[Gayle]

I've just been doing some sums and I think that you two are way out with quantities and costs.

Take my kids school for example - 240 pupils - allowing for families i.e. brother and sister photographed together = 150 'shots'.

150 shots - then assuming roughly half take it up with an average spend of £15.

75 x 15 = £1,125.

So the photographer makes approx £1,125 per school - assuming that some schools are bigger but many smaller than St Mary's.

There are usually two staff there - photographer and assistant - and I would imagine it can take up to a week's worth of admin including making up samples, putting them in frames, bagging them and sending them to the school plus when the orders come producing the finished results.

Two people, plus premises and equipment - £1,125 for a weeks work for two people doesn't go that far.