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They moved into their newly decorated studio.

The studio is a commercial and residential building with four bedrooms and a living room.

The location is convenient for transportation, so the rent is not cheap.

Simple decoration costs five thousand yuan a month.

A one-time payment for one quarter is required.

Jiang Xue set up a relatively large bedroom as a darkroom for indoor photography, equipped with lights, screens, and some photography props.

Used to take some indoor photos.

There are three tables in a row and six dressing tables and chairs in two rows in the middle of the living room.

There is a place to put on makeup, a lounge, and a changing room. Customers are finally no longer like when she first started taking photos, putting on makeup outdoors and changing clothes in public toilets.

At the same time, Jiang Xue added a lot of costumes and props.

They were very close to the wholesale market, and Qipu Road was the largest wholesale market in the entire S city.

Basically you can find all kinds of clothes.

Cute, sexy, literary, various colors, various styles, photo accessories, bags, shoes, etc.

Fortunately, their shooting style is more daily and life-oriented. If it were wedding photos, with all kinds of wedding dresses, their studio probably wouldn’t have enough space to store all these clothes.

After the efforts of several people, the studio finally looked less empty and began to take shape.

Now when customers come, the basic process is that they choose clothes in the studio, or bring their own clothes, choose the clothes and the style they want to be photographed, and the makeup artist will do their makeup and styling.

After the makeup is done, the assistant takes the client to the car they chartered and takes her to the photographer for the photo shoot.

During the shooting process, the assistant followed the photographer to place reflectors and lights, simply adjusted their clothes and hairstyles, taught them how to pose, and cooperated with the photographer to coordinate all work.

When one finishes, the next one continues, just like an assembly line operation.

There are many people in the forum who pay to take photos and will post them online.

Some people started to complain in the post that her company was too commercial, and that many of the backgrounds were the same, except that the model was changed.

The photos are nice, but they are too homogenized.

Jiang Xue did not explain this part of the doubts, because if she wanted to make money, standardization and commercialization were inevitable.

Fortunately, their main customer group is girls, who don’t care about these things, as long as they can take beautiful photos for them.

At the same time, she also adjusted the prices of the set meals in the store.

Depending on the number of photos, packages at different price points are available.

At the same time, she asked Tian Shuo to make some actions commands, skin smoothing, and some commonly used filters according to her requirements, which could speed up the post-production.

Tian Shuo made some money and Jiang Xue was able to improve her efficiency.

We also cooperate with advertising companies to make physical photo albums and photo frames.

They also launched a free mailing function, which also facilitates some customers who travel to City S from other places.

In addition to the physical photo albums, all negatives are included in the package, making it more convenient for online customers to post their photos on forums or spaces.

The overall operation is becoming more and more like later photography studios.

So throughout September, when their team was in the running-in period, they went from serving three to five customers a day in the beginning to serving around 7-15 people a day later. There were both expensive and cheap packages, and their turnover actually reached around 25.

Although I earned so much, I also spent a lot.

Newly purchased photography equipment, salaries for several people, daily meal ordering, and rental car driver fees.

The rent, utilities, decoration, and the studio full of clothes, accessories, cosmetics, etc., all of these were bought with real money.

But even after deducting all expenses, the final profit is still 6. It can be expected that the income will triple next month.

The popularity of the forum dropped a little in October, but because of the Golden Week, the sales of Taobao as a whole caught up. Some foreign tourists, who were visiting S City, were afraid of being cheated by local photo studios or photography agencies in some scenic spots, so they searched the Internet for reliable local stores in S and found Jiang Xue's Taobao store.

After a month of development, the store has hundreds of reviews with pictures. Those who posted pictures are all customers who are satisfied with the finished product, and the finished product also turns out very well.

The details page also states that there are no hidden charges. If any hidden fees of even 0.1 cent are charged, all amounts will be refunded.

It is still Taobao's guaranteed transaction. With its endorsement, these foreign tourists can place their orders with peace of mind.

The photography studio was on the right track, and Jiang Xue transferred Jiang Xinyi out to be responsible for taking pictures for Taobao main pictures.

Compared to the casualness, freedom and flexibility shown in Chen Xin's photos, Jiang Xinyi is too particular about horizontal and vertical lines, and emphasizes that the golden ratio should be used in the composition of photos. As a result, the photos she took lack some spirit.

This is not a disadvantage, but compared to portraits, which need to express rich emotions, it is more suitable for taking product photos, where you only need to make the clothes look good.

The sample photography service was also related to Tian Yuan. Because of the set of photos taken for Tian Yuan, many of her colleagues asked her about photographers. Tian Yuan introduced several photography businesses in the same city to Jiang Xue.

After several collaborations, most of the merchants did not have suitable models, so she contacted Zhang Ling, who had previously provided free photography services.

It brought her and some of her model sisters a part-time job.

In the darkroom of the studio, Jiang Xinyi took model cards for them for the merchants to choose from.

In addition, the photography studio is very busy and Taobao photography orders are also increasing.

I just did it and started it officially, renting a new office.

Completely separate Taobao photography from the photography studio.

The Taobao photography work was also entirely in the charge of Jiang Xinyi.

Jiang Xinyi found a senior who had graduated and worked for two years, and the two of them worked as photographers together.

They were also assigned a makeup artist and a post-production person.

They mainly take pictures of clothing models. A set of clothes includes the main picture, detail pictures, and more than ten pictures. The package price is 400 yuan per set, and the flat or hanging photos are 150 yuan per set.

The price for model photography is subject to fluctuation depending on the popularity of the model.

Here, the model’s income for taking a set of photos is 10% of the total price.

At the peak, Zhang Ling photographed more than 80 sets of clothes a day and earned 3200 yuan, which is equivalent to an average person's monthly salary.

Jiang Xinyi gets 5% of all orders, and as a photographer she gets 10% of the orders she shoots. The makeup artist gets a fixed salary, and the salary for post-production is calculated based on the number of photos taken.

After deducting some losses and site usage fees, Jiang Xue's net profit was 65% after all costs were calculated.