| If the pros have critiques, I will listen to them respectfully. This is what I do....I shoot lots of photos for a local motorcycle group and for them I recover all costs (film, developing, printing, inks, paper, flash cards, etc.). My time I donate as an officer. 5x7 reprints are $5 and 8x10 are $10. Reprint w/ frame is reprint price ($5 or $10) plus cost of frame plus 25%. At a local watering hole a small group of revelers wanted a photo. $5 for a single 4x6. 36 pictures at a biker wedding was $75. No album. A local band wants promotional material. I charge cost plus an hourly rate. If I develop and print the promo pictures then I will give them a package price. Cost plus % for "X" number of photos. If I get to be a recognizable name and am in demand, then I will charge what the market will bear. There are lots of good photographers around. Just look at the pictures on this site. With the saturation of digital cameras and computers, everyone is their own photographer. For someone to pay you for taking their pictures, there must be a need and a percieved value. Your job is to sell the need and provide the value. |
