i used to edit my full galleries before showing. now i dont edit at all prior to showing but i tell my clients that. i used to also cull before showing but im changing my process a bit so im going to trial not culling either and just trying not to overshoot. in an ordering appointment earlier this year, i did do a basic edit (i think i only adjusted the exposure and white balance) in lightroom of 1 image just to show the client what it would look like because they made a few queries of what the final images would look like. i was literally sitting next to my client when i did that. i also dont change my editing per client, i have a set editing style. i dont know if that answers your question.

@Paula Rogerson back when i had set packages and was mostly photographing families and couples, i would show them anywhere from 50 images. my lowest package started at 10 and my highest package was all / 50+. it started getting to the point where i would struggle to cull down under 100 and then i would hate myself when clients bought the full gallery. obviously we love it when they buy the full gallery but i didnt charge enough for the amount of images and some images required extra editing like face swaps. ive since changed my digital package structure so that i dont have a limit per say. i have 3 packages (8, 15 and 25) and then they can just keep adding on sets of 10 to the top package until they run out of images. you could always edit 1 image to show what it would look like.

for boxed canvas, ive only ever used bpro and my clients love them. i have been looking at seldex and gloabl image for the ornate canvas but im struggling to decide who to go with however i have yet to order a sample. ive been considering switching to seldex for albums but again, havent ordered a sample. after reading these comments, i might start looking at global image and photomart for more stuff.

I'm the same as Ina. I don't have a set all in package anymore partly because i dont want people to buy it just cos its a good deal. My session fees now start at $1290 which includes a 1000 credit AU. The session fees go up based on the number of locations, number of outfit changes, number of people and whether its a weekend/weekday or peak holiday period and if it's a destination. my price list is pretty much completely al a carte. You really need to charge based on off your cost of doing business. I've currently got it worked out that i need a minimum average of $2690 from each session so I've made my "middle collection" that price which includes 15 images both digital and printed in a portfolio box. All my products come with the matching digitals. i also offer a printed album of 25 images for 3690 and they can add on in sets of 10 for 890 to that. if they dont want the prints, the price is the same for just digitals. lowest digital collection is 8 for 1690. i also now tell people that people can spend anywhere between their session fee with the credit to $10,000 and more. with this new pricing, i have literally just launched it. my old pricing was kinda stuck in the middle zone which of course was competing with many others.

as for the minis, you can definitely set them up to be profitable. for the 13 emails, none have booked but i havent sent follow ups which i probably should. my first date was set for this Saturday.

@Ina Jalil the scariest part for me personally was hearing the big gusts of wind and worrying that it was going to push trees over onto our house. once it left us, it actually built up power and did a bunch of damage to a remote luxury lodge in WA

got an organic enquiry through google for workplace headshots. had a job interview today at a framing place for a casual position and i got a trial day this coming monday.