When you say “What is my photography worth?” are you asking:
What price should I be charging for my photography?
Or are you asking?
What is the value a customer would get by working with me and having one of my images hanging on their walls?
Aha. Two different things right?
If you look at price, you simple are looking for a number. And that’s when you get in trouble. That’s when you start looking at all the other photographers out there, and concentrate on the numbers they use in their own business.
But a number is a number.
Value is what changes it all.
Value isn’t a number. It’s an intrinsic assessment of what you have to offer. If you hang two portraits on your wall, one snapped by a seven year old child, the other by Annie Leibovitz, one would definitely argue the Annie Leibovitz has a lot more value to it.
Yet they are both portraits of you. What is the difference? [Read more…]
