Wedding Photography
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- vaxorcist0
If he gets people to pay $7k, then that's what he's worth to them!
Note also that many higher-end wedding photographers have a style of interaction with people that's different, their higher-status clients like the way these photographers are comfortable with wealthy powerful people... and can work fast, discreetly and they do not spend 15 minutes asking their subjects to move around for the group shots.... or make anyone wait for lighting,etc... you can't make wealthy clients wait in any way except if you're obviously an artist who already has their respect....
Once upon a time, I shot weddings on film, and worked in a lab developing lots of film for wedding photographers who shot color negative.... yes, there is a certain skin tone that can be smoother due to slightly over-exposed color negative film that's not too easy to duplicate in digital....
but yes, it's market position, style, value perception, value as interaction experience,etc....
and hey, congrats to this photographer(!).... he may also price high so he doesn't burn out, shooting a film wedding every weekend with the current level of expectation would burn people out, as digital has raised people's expectations from wedding photographers in terms of what's possible (high iso, huge number of photos,etc)