Why are independent photographers more expensive than large conglomerate studios like those located in the mall?
Professional photographers who run their own businesses and don’t work with a studio offer distinctive products as well as premium personalized and customized services. There are no hard-sales tactics such as immediate consulting after the photography session with an in-store associate whose job is to sell you prints at prices and quantities you may not be comfortable with. Independent photographers will also travel on location, spend hours with you, have the freedom of creativity to deliver exceptional products and are personally vested in your satisfaction. Photographers in some studios have to match the style of the corporation, use similar techniques from shoot to shoot and don’t have their own name tied to the product, meaning they have less stake in the quality of the work and could be prone to being bored by repetition. Having started out in a production-oriented environment, I know that many of those photographers can’t indulge customers or offer them a variety of styles as wel
