and that's why I prefer to meet at a coffee shop...

I'm a huge fan of craigslist.ca for most of my photo equipment needs. If you know what you are looking for, and you have researched the item that you need/want, Craigslist in a major city is a goldmine. Likewise, if you have a quality, reasonably-priced item that you would like to sell, Craigslist is the place to be (Kijiji is quite good too but for photo and video in the Greater Toronto Area, Craigslist seems to be more popular). And unlike on ebay, you can see the item(s) in person.

I always make it my rule, whether as a buyer or a as a seller, to meet the other party halfway, distance-wise, partly for security reasons but also for a higher comfort level; there is no pressure to buy or sell since both parties took the same amount of effort to get to the meeting place.

So it struck me as very funny when I saw this video clip on youtube:

Why wedding photography costs the way it does!

A bride from Puget Sound, Seattle, posted this on craigslist, wondering why photography costs the way it does. (as it appeared in dpreview.com)

Here is  response to the craigslist posting from Nikki Wagner, a photographer from Erie, Pennsylvania.

Here is my own pricing strategy and why it is lower than most other photographers.

Not even taking into account the unquantifiable (in money terms) talent, energy, and artistry that goes into creating the images that you'll have for the rest of your lives, today's digital weddings require equipment (cameras, computers, hosting service, etc) that doesn't come cheap!