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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stmv" data-source="post: 796354" data-attributes="member: 10038">I had to reshoot a friends portrait that she did not like from another photographer, so,, had to set up the temporary studio. I am mostly an outdoor photographer or more macro stills, and typically avoid the portrait setting, but, this was an emergency (she needed the stills to be sent in the next day). So, set up lighting, backdrop, position client/friend (well friend since this was a free one), take photos, select photos, edit photos, reconfigure to the requirement of the place that needed the photo,, etc,you know, even without the prints, this process took about 90 minutes total, so,, if I was to charge, it would have been around 80-100 dollars for the time/effort.. not really a cheap process. Not so many people just would not want to pay 80 dollars for a 2.5 by 3.5 inch professional shot (as required by the place asking for the photo). which is why if you were doing this all the time, you would need a pre set up place,get them in, out, keep it to 30 minutes with the client, 15 minutes for the edits, for perhaps I guess a 45 dollar payment? Not very fun if you had to do a lot of this type of work. She was happy with the redo, and so,, she used my photo instead of the one that she had paid for.</blockquote>