Maybe you are sitting there thinking… “I can’t charge that much”“I am just starting out” “My work isn’t good enough” “I don’t have enough experience” “I feel like an imposter”
I am here to tell you that regardless of how long you have been in business you deserve to be paid well.
Set your prices where you think they need to be 5 years down the road.
Trust me- or else you will be spending time each and every year trying to re-adjust and raise your prices because you aren’t making enough money….and stressing out about how you are going to explain that price increase to your clients again.
If you want to hop off the hamster wheel and not have to constantly re-do your pricing. This is the way to go.
Establish What YOU Want Your Brand to be Associated With
Maintain Consistent Client Expectations from the Beginning
Understand How to Run a Profitable and Sustainable Portrait Business
Avoid the Mistakes Many Photographers Make in Their First Year
Skip the Model Calls and Starving Artist Stage the Right Way
Every piece listed above is entirely achievable for each and every photographer starting out in the photography world, you just have to commit to educating yourself first. While it may mean you sell less portraits or smaller portraits for your client’s walls in the beginning, as your work improves you will find that you will be selling more images.
Your clients will begin loving your portraits so much that they will want to display huge larger than life pieces of art on their walls…and soon enough you will see that you can make more money each and every year simply by growing as a photographer and not re-adjusting your pricing. It is my motivation to encourage every photographer to not only invest in their education but also build a brand that will allow them to:
Sell Larger Than Life Wall Art
Attract 5-Figure Portrait Clients
Enjoy a Simple and Efficient Workflow
Leave the Emotional Rollercoaster of Starting a Business Behind
Experience a Healthy Work/Life Balance
Episode 20 on Mindset & Money Mastery for Photographers with Karinda K. focuses entirely around how you can plan for the business you want to have in the future – and avoid constantly re-inventing and raising your prices as you grow.
Ready to learn how you can set up and price yourself as you start your photography business? Find us on Spotify and Apple Podcast today and listen to Episode 20 as well as the many other episodes full of educational content for you!
Pricing When You Are Starting Out as A Photographer
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Hi, I'm Karinda!
Photographer turned business coach. Mom. Horse girl. After 12+ years behind the camera, I’ve learned that success doesn’t come from working harder or adding more to your plate — it comes from simplifying what matters and letting go of what doesn’t. Now I help photographers get clear on their value, shift their mindset around money, and finally build a business that pays them like the pros they are.
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