My wife is Japanese, but I could not afford to hire here. In japan, since the times of samurai the wife was the one who managed all aspects related to money. The man basically had to know how to use the katana really well or he would loose his head...
But seriously, the business part of photography is so different to the other part that a lot of photographers have problems being really good at both.
I give in to clients too easily, and it is a mistake.
There was a scandal recently here in New York when the Governor of the state was found out spending $80,000 on sex services from a prostitution ring. One of the girls, talking to the press was asked what did she do of extraordinary for charging the way she was (don't remember, but it was something like thousands of dollars per hour) and she said that "the service is exactly the same, but I get more respect with high fees)
I thought that it may also apply to us photographers...
I can tell you that in Asia they have almost all a wife like that!
Thierry
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