Tag Archives: Cheapskates

How One Photographer Is Beating the Economy

Written by . Posted on October 4, 2011. Filed under Negotiating, Networking, Sales. Tagged , , , , , , . 2 Comments.
Michael Albany
On one of the professional forums I read daily, there is a conversation about the lousy state of the industry, how clients are hiring based only on price, how protecting one’s intellectual property rights has cost clients, how competitors are charging less and giving more, and blah, blah, blah. It’s the usual bitching and moaning [...]

Inexperience Shouldn’t Factor into Pricing

Written by . Posted on June 9, 2011. Filed under Guest Posts, Negotiating. Tagged , , , . 4 Comments.
Denver Photographer Don Cudney
It’s time for another guest post and we’re fortunate to have an excellent article by Denver Photographer Don Cudney. In it Don shares his thoughts about how experience effects pricing. Don is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP). That’s him there on the left shooting HDSLR video on a chilly night. [...]

“Work Cheap, More Work in Future”

Written by . Posted on June 7, 2011. Filed under Negotiating. Tagged , , . 9 Comments.
lowDollar
A play in one act. Bob the Client: “If you can do this job cheap, we have a lot more work for you in the future.” Me: “That sounds great, I really appreciate loyalty. Here’s what I’ll do for you Bob. Because you’re promising me more work in exchange for a reduced price here, what [...]

Flickr Image Stolen in Less Than 24 Hours

Written by . Posted on May 23, 2010. Filed under Feature, Web Marketing. Tagged , , , , , , . 7 Comments.
Paola185x185
It took less than 24 hours from "upload to illegal download" for the daily Mexican newspaper Frontera to steal an image posted to Flickr by Illinois-based photographer Mike Boatman.  The newspaper serves the conurbation of Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California. That's the image over to the left, but shown here small enough so as [...]

Video: The Vendor Client Relationship

Written by . Posted on May 10, 2010. Filed under Negotiating. Tagged , , , . 4 Comments.
Last Penny
If you haven’t seen this yet, I think you’ll like it. I sometimes open my “I Stink at Negotiating” presentation with this clip. I’m sure everyone reading this can relate. On with the show… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY[/youtube] Good luck!

Let Me Practice on Your Big Day

Written by . Posted on March 30, 2010. Filed under Negotiating. Tagged , , , . 3 Comments.
gumtree2
Many, many readers have read and commented either here on Groozi or privately to me about the post “Score This: Photog 1, Cheapskate 0″. We’ve all shared a good chuckle, perhaps to conceal our nervousness about the state of our industry. But any professional photographer will tell you that their business is being eroded as [...]

Score This: Photog 1, Cheapskate 0

Written by . Posted on March 12, 2010. Filed under Negotiating. Tagged , , . 44 Comments.
constCrew
We’re all pretty tired of being asked to shoot on spec, shoot for a low fee with the promise of more work, and that sort of nonsense. These two ads appeared on the Seattle Craigslist over the past two days. I think you’ll enjoy reading… Need Photographer (originally posted March 10th) We are a 5 [...]