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Post by brentshortphoto on Nov 17, 2012 12:41:21 GMT -5
I would consider myself an amateur photographer. I am going to The College For Creative Studies to pursue photography as a career, but I have been asked to do multiple shoots now and I really don't have any idea what to charge. I was asked to do senior pictures for someone and I was asked to take club pictures. I would most likely be editing the pictures as well. Is there a good time/$ ratio I should use?
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Post by josheikenberry on Nov 19, 2012 23:07:35 GMT -5
I would consider myself an amateur photographer. I am going to The College For Creative Studies to pursue photography as a career, but I have been asked to do multiple shoots now and I really don't have any idea what to charge. I was asked to do senior pictures for someone and I was asked to take club pictures. I would most likely be editing the pictures as well. Is there a good time/$ ratio I should use? What you'd like to get paid per hour * the estimated time spent taking the photos + editing = your fee. There is no "actual number" because, well, it depends. We all offer different services, have differing levels of expertise, and offer different products as well. That's why you see everything from free to $4,000/hr. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 0:18:43 GMT -5
Yeah, what Josh said. It should cost what your time is worth to you. I know that's not what you want to hear, you want to hear numbers but that is always hard to determine for the reasons Josh mentioned.
If you want some numbers, I'd search the web for senior pictures and see if you can find some prices on the website, then compare that with what you want to get paid for the work you're going to be doing. And don't sell yourself short. They are asking you to take pictures because they believe you will take good quality photos of them. They are expecting a photographers "rate". Give them a photographers rate you think you should get paid. Worse case scenario, they turn you down, and you are still an amateur photographer going to school to pursue a photography career. You'll have other opportunities. Best case, they accept, you take the shots they knew you would take and the money was worth it to you and them.
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Post by rkarolak on Nov 21, 2012 14:59:09 GMT -5
Agreed with Josh and Daniel. It's worth putting thought into how many hours from beginning to finish you plan on realistically working. Then maybe at 50+% if you aren't good at estimating your time yet. Calculate what you think is a reasonable charge for your time per hour and do the math. Some photogs starting out or who don't do these sort of things often (including myself sometimes) underestimate how much their time is worth and end up making less than minimum wage.
Once you have some baselines worked out, you can start coming out with packages for prints, digital files, charge more for some things, give discounts for bundles or whatnot on others. A lot of it is retail psychology at some point, but start of with a base target of how much you want to make.
Also market your style and decide what your target audience is.
imo
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Post by lomama72 (Ayana) on Dec 1, 2012 21:08:36 GMT -5
I'm late reading this, but I hear ave charge anywhere from $10-$50 a pic. So, for example pics for a model's portfolio or senior pictures. So since I'm not a pro, I would chg $10. If I shoot 200 pics of a model and she really likes say 10 of them, and I'm a pro, I'd chg him/her $500?
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