I had an interesting phone call yesterday from a Webmaster who wanted to hire me to shoot a model for him. He asked how many pic sets and how many vids I could shoot in a day and how much it would cost. I told him we typically shoot 6 units per day and it would cost him $blablabla. That could be 3 sets of pics and 3 vids, or 6 pic sets or 6 vids or any combination of 6 units. He laughed a little and said....."just so I'm clear, you shoot all day and shoot only 6 units"? I said yes. He laughed some more and said...."I can shoot that in 2 hours"! Then I said, well perhaps you haven't seen the quality that we produce. He said yes I've seen your work but I don't need that kind of quality. So I replied that perhaps another photographer would be better suited for your needs.
One of the things I've found over the years of shooting content is that I spend a lot of my time educating webmasters about content production. It might surprise you that some of the largest and most successful sites are run by people who have never been to a photo shoot or a video shoot and have absolutely no idea what it entails and how much time, effort and stress it takes to produce content. I think if more "content buyers" would take the time to see how content was produced, they'd have a little more respect for producers. If your a content buyer, you should take to your producers and ask them if you could join them on the set one day. You might be in for an eye opening experience
