I like to rant and rave.  I guess you can say that I like to hear myself talk.  I get these ideas in my head and think that I need to share them with the world!  I am a horrible speller, just to get that out up front.  My punctuation goes out the window when I start typing.  I could edit, and re-write, but to be honest this isn’t an english class or a creative writing class and my only objective is to share information with you.

Often, after I write, I hear wisperings of “Soni is on the war path again”, or “I wonder who ticked Soni off?”  This is not the case at all.  I feel that knowledge is power, and also that people are good natured.  When somebody does something that has negative consiquence I assume that it is because they were unaware of what was happening. 

Knowledge is power.  I may be wrong, but I always assume that people are instinctively good natured and wouldn’t cause discountentment if they were aware of what they were doing.

I know that it is not my job to police other peoples reactions, but I know that if one person has a comment, a concern, or a misconcept, that there are other people out there who have the same misconceptions, questions and so forth.

Where my rantings do usually begin with a circumstance, I do not write to chastize a singular person, only to hopefully prevent further happenings. 

An educated consumer is a smart consumer.  I want my customers and clients to know what they are getting, why they are getting it, and what I expect from them.  If everyone’s expectations are on the same page we have a great experience.  Sometimes, it is hard to communicate expectations due to time constrants, stugles with words, or what ever the reason.

I do my job every day and often forget that a customer or a client may have never had professional portraits taken, or are limited to developing expectations based on other experiences.  EVERY customer has individual needs.  EVERY customer has individual expectations.  EVERY customer has different plans on what the will be doing with the images that have been created for them.  It is my job to try and accomodate those needs.  During that journey there are industry standards that most customers are unaware of (I don’t expect you to know, your not a professional photographer).

I would like to use these rantings to help give you the perspective of a professional photographer.  Because photographers and the portrait industry is ever evolving, and most consumers do not deal with photographers, portrait studios, or professional portraits on a regular basis, you don’t always know what you are getting and what you are paying for.

You may be interested; you may not be.  Choose to read, choose to follow, I won’t be offended if you think I am crazy or you just don’t want to hear what I have to say,  but possibly look at photography from a different perpective so that you can find a photographer to best meet your needs.  Take the infomation that I will give you and have the power of being an educated consumer to choose the portrait studio or photographer to best meet your needs.

What I will not do in my rants and raves is try to convince you that you need to pay me more money.  I have spent many hours creating  a pricing stucture that will ensure the success  of our business.  I only want you to know what you are paying for.  If you feel that Northern Nevada Imaging charges too much, choose your portrait studio or photographer knowing that you are doing so as an educated consumer.  You can not compare apples to watermelons, (I know it is supposed to be apples to oranges) but I will guarantee that even though they are simular because they are both fruit that is where the simularities end.  Portraits from a professional photographer or studio and prints from walmart have as many simularities…. 1. They derive from photography and that is it.  You can NOT base the price of professional photography based on what a national chain will charge you to print a 4×6 piece of paper.

I welcome you on this journey.  Everyone has the right to great images,  choose your photographer wisely.  Know what you are paying for.  Know what you expect.  Make your portrait experience a possitive experience no matter where you go.

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