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Weddings & Portraits
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Start Smart – Wedding & Portrait Photographer (Immediate Download)

For (1) Photographer + Assistants(s) if any

This version is for 1 photographer who photographs a combination of weddings & portraits.

Figuring out what to charge your customers for your photography sessions could never be easier.  Our easy to use software uses a mathematical formula to calculate prices based on your expenses and time spent.

Just enter your costs, your time, rate per hour that you would like to make, and approximately how many sessions that you would like to do. The software will calculate the approximate rate to charge your customers to achieve the profit based on the rate per hour that you would like to make.

For example, if you would like to make $ 40.00 per hour, enter all the information and the software will list the minimum amount you should charge in order to achieve at least $ 40.00 per hour.

• It takes anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours to complete the data entry.
• Only basic data entry skill is required within the spreadsheet program.
• All formulas calculated by the software.

Weddings:

This software is for one photographer offering the same product(s) for every 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and/or 12 hours of wedding coverage. You also have an option to include a 1 hour engagement session with products. You have the ability to enter the cost for images on disc, albums, and/or prints but every wedding package will have the same product(s) included. If you are looking to offer different/multiple products for each coverage length, please purchase the Price Point Weddings & Portraits (1 Photographer).

Portraits:

This software is for one photographer offering the same product(s) for every 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and/or 120 minute session(s). You have the ability to enter the cost for images on disc, albums, and/or prints but every session will have the same product(s) included. If you are looking to offer different/multiple products for each session length, please purchase the Price Point Weddings & Portraits (1 Photographer).

Features include:

• Find out your current pay rate with your current prices (if any)
• Enter desired hourly rate & see what you should be charging
• Estimates wedding package prices for 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and/or 12 hours of coverage
• Engagement session pricing with or without products
• Estimates portrait package prices for 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and/or 120 minute session(s)
• Break even analysis
• Summary of all business expenses (cost of goods sold, assistant(s), advertisement, insurance, equipment, office expenses, etc.)
• Summary of all time spent (meetings, sessions, editing, advertising, etc.) Time = $$$
• Estimate your current net income

Scenarios:

• How much your prices should increase when you upgrade equipment
• How much does advertising effect your pricing
• Many more scenarios possible

Requirements:

• Microsoft Excel (PC & MAC) Versions 1997 and up OR OpenOffice.Org for PC, Mac & Linux (freeware)
• Skill set: basic data entry

Easy to Use!

• It takes anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours to complete the data entry.
• Only basic data entry skill is required within the spreadsheet program.
• All formulas calculated by the software.

After you entered all your costs and time spent, the results on what to charge is below:

Sold as an Immediate Download

Image by Ken Sklute