Consultation: 2-3 hours
Client-photographer face-to-face time: 2-3 hours
Ordering session: 1-2 hours
Editing time: 10 hours
Processing and ordering products: 3 hours

= TOTAL service per client: 18-22 hours

(Profit) – (service hours)/(cost of goods): I make approximately $15 per hour

This is a boutique photography business, as you can see. I am a custom photographer. I am an artist. You are the art form. You are worth every second I spend on you, and so am I.