bluejay712

I'm sure y'all have noticed that my sets have gone up in price this year! I think I discussed it a little bit ago, but I started actually doing the math (yeah, I have been the most irresponsible business lady up til now) and realizing that I was BARELY covering shoot costs and sometimes not making a single cent off of these sets at the prices I was offering before. There are definitely ways to cut costs, like choosing to wear less expensive lingerie or work with less expensive photographers, but here's the thing: I don't want to buy fast fashion. I don't want amazon or shein lingerie where the people working to make me the product are paid pennies! I want to support these incredible, independent designers and women owned businesses, and more than that, I genuinely get INSPIRED following these women! I have worked with and enjoyed working with photographers who aren't Dana, but honestly I will always be less comfortable working with a male photographer, and the way Dana and I work together, and the photos I get from working with her are my creative vision projected onto paper- she GETS me in a way other photographers I've worked with don't, and for the amount of images she delivers, she's honestly inexpensive! I was looking into shooting with a different photographer who was charging $500 for FIVE PICTURES... I would never make my money back on that 😅 The rates of the locations I want to shoot at are usually $100/hr, Dana costs me $1000+ per shoot, and while I am trying to cut costs on lingerie (it helps SO much when something is sponsored off my wishlist, but I honestly need to redo some of the items because the price has changed a ton in the last two years), it's still a very expensive project. Plus the 20% the sites take and the 25% in taxes... I'm just trying to be clear with you because I know you've probably noticed the difference in price, especially if you've been here a long time. Honestly I cannot believe I used to offer sets for the prices I did.. I undervalue myself and my work so often! I hope tha

Published: March 26th 2024, 7:19:17 pm

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I'm sure y'all have noticed that my sets have gone up in price this year! I think I discussed it a little bit ago, but I started actually doing the math (yeah, I have been the most irresponsible business lady up til now) and realizing that I was BARELY covering shoot costs and sometimes not making a single cent off of these sets at the prices I was offering before. There are definitely ways to cut costs, like choosing to wear less expensive lingerie or work with less expensive photographers, but here's the thing: I don't want to buy fast fashion. I don't want amazon or shein lingerie where the people working to make me the product are paid pennies! I want to support these incredible, independent designers and women owned businesses, and more than that, I genuinely get INSPIRED following these women! I have worked with and enjoyed working with photographers who aren't Dana, but honestly I will always be less comfortable working with a male photographer, and the way Dana and I work together, and the photos I get from working with her are my creative vision projected onto paper- she GETS me in a way other photographers I've worked with don't, and for the amount of images she delivers, she's honestly inexpensive! I was looking into shooting with a different photographer who was charging $500 for FIVE PICTURES... I would never make my money back on that 😅 The rates of the locations I want to shoot at are usually $100/hr, Dana costs me $1000+ per shoot, and while I am trying to cut costs on lingerie (it helps SO much when something is sponsored off my wishlist, but I honestly need to redo some of the items because the price has changed a ton in the last two years), it's still a very expensive project. Plus the 20% the sites take and the 25% in taxes... I'm just trying to be clear with you because I know you've probably noticed the difference in price, especially if you've been here a long time. Honestly I cannot believe I used to offer sets for the prices I did.. I undervalue myself and my work so often! I hope tha

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