I had my own photographic business, many years ago. (As a break between elect/electronic work. Lifelong hobby).
This was the days still of real film! Had my own dark-rooms at home, and a 'studio'. Most of my work was 'commercial', receiving
pallets of china-ware and the like, to make catalogues & posters etc for sales companies. Though I also eventually included doing
weddings, and football teams etc, including making large frames. I also loved making 'old-world' Black & White/Sepia Toning photos
for a lot of people. Loved the old 'hands-on' B&W creations in my dark-room!!

It's a bit of a 'crass' industry, something like the 'jewelery' business! Some people/companies 'expect' to pay a lot, and if/when I
under-charged/quoted, they thought it was too cheap. But I had no overheads, and no 'big-head'. Once, a company I was talking
to just wanted 4 photos/posters of some goods. (2 hours to set up, and a few hundred total costs). I said... "$1000..." and he then
immediately said "do it!"... so with split second thinking I continued... "deposit, and another $800 on delivery!"

He said... "Oh yea, no worries. Will deliver the goods tomorrow. Must have the results in 3 days! Thanks".
Just because he answered so quick.
