Help Needing with pricing and payment

Help! I am photographing couples at a Symphony Gala-Night in Old Vienna party.

I'll will have an assistant helping keep track of people , addresses, e-mail, etc.

What would be the best way to deal with payment? Cash and checks? Deposit?

Mailing proofs to each couple? e-mailing proofs? I'm going to have a standard

package- 8x10, 2-5x7, 6 wallets. Does that sound feasable?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.<div></div>

I hope that's not your final product.. that's a ton of speckles. Looks like you scanned a picture that was textured, or realy dirty.

 

Take ALL the photos you want, tell guests to make a note of the time, have a BIG clock and paper/pencil with YOUR site info on it, so they know when you took the pictures, make sure you sync your camera clock properly first, then post your pics, filenames are the times the pic was taken.. aka 2008-0229-203255 (pic taken Feb 29, 2008 at 8:32:55PM)

 

Then post the pics on someplace like SmugMug, sort in filename order (which shoudl be date/time order) and let them pic what they want. Just make sure only GOOD pics are seen.

By let them pic what they want, I meant, they can order directly online what they want and its shipped directly to them.. no hassle on your part.

I'd do what Bob says, minus the big clock / time keeping thing. Not really necessary. Just take their e-mail addresses (have your assistant make sure they get the correct spelling/syntax of each address or they'll bounce back), and everyone gets notified when the pics are online. They can surf thru and pick the one they want to buy.

 

For elderly people who don't have e-mail addresses (and who don't have a relative to help them with online access), you could take their contact info and set up a time for them to come to your studio (or you arrive at their place with laptop and pics loaded), and you could take orders that way.

Or hand out your card w/ "Your event pictures can be seen at www......" pre-printed on the

back. Just tell em, give it 2 days, then go see your pictures...

 

And then do what Bob says w/ SmugMug. I wouldn't worry about the timing... nobody will

remember when they had theirs taken, and they'll like looking at their friends pics, too.

SmugMug will take care of taking money for you - I think it's a great system.

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