We have NO high priced al carte prices.
We do require purchase of the sessions select flex package.
Our select flex package name implies
just that -- YOU select any combination of amount, sizes, & poses YOU
want, at our everyday low prices, till you meet or exceed the stated package
price. Basically its a minimum order of any Gift/Wall portraits, proofs
or wallets at the stated minimum price.
The "Total Package"
Compare all of the services and
products with our competition. Then call us to book a session. We have
customers traveling from Ackley, Sumner, Waverly, Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown
and Fort Dodge.
Why Should I Book A Session
with your Studio
Top 5 reasons to
create your memories at Future Visions Studio?
#5) Large picture selection.
#4) Variety & Style.
#3) Products
you will find no place else
#2) Customer Service.
#1) VALUE
Our #1 priority -- To Provide
VALUE................. quality photos at reasonable prices.
Creatively, to provide a large selection, full of style and variety. Ask to
see samples and if you are interested we will do the ones you think you may
like on any image. FREE image enhancements include - Borders, B&W,
High Key, Sepia, Vivid Color, Light Play, Text,
Soft Focus, Vignettes, Zoom & Crop.
We are not the average studio.
Not like the old studios of the past, nor like most studios of the present. We
give you high value and service with so many more options, in style,
selection, and variety.
*Just a note about our print
designs. We charge about what places like Sears and J.C. Penny's charge.
Similar portraits purchased at comparable studios.... you would pay a hefty
price.
Its all about IMAGE
YOURS and OURS -- and we strive to make both look great!
Down Payment/Deposit
SENIORS $50
requirement to reserve any senior session time with the remaining minimum
session requirement due on session day. The $50
is applied to your minimum deposit. You or
we are allowed to reschedule. Session times are not recorded till we receive the
$50.
Tentative appointment times are held for five days till we receive the $50. If you CANCEL, the
$50
is NON - REFUNDABLE.
The deposit goes towards whatever you want to
purchase. Any portraits, wallets, proofs, proof books, or other products, till
you meet or exceed the minimum session requirements.
Amount of Previews/Proofs
Our biggest complaint. There
are so many pictures to choose from! We like to here this complaint.
We try to keep most of the
different versions/angles of each pose is a possible keeper. Our advice to
help you decide what to choose. Try to look at the poses you like best
FIRST. Then to narrow it down to version of that pose you like best.
If you really want you ask us
to narrow them down, we will. But we are always amazed at some of the poses
purchased. Many would of been ones we would of culled out if we were limiting
the numbers kept.
Why are Professional Photographers so
expensive? This
article has been very well received by the photography community, and is
published in the December 2009 edition of Professional
Photographer Magazine
In this digital age where everyone has cameras,
scanners, and home "photo printers," we hear this all the time: How
do professional (or personal) photographers charge $X for an 8x10 when they
cost just $1.50 at the drugstore? Simply put, the customer is not just paying
for the actual photograph; they're paying for time and expertise.
Setup, preparation, talking to
client,etc....
Shoot the photos
Load images on the computer
Back up files on an external
drive
2 - 4 hours of Adobe®
Photoshop® time, including cropping, contrast, color, sharpening, and backing
up edited photographs.
2 - 3 hours to talk to the
client, answer questions, receive order and payment, order their prints,
receive and verify prints, package prints, schedule shipment, and ship.
Possibly meet clients at the
studio to review photos and place order.
You can see how a 1 hour shoot
easily turns into an 8 hr day. So the time you are paying for actually is 8
plus hrs.
The expertise and cost of doing
business We use a mountain of other equipment other
then a nice camera. Software programs used to edit and print photographs, run a
website, etc... Dont forget the backdrops, props, insurance, and other business
expenses. We also try to hone people skills to help get good poses and a great
portrait.
The chain store photo studio Chain
stores do have their place. For a very cheap price you can run in, shoot some
quick photos, and be done with it. But you get what you pay for.
Consider the time and effort that a personal photographer
puts into photographs, compared to a chain store. Store sessions last just a
few minutes, while a personal photographer takes the time to get to know the
people, makes them comfortable, makes them laugh. If a baby is crying at a
chain store, they often don’t have the time (or the patience) to wait
because everyone is in a hurry.
The truth is that many chain store studios lose money. In
fact, Wal-Mart closed
500 of their portrait studios in 2007 because of the financial drain. What
the chain stores bank on is a client coming in for quick, cheap photos…and
while there, spending $200 on other items. They are there to get you in the
door.
The real deal Professional, personal photographers are just
that—professionals. No different than a mechanic, dentist, doctor, or
electrician. But a personal photographer often becomes a friend, someone who
documents a family for generations with professional, personal
photographs of cherished memories.
Maybe we need to help clients look at it this way: A pair of
scissors costs $1.50 at the drugstore. Still, most people will gladly pay a
lot more to hire a professional hair dresser to cut their hair.
The added attention and quality that a personal photographer
gives is worth every penny.
Conclusion We hope that those who have taken the time to read this page
will have a better understanding of why professional photographs, created by a
Personal Photographer are so expensive.
