{"id":28,"date":"2008-04-27T18:09:25","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T23:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreyann.net\/blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2008-04-27T18:09:25","modified_gmt":"2008-04-27T23:09:25","slug":"calling-all-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Readers!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question for you all.\u00a0 I am a photographer and also I have to sell myself.\u00a0 I am not great at putting a pricetag on myself as my fellow photographers have <em>gently<\/em> put it (much love to all of you, I needed that).\u00a0 I recently raised my prices but one thing that I changed was that I included more &#8220;stuff&#8221; when making packages.\u00a0 However&#8230; do people (ok sorry, specifically brides, to-be-brides, has-been-brides etc.) WANT that stuff?\u00a0 <strong>TELL ME!!\u00a0 I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Essentially would you rather book me for a lower rate for the day and have the option to create a package up front (with a discount) or decide later if you really need all that stuff that photographers seem to include.\u00a0 I know that a few of my brides this summer have virtually NO interest in the albums that are all-the-rage now and were really glad to find out that I wasn&#8217;t including one and making them pay for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My rates are still changing for next year\/the remainder of this year.\u00a0 I love this job dearly but to be honest, I simply cannoy afford to work for more than one year at these rates.\u00a0 I needed more wedding experience and I certainly will be on my way after the next month and I can&#8217;t charge the bottom feeder rates forever.\u00a0 I hope you all understand that.\u00a0 However you do have a say in things and that&#8217;s what that comment button is for below!\u00a0 USE IT!\u00a0 Or email me and tell me what you think.\u00a0 I know it&#8217;s a bit outside of the box for a vendor to ask its customer\/peer base what they look for when booking a photographer but hey, I am not known for being normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question for you all.\u00a0 I am a photographer and also I have to sell myself.\u00a0 I am not great at putting a pricetag on myself as my fellow photographers have gently put it (much love to all of you, I needed that).\u00a0 I recently raised my prices but one thing that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[389],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-pricing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.5.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Calling All Readers!!! - Corey Ann Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Corey Ann\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Corey Ann\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e\"},\"headline\":\"Calling All Readers!!!\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\"},\"wordCount\":300,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"pricing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\",\"name\":\"Calling All Readers!!! - Corey Ann Photography\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Calling All Readers!!!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann Photography\",\"description\":\"Northeast Ohio Wedding Photographer Blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann Photography\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/\",\"sameAs\":[],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png\",\"width\":1113,\"height\":507,\"caption\":\"Corey Ann Photography\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e\",\"name\":\"Corey Ann\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Corey Ann\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.coreyann.com\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coreyann\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Calling All Readers!!! - Corey Ann Photography","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Corey Ann","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers"},"author":{"name":"Corey Ann","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e"},"headline":"Calling All Readers!!!","datePublished":"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00","dateModified":"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers"},"wordCount":300,"commentCount":4,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["pricing"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers","name":"Calling All Readers!!! - Corey Ann Photography","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00","dateModified":"2008-04-27T23:09:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/news\/calling-all-readers#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Calling All Readers!!!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/","name":"Corey Ann Photography","description":"Northeast Ohio Wedding Photographer Blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Corey Ann Photography","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/","sameAs":[],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/coreyann-final1.png","width":1113,"height":507,"caption":"Corey Ann Photography"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/49fc034441344f071869b4a25e9c744e","name":"Corey Ann","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30d39579c69c8e3dc14be754c0d058dd7839adf4569ff549a602c30991f628bc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Corey Ann"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.coreyann.com","https:\/\/twitter.com\/coreyann"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coreyann.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}