This sounds like a higher end, IPS model photographer. In person sales. Her average sale per session is probably 3$k, 1800 for the shoot (minus costs to wardrobe, studio, make up) and then sales of extra digital images or products afterwards. Good for her - she’s probalby one of the few photographers out there making good money. In your mind imagine she pockets 20% as pure, pure profit cash in the bank. The rest goes to running a business, gear, employees, marketing, studio costs, workshops and learning, monthly fees, insurance, make up artists, etc. So if you have paid 1800, she might keep 600 as pure profit for x hours put into prepping you, shooting your session, editing and uploading the images, and doing detailed skin and hair work on the final chosen images.
She cannot just give you the unedit photos 1) photographers HATE doing that for so so so so many reasons 2) she’d never make an extra sale again if she did 3) it’s her ART so unedited is unfinished. You would never ask a carpenter to just dump wood on your doorstep and let you finish it, nor would you ask a painter to just get most of a portrait done but then give it to you and let you finish it. It’s not how art works.
You could ask her to not delete the extras in case you change your mind.
Meanwhile your chosen images will not be pixilated or blurry or logo’d once you have paid.
You’re working with a professional and not a hobby tog. it comes with a price tag. The big question is: do you love the photos?
This sounds like a higher end, IPS model photographer. In person sales. Her average sale per session is probably 3$k, 1800 for the shoot (minus costs to wardrobe, studio, make up) and then sales of extra digital images or products afterwards. Good for her - she’s probalby one of the few photographers out there making good money. In your mind imagine she pockets 20% as pure, pure profit cash in the bank. The rest goes to running a business, gear, employees, marketing, studio costs, workshops and learning, monthly fees, insurance, make up artists, etc. So if you have paid 1800, she might keep 600 as pure profit for x hours put into prepping you, shooting your session, editing and uploading the images, and doing detailed skin and hair work on the final chosen images.
She cannot just give you the unedit photos 1) photographers HATE doing that for so so so so many reasons 2) she’d never make an extra sale again if she did 3) it’s her ART so unedited is unfinished. You would never ask a carpenter to just dump wood on your doorstep and let you finish it, nor would you ask a painter to just get most of a portrait done but then give it to you and let you finish it. It’s not how art works.
You could ask her to not delete the extras in case you change your mind.
Meanwhile your chosen images will not be pixilated or blurry or logo’d once you have paid.
You’re working with a professional and not a hobby tog. it comes with a price tag. The big question is: do you love the photos?