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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 114109" data-attributes="member: 1061">Yeah, I've avoided commenting on that because inevitably someone gets their feathers ruffled, others step in and offer group hugs, and then the thread gets locked down if there's 2 degrees difference in the room temperature from an actual discussion.There's varying schools of thought on the whole process, and what it really boils down to is what customers want and are willing to pay for. One of my old photography courses required that I create a survey. Granted, my survey wasn't some wide-sweeping national deal, but there were over 1000 responses. 88% of them said they wanted to create their own wedding packages versus choosing from predefined &quot;sets&quot;. When asked what their top extra purchases would be, people answered 1) DVD of images and 2) Album. Personally, that's fine with me. My price structure is based on my time shooting, I charge extra for a DVD or prints and it's FAR more profitable to just burn a DVD and let the customer mess with prints and albums. I include an informative PDF document on the DVD about using real photo labs and have several links to good ones.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 114109, member: 1061"] Yeah, I've avoided commenting on that because inevitably someone gets their feathers ruffled, others step in and offer group hugs, and then the thread gets locked down if there's 2 degrees difference in the room temperature from an actual discussion. There's varying schools of thought on the whole process, and what it really boils down to is what customers want and are willing to pay for. One of my old photography courses required that I create a survey. Granted, my survey wasn't some wide-sweeping national deal, but there were over 1000 responses. 88% of them said they wanted to create their own wedding packages versus choosing from predefined "sets". When asked what their top extra purchases would be, people answered 1) DVD of images and 2) Album. Personally, that's fine with me. My price structure is based on my time shooting, I charge extra for a DVD or prints and it's FAR more profitable to just burn a DVD and let the customer mess with prints and albums. I include an informative PDF document on the DVD about using real photo labs and have several links to good ones. [/QUOTE]

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