Everyone loves being in pictures taken by a professional photographer. Because as good as our iPhone cameras are these days, theres just no comparison to a picture taken by a professional on a high-quality DSLR.
But most of us dont often get this opportunity, because professional photographers are usually only hired for large-budget, high-profile events not your Friday-night dinner party with 8 other friends.
But Snappr, an Australian-based startup that is part of Y Combinators Winter 17 batch, wants to change this. The company lets you book a professionalphotographer that will show up to takepictures within 12 hours of being ordered.
And the best part its really affordable. Snappr charges by the amount of time the photographer is at your event taking photos, and has two different pricing structures a package where you get to pick a set number of photos and an unlimited package.
So if you want a 30-minute shoot, youd pay just $59 to pick the best 3 pictures (the photographer will capture a bunch, then you get to see all of them and choose your three favorites) or pay $99 for a 30-minute shoot with unlimited pictures. This scales all the way up to a full-day shoot. For reference, a two-hour shoot with 12 photos included would cost $149, and a two-hour shoot with unlimited photos costs $249. Still reallyaffordable.
So how do you know youll get your moneys worth? The startup has a high barrier to entry only 5 percent of applicants are selected to be photographers on the platform, and Snappr interviews each applicant personally before being approved.
Snappr then matches these photographerswith customers depending on what type of photography they specialize in. For example, a customer may want someone to come do a 30-minute photo shoot for a new LinkedIn profile picture. Snapprs algorithm then will find three photographers who specialize in that area, and show the suggestions to the customer, who has the final choice of who they want to hire.
For this matching service the startup takes a 20 percent cut of the basic packages from the photographer, and a higher cut on the higher-priced packages.
Matt Schiller, co-founder of Snappr, explained that by making it affordable and easy to book a photographer last-minute the company is removing the mystique of a professional photographer. Essentially, they want you to be able to hire someone to takegreat pictures at events for which you would never previously have thought to hire someone like an intimate birthday party or work happy hour.
And while there are, of course, other directoriesto hire a photographeronline, they often make you pick from a list, then negotiate on price directly with the photographer, which is intimidating for someone not used to booking photographers. Plus, they require advanced notice. Snappr will send someone with 12 hours notice, and is working toward soon moving to a one-hour window.
Snappris now live in San Francisco and San Jose, as well as a bunch of Australian cities, including Sydney and Melbourne.
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