2 questions about pricing - DPChallenge Forums

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06/27/2005 11:19:08 PM · #1

I have a 2 family reunions coming up one is a Sunday afternoon and the other is a 3 day event on a raft floating the Salmon River in Idaho. Does anyone have any clue of how much a reasonalble price for these events are? Thanks for the help.

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Pentax K10D

06/27/2005 11:22:06 PM · #2

Depends on what you plan to offer.

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06/27/2005 11:25:16 PM · #3

They've already booked your services without knowing your pricing? That puts you in an awkward position I would think. What are their expectations?

06/27/2005 11:25:24 PM · #4

what do you mean the first is ports and I won't have a hard time finding out what pricing is around this valley. But for the raft trip thats a differant story. They are taking care of my food (and transportation I guess) but I would be taking pics of every thing.

06/27/2005 11:25:32 PM · #5

hummm are they your family or someone elses? Do you like them or just put up with them? Have you or they borrowed maney from each other? Do you want to be friends afterwards? If they are your family maybe have them pay for the river raft trip and food and charge them for the cost of the prints. Put a sticker on the back of all of them and use that for advertising. If they are not your family get at the bottom of the biggest rapid and hope to catch one of them drowning ;). The insurance company may buy that photo from you for a lot. ;) Have fun.

06/27/2005 11:29:12 PM · #6

They've already booked your services without knowing your pricing? That puts you in an awkward position I would think. What are their expectations?

They told me they wanted me to take the pictures period. No matter what charge. I would love to have a hay day and buy every gaget that I need but, with the photos they have seen they are really impressed and I also don't want to rip them off.

06/27/2005 11:31:33 PM · #7

I went to look at some of your great photos .... where are they? Even if you don't submit for a challenge drop a few in your portfolio for us to admire.

06/27/2005 11:31:58 PM · #8

Thanks Phantom I really like your style :) They are my girlfriends family but they were telling me that doesn't matter they wanted to pay full price...thus my queston. I still want to be friends with them.

06/27/2005 11:33:38 PM · #9

Good Call Phantom, I need to get some pics up in my portfolio not just for me but for everyone.

06/27/2005 11:36:04 PM · #10

This is kind of weird. I just had to tell a client to call one of my friends to do another family reunion. Kind of differant turning a job down.

06/27/2005 11:42:39 PM · #11

Originally posted by runger:

Idaho hummmmmmm, I have a family price and a friend price and a business price. They all don't know the difference. Of course Wedding type photos for 8x10 can run from $15-40 each, nature with a group usually runs less. If you get some great action pics you may want to try to sell them outside the "girl friends" family and then the sky is the limit. Now will this "friend" be your Mrs someday, if so you will be paying them back for a long long time. Probably with a family group the chance to sell very many is limited. Maybe tell them that for a new lens (a couple hundred dollars) you will take all they want, remember to put a label on the back of each of them and maybe a small signature on the front corner. It looks to me to be a great way to advertise for future sales. The river trip has a lot of possibilities for brochures, magazines, tourist, city etc. Be careful Idaho girls are as bad as Provo Utah girls, going to school to get married.
QUESTION: Why can't murder crimes be solved in Idaho?
ANSWER: Everyone has the same DNA and their teeth fall out early leaving no dental records!

06/27/2005 11:50:48 PM · #12

:) LOL that is great. You must be a local. JK. I am sorry I have to go now I'll be posting more. later this evening. Thank you Phantom.