{"id":250,"date":"1993-01-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1993-01-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeling-advice.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:26:36","slug":"the-photographer-charges-a-premium-price-but-isnt-your-career-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodean.com\/photography\/photographer-marketing\/the-photographer-charges-a-premium-price-but-isnt-your-career-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The photographer charges a premium price, but &#8220;isn&#8217;t your career worth it?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The photographer charges a premium price, but &#8220;isn&#8217;t your career worth it?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2>You get what you pay for. Right?<\/h2>\n<p>Your career may be worth it, but you don&#8217;t always get what you pay for.<\/p>\n<p>While we often equate product quality with price, a photographer who charges a premium price doesn&#8217;t necessarily provide photos that are better than a photographer who charges much less.<\/p>\n<p>So be careful not to be manipulated into working with a photographer simply because their rates are above the average of other photographers in your area.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, choose a photographer based on the quality of their work and your specific needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The photographer charges a premium price, but &#8220;isn&#8217;t your career worth it?&#8221; You get what you pay for. Right? Your career may be worth it, but you don&#8217;t always get what you pay for. While we often equate product quality with price, a photographer who charges a premium price doesn&#8217;t necessarily provide photos that are &#8230; <a title=\"The photographer charges a premium price, but &#8220;isn&#8217;t your career worth it?&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/zerodean.com\/photography\/photographer-marketing\/the-photographer-charges-a-premium-price-but-isnt-your-career-worth-it\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The photographer charges a premium price, but &#8220;isn&#8217;t your career worth it?&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographer-marketing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":289,"url":"https:\/\/zerodean.com\/photography\/headshot-photographer-marketing-tactics-exposed\/the-headshot-photographer-charges-a-premium-price-but-isnt-your-career-worth-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":250,"position":0},"title":"The headshot photographer charges a premium price, but \u201cisn\u2019t your career worth it?\u201d","author":"Zero Dean","date":"January 1, 1993","format":false,"excerpt":"The headshot photographer charges a premium price, but \"isn't your career worth it?\" You get what you pay for. 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