An idea

Well I thought I would give this a go, and [MENTION=11881]Moab Man[/MENTION] this could be the ticket if you have access to the parents or even offer it on site.

Nice idea, Scott. As long as people are honest and just not copy the images from the net it will work.

That's how I got my intro into the "outdoor portrait" market here. I offered a free shoot w/ 3 free edited images (digital, and purely customer's choice), and an option to buy the whole package at a discounted price (I put out about 20 previews from each shoot). It took the monetary stress off of those involved, as well as the worry of trying out a new photographer, and it took away most of my own stress to provide something amazing, as they understood it was "practice" to see how I would do.

I only offered it to the first 3 families to sign up, as a starting point, and all 3 ended up buying the whole package. All 3 of the families turned into repeat business, too. My own version of minor success.

I have a strange feeling that you'll top that before you even take the lens cap off.

I'm slowly doing give or take the same, but with some modeling friends I have to keep things even more under wraps until I start getting used to portraiture myself. Nothing to lose here really.