I am new to photography and someone just brought up the point of pricing on pictures.  For example, I use Mpix for all my pix, but is it legal to up the prices Mpix lists to include a small profit on my part?  Or, is there a different place that offers it services that is just as good that will allow that?  Also, any advice on where to find a company that will create a wedding album?

You need to at LEAST be making double on what your costs are for your photos!

 

Are you wanting to find an album company that designs albums for you, or what?

http://www.albumsinc.com is a good place to buy professional albums.

 There are a ton of album companies out there!

Here is a link that might help you get started:

http://www.imaginginfo.com/article/article.jsp?id=1262&siteSection=24 

 

Hope this all helps!

Keep shooting,

Alicia 

If you are doing this only as a hobby and you plan on keeping your day job you need to still be charging what is consistant in your area. I had the same trouble a few years back and soon realized that I was way cheaper than "real" photographers out there. But you will say "I don't have a brick and mortar and no insurance and my tax impact is minimum so why do I need to charge more?

First what is your time worth? Did you buy Photoshop? Did you take classes to learn it? or are you spending hours upon hours to learn it and make it sit up and bark so people think you know what you're doing... What is your time worth? My time is very valuable to me as it is to most of us. I'm a NAPP member and that's 100$ per year plus my internet access (49$/month). If you think about it you have many costs that need to be covered by your "activity". So look at what your costs are and charge accordingly to cover all those costs..

Of course it's legal! Legal and very fun. Here are my prices. I'm pretty cheap for my area.