Quote: Originally Posted by jthrasherphoto.com It's not Pictage that sets the prices. It's the photographer.
Most photographers charge more for prints than what you are charged at Walmart or Costco. $10 for a 4x6 is actually quite standard. The reason is, you are paying for the photo, not the paper. That photo is one of a kind. There isn't another like it.
Coscto and the like are charging you for their supplies, chemicals, paper, etc. When you buy a photo from a photographer you are buy a piece of art. The photographer could charge you only for the cost but then you are only getting a blank piece of paper.
We see our work as art and we charge what we feel our art is worth. It takes time, talent, and training to get the images we produce, so we charge a premium for better quality photos.
I hope that sheds some light on the issue. Just remember, you aren't buying the photo paper, you're buying the photo. I couldnt have said this better myself... your photos are one of a kind...
But that said, I would see about getting your images on a CD...only so that they can be printed somewhere other than Pictage