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<blockquote data-quote="Mike D90" data-source="post: 214542" data-attributes="member: 17556">I currently work part time at a local animal boarding kennel.&nbsp; It is a private kennel on a gorgeous piece of property and not ran or owned by any city or county entity.&nbsp; Most of the clients that board there aren't exactly poor folk but some aren't as well off and I expect I wouldn't get 100% customer participation.I have had this idea for more than a while now and I think it might be time to act on it.I figure that, with some good planning, I can set up a &quot;portrait day&quot; a couple, or more, time a year and do portraits of the owners with their pets or just the pets portrait for the owners to enjoy.Since this is not a wedding or other once in a lifetime moment type event there should be none of that heavy liability issue.No one would be charged in advance for any services.I could easily set up an indoor or outdoor &quot;studio&quot; days ahead in advance and get most of my lighting needs figured out.Once the photos are done I could put them on Zenfolio and contact the clients and send them their links.Or, I could do the processing myself and put them on DVD and sell the DVD's.I am looking at this more as a learning/practice type of thing and not something to make a killing with.&nbsp; Any shutter release time is good skill building I suppose!&nbsp; Portraiture is one of the areas I enjoy.Anyway, I have done similar things before and it went pretty well but that was years ago.Any advice or suggestions?&nbsp; Which way would you take this?&nbsp; Upload photos or just sell the DVD images?Would you actually charge for the &quot;session&quot; or just the images?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mike D90, post: 214542, member: 17556"] I currently work part time at a local animal boarding kennel. It is a private kennel on a gorgeous piece of property and not ran or owned by any city or county entity. Most of the clients that board there aren't exactly poor folk but some aren't as well off and I expect I wouldn't get 100% customer participation. I have had this idea for more than a while now and I think it might be time to act on it. I figure that, with some good planning, I can set up a "portrait day" a couple, or more, time a year and do portraits of the owners with their pets or just the pets portrait for the owners to enjoy. Since this is not a wedding or other [I]once in a lifetime moment[/I] type event there should be none of that heavy liability issue. No one would be charged in advance for any services. I could easily set up an indoor or outdoor "studio" days ahead in advance and get most of my lighting needs figured out. Once the photos are done I could put them on Zenfolio and contact the clients and send them their links. Or, I could do the processing myself and put them on DVD and sell the DVD's. I am looking at this more as a learning/practice type of thing and not something to make a killing with. Any shutter release time is good skill building I suppose! Portraiture is one of the areas I enjoy. Anyway, I have done similar things before and it went pretty well but that was years ago. Any advice or suggestions? Which way would you take this? Upload photos or just sell the DVD images? Would you actually charge for the "session" or just the images? [/QUOTE]

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