Photography Business: Consumer Education 101: Creative fees: are just that, a fee you pay when you hire a photographer for being creative, for knowing the tricks, recieving an education, having the tools (spending lots of $ on equipment), and capturing captivating photos with an creative approach... Images: are the product of creative time making photographs... There is a separate fee for this... Commercial / branding photography: is more expensive than wedding and family lifestyle photography because the images are used to drive revenue. There are fees associated with all imagery from these shoots based on their end use. Copyright: Photographers invest a lot into their businesses and deserve to keep their original copyright because part of their skills are to negotiate and achieve the needs of their clients without giving the right, to say they even took a photo, away. Pricing: Professional photographers have systems they use to price their jobs fairly based on industry standards. When a photographer walks away from an offer/ negotiation a: Professional Commercial photographers walk away from 99% of Musicians and brand photography work, even million dollar projects, where the right to negotiation is stripped down to "we get the images, own them, you have no rights to them, this is non negotiable." and its for good reason. This is a new ...