How To Price When Starting Out In Photography

While taking all those photos will prove to be a blast, determining your pricing and photography packages is a more tedious aspect of the job. It is a necessity, though! You need to afford the food on your table (and those lattes…), after all. But where do you start?

Are you giving away sessions for free? Don't know how much to charge when you're trying to break into photography and actually make money? Confused about how many images they should get and what they should get? How much are prints? How long is the session? I want to offer weddings, but I don't even know where to start? Do I have to include an album or the cd? What about printing rights? Travel charges? Location charges? Outfit changes?