Digital photography

sorry when I say high res, I meant high enough quality for them... a long day... I usually shoot raw for myself and get rid of them when I am sure I don't need them...

I guess if you want to use these images in your portfolio and feel that having raws will benefit you then that's up to you. I always went on the basis that if a jpeg was good enough for the original client then it'd be good enough for my (online) portfolio.

I am hoping if I do a good job, they will pay me next time.

This will never happen. If you work once for free they'll see you as a free ride. They'd be more likely to pay someone else.

I am just not cut out for the commercial world of photography...

Then sorry to be blunt but what the hell are you doing playing about sith with it doing stuff for free and devaluing everybody who is cut out for it.

Edit: Sorry ExTra, this comes across a bit cuntish and I didn't mean that.

I'd be very surprised if when you give them a price for the next job the reply is anything other than "But you did it for free the last time."

If you could do a better, quicker and realistically cheaper than the pro they hired then you should have told them so.

If they would have hired a pro for this then by doing it for free you have a) done someone out of a job that might have helped them pay the rent and b) set a precedent of them getting photos for free which makes them less likely to pay anyone for them in the future.