I had a very short career in retail senior year of high school. Only a few months squeezed between the end of winter swim team and before summer lifeguarding started. One of my besties had gotten a job at Express and helped get me hired. She was great – always one of the top-5 sales people, worked the register, totally crushed it. I was terrible.

People would come in looking for something and I’d convince them to get one thing from the sale rack that was a better deal and worked for both situations than the two full price things they were originally looking at. I could not believe people who dropped $100s at a time on clothes. Full price! No special deals! No coupons even! What I was good at was making sure all the stacks were perfectly folded and arranged and that the store looked flawless. Needless to say when I went back the next winter for holiday relief I worked one week and then somehow just never got put on the schedule again 🤷🏼‍♀️

When conducting my independent study crash course in how to run a photography business, I have come across so much information that seems to indicate my job is to take your pictures, then sell you on more and more products after the fact to max out my net per client.

I literally cannot do that. Just like I can’t work retail, I also can’t order anything on the menu except whatever is cheapest. I buy store brands and hate shopping in general. I can’t tell my clients to buy more prints or digital images from me. There’s a whole psychological battle going on in my head just trying to comprehend how I would do such a thing. What if they ended up not liking their prints? What if they resented me because I convinced them to go over their budget? My anxiety goes into a tailspin at this prospect.

So expect my pricing page to be live in the next day or two. Currently trying to make it pretty and organized. It will have a ton of information on it but that’s the point. It’s all there. Nothing hidden, no secret menu, like a menu board of photography goods and services. Pick what you want or need and ignore the rest.