I know of a lot of seasonal/professional photographers which they target to do low end wedding day photography markets, they being shooting wedding since the film days which is 8 rolls for $480.00.
when they transition to digital, their workflow is still almost the same, shooting on jpg only, no post processing, no touch up, just pick 300 pic and send for printing, slot in album and delivery.
with this kind of minimum post work, they are able to shoot 3~5 weddings in a row, and they still in lot of demand.
In present day, too many people enter wedding photography arena with DSLR knowledge, promise customer with all photo will have touch up, editing, effect, express slideshow for merely few hundreds bucks package, some even offer service with coffee table album for $500, with this kind of work load for so little money, won't last very long, so will give up shooting weddings very soon, but the sad thing is the many customs think this is the market price now, so when the new people enter the scene have to bear with these, the circle will never end.
how can you spend double the cost of buying a film cameras for just to get a DSLR, and double the time of shooting with film (shooting plus post processing) and still charging the same price, where is the profit?
so, the only way if you want to target low end wedding market is have to think like you shoot it with film, just shoot and make print, this is the way to stay alive.
when they transition to digital, their workflow is still almost the same, shooting on jpg only, no post processing, no touch up, just pick 300 pic and send for printing, slot in album and delivery.
with this kind of minimum post work, they are able to shoot 3~5 weddings in a row, and they still in lot of demand.
In present day, too many people enter wedding photography arena with DSLR knowledge, promise customer with all photo will have touch up, editing, effect, express slideshow for merely few hundreds bucks package, some even offer service with coffee table album for $500, with this kind of work load for so little money, won't last very long, so will give up shooting weddings very soon, but the sad thing is the many customs think this is the market price now, so when the new people enter the scene have to bear with these, the circle will never end.
how can you spend double the cost of buying a film cameras for just to get a DSLR, and double the time of shooting with film (shooting plus post processing) and still charging the same price, where is the profit?
so, the only way if you want to target low end wedding market is have to think like you shoot it with film, just shoot and make print, this is the way to stay alive.
