our e-shoot was done by a husband/wife and they are the owners/only photogs so I did not tip
I firmly believe in tipping whether they own a company or not. Just because they own their own company, doesn't mean they shouldn't be tipped. If you got your hair cut by the owner of the salon, would you not tip them? That doesn't make sense. They still have expenses and need to pay for things that maybe the payment doesn't pay for/is just enough to cover. We did our Eshoot with a coworker of mine, but she typically charges $125 for what we did, but we gave her $150.
I agree with tipping a vendor regardless of ownership of the company. If they take great photos and you are happy then tip :)
I didn't tip for e pics b/c I used the owner of the company and I already paid 300 bucks for the session!! Maybe if it was a little less $$ or it was thrown in, I would have. I will def. tip for the wedding, especially since now I've seen a few of my epics already (they were done two days ago) and they are amazing. So , I know my wedding pics will be just as amazing..therefore, I'll definitely tip.
Posted by mattandjess2013
I firmly believe in tipping whether they own a company or not. Just because they own their own company, doesn't mean they shouldn't be tipped. If you got your hair cut by the owner of the salon, would you not tip them? That doesn't make sense. They still have expenses and need to pay for things that maybe the payment doesn't pay for/is just enough to cover. We did our Eshoot with a coworker of mine, but she typically charges $125 for what we did, but we gave her $150.
Our situation was a little tricky because a friend did them for us. She usually charges 200 for a session, but only charged us 100 because we're close friends. We gave her the full 200 because we had it in the budget. Tipping is a nice gesture, but not an obligation. Especially for an engagement shoot.
find out if they are bringing an assistant. We put $30 in a thank you card and when we got there we saw he had an assistant so I felt bad that I left my wallet at home and couldn't add more for a tip.
I did not tip either.
We had brought 40 to tip but then we forgot at the end and we never did.
We tipped $40
I plan on tipping after the wedding.
