Are Digital Files Included With My Baby Photography Session?

This article was shared with me and I just had to post it. I have really been thinking, praying, and honestly stressing a lot this year about this issue and was looking for a way to explain myself in the best way about this. I think this pretty much sums it up. I can't tell you how many times I have been approached about digital files and actually gotten mad at because of my philosophy on them, so I hope this will clear up some answers. I want to stress that the last paragraph talks about "cheap photography". While I know that I am certainly not the cheapest (nor the most expensive) photographer in this area, I am not saying that all photographers that are "cheap" are bad. I was one of those photographers when I was first starting. I wished I couldn't say that now. It was not a good decision for me business-wise. We live and learn through our mistakes though and I now know that I was just diminishing the quality of my own work, the work of other photographers, and the definition of custom photography. I have another article link on my blog titled "What is Custom Photography" and while custom photography is growing to seem like it's offered by every "photographer" who conducts their sessions on-location, it is so much more than that. My name is on everything I sell. From the location you choose, the style of clothes you wear, the images-obviously, and the art that is purchased that is sitting in your home...detailing YOUR memories. I stand behind every part of what I do and charging the same as the chain, mall studios that offer you 1 pose on 500 different sheets is not even rational or reasonable. Like I said, I NOW know this. Have I lost clients over it, yes. But the alternative was to continue to produce the very, very best I could (which the perfectionist in me would only allow me to do) as I basically paid my clients to take their pictures, while I lost sleep, family time, my relationships, and my passion for doing what I love.

I truly love what I do. I love that I am so passionate about it. I love that it consumes me. I love that I go to sleep planning for the next session. I do. I love that I get to walk in someones home and see the art that I produced for them hanging on a wall in a frame or canvas, or on their coffee table as an album. I love that my birth announcements get sent all over displaying a family's newest joy. I want that for you. Will I sell the digitals, yes--for what they are worth. I do understand that you want images for facebook, blogs, and just to email, and I am very willing to work with you on what you need--after all, I do custom photography. I just hope that this helps answer some of the questions I get about digitals and a little behind my philosophy on them.

Are Digital Files Included With My Baby Photography Session?

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