My wife and I purchased a gift certificate at a local charity auction for an amount to be applied against a sitting and costs for a professional portrait picture(s) package. They came out and did an amazing job and we had the viewing yesterday. HOLY SCHHITT we had NO IDEA of the costs (our bad to be sure). I have NO idea if what they are charging is customary as we have no reference point as it's not something we've done for decades. Also, for those in the biz, do they expect to negotiate off the top? We are not under any sort of contract nor are bound in any way to purchase.
If any of you have gone through this recently, please chime in.
Here's the breakdown for the following - UNFRAMED - sizes (yeah, they do that too!)
24 x 30 = 2800.00ea / 16 x 24 = 2000.00ea / 16 x 20 = 1500.00ea
11 x 14 = 1250.00ea / 8 x 10 = 250.00ea / 8 x 8 Album with 13 pictures = 990.00
The final cost for what we had picked out was damn near the cost of a high end motor rebuild.
IF we go back, we'll be pairing WAY back what we would have liked to have.
Any useful advice would be much appreciated.