blogspot.com and I think it is a great way to help others understand why does it cost so much. Now my prices don't match what they talk about in this article but you will see why I charge what I do. It has been 3 years for me now from when I started shooting professional. At this time I would like to thank my customers and let them know how much I appreciate their business and their friendship. Whether you have been with me from the beginning or recently became a fan on my Facebook page brandon hyatt photography (Please like the page if you like the photo's and become a member of the group), thank you so much for helping me do what I love to do!
I found this to be a good read and I hope it will help answer any questions you might have.
Why are professional photographers so expensive?
A good explanation for all those people who ask and complain about why professionals charge what they do for photos:
Why are Professional Photographers so expensive?
In this digital age where everyone has digital cameras, scanners and home "photo printers", when people upload their photos to a local drug store website and pick them up a few hours later, we hear this all the time - How in the world do Professional Photographers charge $55 for an 8x10 when they cost just $1.50 at the drug store?
Here's why.
Simply put, you're not just paying for the actual photograph, you're paying for time and expertise. First, let's look at the actual time involved. If you don't read this entire page, at least read this first part.
For a two hour portrait session:
- one hour of travel to and from the session
- two hours of shooting
- 30 minutes of setup, preparation, talking to the client etc.
- 30 minutes to load the photos onto a computer (2 - 4 Gb of data)
- 30 minutes to back up the files on an external drive
3 - 4 hours of Photoshop time including cropping, contrast, color, sharpening, saving a copy for print and a copy for the internet and backing up the edited photographs
2 - 3 hours to talk to the client, answer questions, receive their order and payment, order their prints, receive and verify prints, package prints, schedule shipment and drop package off at Fed Ex.
- For local customers, we also print a set of all of their photos, and meet them at our studio to review the photos and place their order. Meeting and travel time averages 2 hours.
You can see how one two hour session easily turns into more than ten hours of work from start to finish. So when you see a Photographer charging a $200 session fee for a two hour photo shoot, you are not paying them $100 / hour.
For an eight hour wedding:
I won't bore you with the details, but an eight hour wedding typically amounts to at least two to three full 40 hour work weeks worth of time. Again, if they are charging you $4,000 for an eight hour wedding, you are not paying them $500 / hour.
Now for the expertise.
Shooting professional photography is a skill, acquired through years of experience. Even though a quality camera now costs under $2,000 taking professional portraits involves much more than a nice camera.
Most Professional Photographers take years to go from buying their first decent camera to making money with their photography. In addition to learning how to use the camera itself, there is a mountain of other equipment involved, as well as numerous software programs used to edit and print photographs, run a website etc.
And let's not forget that you actually have to have people skills, be able to communicate, make people comfortable in front of the camera - and posing people to make them look their best in a photograph is a skill all by itself.
Think of it this way - the next time you pay $X to get your hair done, a pair of scissors only costs $1.50. But you gladly pay a lot more to hire a Professional.
What about the cheap studios at the mall?
Please don't compare us to the chain store studios. But if you must, consider all of the time and work that we put into our photographs, compared to what they do. Good luck getting a two hour photo shoot at a chain store. Not to mention they won't come to the beach! And of course, look at our work compared to theirs. You get what you pay for.
The truth is, most of the mall and chain store studios lose money. In fact, in 2007 Wal-Mart closed 500 of their portrait studios because of the financial drain they were putting on the company. What the chain stores bet on is that you'll come in for some quick and cheap photos, and while you're there, you'll also spend $200 on other things. They don't have to make money, they are just there to get you in the door.
Conclusion
We hope that those who have taken the time to read this page will have a better understanding of why professional photographs cost so much more than the ones that you get from your local drug store.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Spring Time = Get in Shape
Ok, so as everyone knows the weather outside is getting very nice and with it comes time to get the dust off of the workout shoes and clothes and get back into shape. I have decided to finally climb out from behind the tv and out of my winter slumber den to start losing some lbs. I started to take the HCG shots that I have done in the past to give me a little head start in the weight loss department. No the shots don't hurt and it really isn't inconvenient, but the limit on choices of food get old real fast but its only 23 days and then you are off it. I started on Monday the 3rd and lost 15 lbs. that first week and now I am rounding the bend on the end of this round just a few more days to go and I have lost about 20 lbs.
We as a family have started to go on a nightly walk around our neighbor hood, we take the long route which is exactly 1.5 miles and by then Bryson is ready to get his last snack and then off to bed. this is a picture of how he usually likes to ride in his stroller. He likes his feet up on the tray and his golf ball in his hands it's the one he got from his Great Grandpa Stay while we were staying with them in St. George.
I have been working out with my Dad and brother Bronson every other day and then working Denise out in our clubhouse on the other days, while I watch Bryson. He loves to watch her run on the elliptical machine it is hilarious and loves the full length mirrors. He has even started to work on his own workout for strengthening his biceps. I never look this happy when I am in the middle of a workout I am told I look like I am really mean.
We as a family have started to go on a nightly walk around our neighbor hood, we take the long route which is exactly 1.5 miles and by then Bryson is ready to get his last snack and then off to bed. this is a picture of how he usually likes to ride in his stroller. He likes his feet up on the tray and his golf ball in his hands it's the one he got from his Great Grandpa Stay while we were staying with them in St. George.
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