Re: guests taking photos during formals ?
When I was shooting weddings,back before digital was common, I had it in my contract that other shooting during the formals greatly increases the amount of time needed and often lowers quality because people start looking at them instead of me. I left enforcement to the B&G though. If someone was starting to be a problem, I'd ask the B&G what hey wanted to do and let them, or a parent address the situation. Back then reprint losses weren't as big a deal because the quality difference between a pro lab and the cornner drugstore was huge.
Today though I'd go so far as to say that the business model of low shooting fee and trying to make the bulk of one's income from reprints is nearly always a great way to end up VERY poor. The same technology that has made our lives easier in some many ways demands a completely different way of pricing. Set your shooting/package prices such that you make the income you want to up front, and consider any significant reprint sales to be a bonus.
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