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02/16/2007 10:45:25 AM · #1 |
Theres a semi big local electrical company and they need a big staff photo(id go up on a big boom lift and take it from up there while there in the electrical yard) then staff working about and photos of the yard n stuff.
i was thinking of charging $50 first hour rate, then 40 bucks an hour after that. then each photo he wants will be another 10 bucks each. then each 8X12 is 15 bucks then i will price accordingly for bigger sizes.
does that sound good? im open for suggestiosn :) |
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02/16/2007 11:08:26 AM · #2 |
As always, the first questions you should ask are: What is their budget? and What, specifically, are they looking for? (number of images and usage)
My advice is to quote by the job, not hourly. That encourages you to work efficiently to get the job done, an hourly rate only encourages you to work slowly.
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02/16/2007 11:20:36 AM · #3 |
what are the photos going to be used for? what kind of distribution will they be getting? Will you get a credit line at all?
I would factor all of these into your pricing too.
I've seen rate calculators for professional photogs on the web. Maybe a Google search would help you get an idea of what you're doing price wise.
As a rookie freelance artist 17 years ago, I decided I would "ramp up" my rates. Start low because I didn't have very much experience, and go from there until I was charging full rate and had experience.
What that got me was a bunch of obstinate clients that wanted to use me for cheap for the rest of their lives. I actually had to fire about a dozen clients over the first year because they were mad at the "rate ramp".
If I were to do it over again, I'd find out the worth of what I was doing, and just start charging that. It's more pressure as a rookie to deliver the goods, but it would have been easier than the way I did it. FWIW.
So do your homework, storyboard the shots you want to get, call into a neighboring market and talk to some photogs to get bids on what they would charge - and charge that. Then deliver stuff as good or better than them.
I charge $150 per shot they choose, and $50/hr travel time. I have met little resistance to this rate. Good luck to you.
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02/16/2007 11:57:48 AM · #4 |
this sounds more like a work for hire/day rate job instead of an hourly rate. Shots like this could be used in brochures, internal reports, industry papers, etc... and you should probably price this job on a day rate and hand over the originals. This is a very standard way of working a job like this.
BTW - $50 and hour is way to low, and all your doing by charging so little is hurting working professional photographers who rely on jobs like this to pay their bills and feed their families. A typical rate for a job like this is more in the range of $800 - $1,500
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02/16/2007 01:26:41 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by mrorange002:
this sounds more like a work for hire/day rate job ... |
"Work for hire" implies a very different thing than simply having a day rate. Typically, work for hire means that the party hiring takes all rights to the resulting images, meaning that you would not have the ability to sell outtakes as stock or use them promotionally.
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02/16/2007 01:34:22 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by mrorange002:
BTW - $50 and hour is way to low, and all your doing by charging so little is hurting working professional photographers who rely on jobs like this to pay their bills and feed their families. A typical rate for a job like this is more in the range of $800 - $1,500 |
I agree that $50/hr is too low, your rate is probably closer to the mark for an established pro, but spare me the sob story. What about all those photographers who rely on stock income that you are hurting and taking food out of their mouths by selling your images for pennies at Shutterstock?
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02/16/2007 09:53:06 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by mrorange002:
BTW - $50 and hour is way to low, and all your doing by charging so little is hurting working professional photographers who rely on jobs like this to pay their bills and feed their families. A typical rate for a job like this is more in the range of $800 - $1,500 |
i think 800 is too much for me to charge! |
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