Comments on: Quick Tip: There's No Substitute For Quality

By: Erin Michelle

Erin Michelle — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:23:54 +0000

Speaking as a “newbie” to professional photography, I have to say that I think many, not all, but many people do not know the difference between a quality photograph and a mediocre one. Sure, some photos are so bad it’s obvious, but not until I really started studying photographers blogs on a daily basis did I start to see the differences between good and great. Even some of the blogs I was following in the beginning I stopped following because the more I saw, the more amateur they looked. Sadly, I think many people who book an inexpensive photographer are probably disappointed after the fact when they really sit down and look at their photos. We just have to be assured that the people who choose for low price are not necessarily the kind of people we want to be working with.

By: Charles Maring

Charles Maring — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:16:29 +0000

Well put Skip… Quality is the goal if we want to keep our heads high. It is the ultimate key to keeping couples coming back for years. My wife had a bride last week say at a bridal event “If I am spending $3k on a photographer I am definitely getting a disk!” Jennifer’s reply stopped her in her tracks…. “In the history of the world have you ever heard of an artist that doesn’t care about how their work is presented? I am not having my art printed at Walmart or any other convenient store for that matter.” Later in the week, the couple booked their wedding with us for dramatically more than 3k. Quality and integrity is always king.

By: Sue Brown

Sue Brown — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:14:01 +0000

Quality and customer service is how we seperate ourselves from the competition. With a focus on quality the best form of marketing we have is our customers “Word of Mouth”.

By: Cort Anderson

Cort Anderson — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:31:34 +0000

I have seen too much hype try to make up for not enough quality in photography for many years.

By: Marc Braun

Marc Braun — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:33:31 +0000

While I come at the market from the commercial side, not wedding or portraits, I agree that quality has to be the number one goal when showing and delivering images to clients. Unfortunately that is not always the case to many clients. It seems that some clients have made a decision that saving a few bucks outweighs a good end product. While I will never shortcut my clients on quality, I will lose some work because it is not number one in a clients mind. I know that when it comes to a wedding you definitely don’t want to take shortcuts to save a few bucks. My only hope is that over a period of time commercial clients will come around and see that saving a few bucks can sometimes mean not presenting their product in the best light and come back around to quality being number one!