It has come to my attention that recently we did not get a youth sports contract because our custom portraiture prices were too expensive.  We strive to provide the best possible products no matter the situation or subject.  However, different types of photography require different types of pay scales.  We would love to have standard pricing throughout our business but it is not feasible.  For example, we would not be able to charge $15 for an 8×10 print of an image that took us 3 hours to create.  Every situation is unique, what equipment was used, what type of man hours were required to create the image, etc.

I know that it is far more economical for our customers to print their images at local mass merchants, however, if you paid that national mass merchant for all of the work that we do…. we would not be in business.  Yes, buying digital negatives is an expensive option, however if we sold you a disc of images for say $50 it would not cover the time and expense of creating those images and providing the equipment necessary to capture those images.  We also do not feel that the quality of printing at the nation mass merchants is a quality that we want to promote our business.  If you have any questions about this, please feel free to stop by the studio and see several samples.

To set the record straight… a disc of images at Northern Nevada Imaging does NOT cost $1000.  You will be expected to pay for our time and the use of our equipment.  We are not in the business of getting rich from your purchase, but we do expect to be paid for our time.  We love our jobs, and if we do not get paid we will have to go get real jobs where somebody is willing to pay us for the time we spend there.

I don’t want to sound rash, I just want to clarify that there is a huge misconception about photography and the associated expenses of such.  If it were so easy everyone would be a photographer.  I know what we do looks easy, anyone can push a button on a camera, but it takes an artist to create a great image.

Thank everyone who chooses to be our customers, and thank you for understanding that we put everything we have into creating great images for you!

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