[Not4wood]

Both Mr Pickles and John are correct with there statements. You cant fight this or truthfully even argue the point.

At this stage of the game, with all of the amatures that have good quality camaras that can make even better pictures, the best thing a Professional Photographer can do is try to be that much more Professional.

I also feel that this whole thread might be better moved over to the discussion board where a whole lot of working Pro's might see it better including the Wedding Pro's.

As for the Professional Photographer, lighting and posing will keep the distance between what people are willing to pay for. An amature will not bother to pose there subject nor will they go out and use more then one light to shoot something. Working a Party or Event a Professional will have two people and two lights being used. This will enable the end result to be that much better and also as a saleable product that much more to brag about.

Priceing?

Instead of selling just a hand full of prints with an individual price you have to also include the shooting session and make the whole package to include the print package with an additional charge in case the customer would like to add more prints as well. You cant think of the Processing Lab as your competition, its not. They dont go out and shoot that Party or Wedding that you just spent 8 hours on. An hourly or multiple hourly rate would be better to suit you and also include a couple of prints with this price.