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10/04/2004 07:23:56 PM · #1 |
A friend of mine is getting married in a few weeks and wants me to shoot the wedding. I declined at first, since I have never shot a wedding. I told him I was more affraid of me not getting good shots for their wedding. It is each of theirs second marriage.
I have since said I would shoot the wedding and provide a CD with all the images (edited of course). I said I can not accept payment, but they insist on paying me or getting me a nice gift of my choosing. I dont want to take payment from them, but again I dont want to insult them.
Any Ideas
James
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10/04/2004 07:28:52 PM · #2 |
Tell them that the 20D looks really cool... ;o)
Seriously, if they insist on paying you, tell them that you would like to put the money toward your own impending doo..oops...nuputuals and allow them to give you some much-needed $, regardless of the amount, to spend on your honeymoon. They'll feel better, you'll certainly put it to good use, and everyone's happy. :o)
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10/04/2004 07:33:32 PM · #3 |
Some photographers shoot their first 5 weddings free for experience. I shot my first one free and then said "hell with it, I think I can do this." Either way, if they are friends, you could give them your service as an expensive wedding gift. Or, you could take a nice gift (85mm f2.8 looks sweet too lol). Either way, it depends if they are REALLY insistent or being polite and you REALLY don't care about the $. Only you know the dynamics involved.
:)
M
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10/04/2004 07:44:54 PM · #4 |
I hope I'm not over stepping my boundaries but you asked. You need to be more worried about your first concern. You stated, "I declined at first, since I have never shot a wedding. I told him I was more afraid of me not getting good shots for their wedding." If you have over come that fear then just tell him that what ever they think is fair $ wise will be ok. That way you didn't put a price on a friends weeding pictures and they paid you in the amount they were comfortable with. Wedding pictures are very hard to do from what I understand, but looking at you profile I see you a very capable of creating good photographs. I would go there a day or two earlier at the same time the weeding is going to be and take some practice photos to check the lighting situation [if indoors]. That way you can go home and see what the pictures look like and get it right before the weeding.
Message edited by author 2004-10-04 19:45:39. |
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10/04/2004 07:55:32 PM · #5 |
| James, a new Corvette, paint Fly Yellow with tan leather. Better than a new camera. |
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10/04/2004 08:15:44 PM · #6 |
Thanks for the replies, I did mention that I do accept Ferrari's :) , but we will see.
I know I can get a few good photos, but I'm still nervous about out of focus shots. I have a check list of poses and such to go over with them, I have read about every wedding post on which lens and such and all that. They did mention they would prefer a lot of candid shots of family and guest, that's not a problem as I love taking candid shots.
The place is on a lake front and is slated for an outdoor location at sunset under some trees, So some of the shots will be with their back to the sunset and to the right, we went there for brunch yesterday, so I have a feel for the place.
i have a few gifts in mind, but I feel they are too expensive, but I may swing it by them
James
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10/04/2004 08:26:27 PM · #7 |
| Why don't you suggest a fast lens or good flash that you could use for their shots? They get better pictures, and you get a new toy. Everybody wins! |
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10/04/2004 08:40:35 PM · #8 |
Hi there. Nice intention on not to charge a friend. But I would like to ear from the more experienced ones how do they do the maths, which means how do they charge? Give us some feed back. Do you charge the work and the photo prints aside? Do you have an agreement with a lab to do the prints? Do you do packages (work plus 150 photos for example for a rated price)? You all more experienced could bring some light in to the subject sharing with us your experience.
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10/04/2004 08:50:34 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Nuno:
Hi there. Nice intention on not to charge a friend. But I would like to ear from the more experienced ones how do they do the maths, which means how do they charge? Give us some feed back. Do you charge the work and the photo prints aside? Do you have an agreement with a lab to do the prints? Do you do packages (work plus 150 photos for example for a rated price)? You all more experienced could bring some light in to the subject sharing with us your experience. |
When my wife and I got married [1986 so you know it was film] our wedding photographs cost us a total of $1100.00. Yes that's right, but he did a wonderful job and included our main wedding album with the covers made of wood. We also received two smaller [leather] albums one for my parents and one for my wife's parents. |
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