Not a big deal. I'v been doing Photoslop since...uh...uh....uh...1995. It was Photoshop 2.5. The only digital SLR was the Kodak DCS100. It only shot Black & White and had this enormous backpack and cost $15,000. The Pro line ditial camera backs were around $25,000. The first consumer digital camera ever on the market was the Apple Quicktake which took 640x480 images with terrible quality and it cost $999. Whew, we've come a long way!
I'm ususally pretty good about restricting who & what I do photo services for. Since I really do have a photo background, I simply tell them how much it will cost.
That ususally keeps things in check. That way I can do the things I WANT to do without being being the guy with the truck everyone wants to borrrow.
I set up a mini photo studio in my basement. Using my Vivitar 283's, a home-made sync box, couple of umbrellas, a diffusing screen and a 12 x 25 backdrop. I was able to shoot portraits for last year's Christmas gifts to the family. It worked out well but if I do it again, I am not printing them. I'm just taking them up to any of these digital photo places to print them out. The quality is far more consistant and I don't have to color correct for various printing inks.
