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This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Can't entice customers? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm very confident in my abilities as a photographer, and I think my prices are fair, yet I am just not able to lock in a solid confirmation from potential clients, they always slip away.

I'm a student photographer offering portraits at a University, so maybe it's college kid cash insecurity that is the problem, but then I wonder why they even bother to DM me in the first place?

I charge $10 a photo, minimum of $60 or 6 photos. From what I've heard that's about as undercut to the competition as I can go, and yet no one is interested?

I know for certain that the market for portraits exists at my Uni, as I walk past our front entrance with a rival photographer and graduate model everyday.

Reaching people has always been my weakspot. I feel like there is a network I don't exist in.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You should take some marketing and business classes if you have not already.

I am not sure where you are based out of but here in the US $10 is dirt cheap and that implies low quality regardless of your skill.

Also are you offering portraits at your university to who fellow students?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I definitely will. I am in the US, but currently stuck in the chicken and egg problem.
To get high paying clients I need to have worked with high paying clients.

Not sure what the last sentence means sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Raise your price to $250

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That isn't just dirt cheap, OP might as well pay them money for each photo. Smh man.