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08/14/2005 07:49:20 PM · #1 |
I was approached by quite a few people today at my first gallery showing ever, asking me if I photographed art for people and how much. I told them I can do it, and I'd get back to them asap about pricing.
So, what do you believe would be a fair price to do this?
Should I base the price per piece? or by hour?
ANy help or suggestion is much appreciated!
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08/14/2005 08:13:06 PM · #2 |
base your pricing off of three things...in random order...
what they can afford.
your experience.
what they expect you to deliver.
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08/14/2005 08:36:34 PM · #3 |
I've done it for local artists here and I charged by the hour. Granted, I took into consideration what they could afford when calculating my price (and the fact that the more experience I have, the better). For shooting, cataloguing, and processing the shots, I charged $35/hour. There haven't been that many total pieces thusfar (per artist), so I've charged them for 2-4 hours of my time. And it's probably taken me 3-6 hours. Plus, I live in a very small rural community where everybody knows everybody's business, so my example may not be a good one to base yours on. However, I started doing it exactly the same way -somebody asked me and I said "Yes". Good luck!
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08/14/2005 08:39:52 PM · #4 |
Price depends on your time, the level of effort, any costs that go into it (hotels, gas, plane tickets...), and add a little for the depreciation of your equipment.
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08/14/2005 09:00:47 PM · #5 |
| I charged $40 per photograph. If I hustled I could shoot 3 per hour. On a good weekend I could make $400-$600. |
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08/14/2005 09:26:02 PM · #6 |
I'll keep an eye on this thread. I get asked the same thing all the time. In the past, if I liked the artist's work I'd do it for one of there pieces that I liked. If I didn't like thier work I'd tell them no. Money would be nice though.
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08/14/2005 09:37:16 PM · #7 |
What I think I am going to do is charge per piece of Artwork. I believe I can charge a bit more without being unreasonable, and this way the price reflected is for all work done, including editing time, which should be minimal.
Now I just need to figure out a good price.
Message edited by author 2005-08-14 21:37:53.
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08/14/2005 10:19:22 PM · #8 |
| Sorry to be the slow one, but what exactly is meant by photographing art? |
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08/14/2005 10:33:22 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by tryals15:
Sorry to be the slow one, but what exactly is meant by photographing art? |
Photographing other people's art work.
Message edited by author 2005-08-14 22:33:40.
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08/14/2005 10:42:56 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by jmlelii:
I told them I can do it... |
Photographing artwork can be tricky.
Artificial lighting can cause color shifts in artwork that are often hard to correct in camera.
Flash is most times out of the question because of glare and reflection unless diffusers are used.
The camera must be centered and square with any 2D art. Being off just a little will skew perspective greatly. I use a ruler.
Artists can be very picky about the likeness of thier creations, so consider all of this in to editing time before quoting a price. (You may have redos)
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08/14/2005 10:49:44 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Originally posted by tryals15:
Sorry to be the slow one, but what exactly is meant by photographing art? |
Photographing other people's art work. |
Yeah, ok, thanks... |
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08/14/2005 10:50:28 PM · #12 |
I recommend getting the book " Photographing Your Artwork" by Russell Hart...goes over lighting set ups etc., etc...pretty much anything you'll need to know about the actual photographing.
The question to ask though is "what" they want the images for...when submitting pieces for jurying, shows, and portfolios, most places still want slides. |
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08/14/2005 10:56:06 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by rktdesign:
I recommend getting the book " Photographing Your Artwork" by Russell Hart...goes over lighting set ups etc., etc...pretty much anything you'll need to know about the actual photographing.
The question to ask though is "what" they want the images for...when submitting pieces for jurying, shows, and portfolios, most places still want slides. |
Slides are now available from digital files.
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08/14/2005 10:58:06 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by jmlelii:
Slides are now available from digital files. |
I made slides from digital files over 10 years ago. |
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08/14/2005 11:49:42 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by jmlelii:
Slides are now available from digital files. |
I made slides from digital files over 10 years ago. |
Yes, that's been around for a while.
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08/15/2005 02:23:50 AM · #16 |
This is something our studio did, years ago, for museums, photographing and recording installations. Of couirse, what we would charge museums (like the LA County Museum or The La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art) bears little relevance to what ou can charge local artists. However, I've doen that too, recently. Been charging 40 dollars per artwork, including 1 8x10 print.
If you want more specifics of how I do it, technically, let me know. It would be a fairly lengthy cheat sheet...
Robt.
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08/15/2005 08:47:04 AM · #17 |
I used to do this all the time while I was in school for people in Graphic Design who needed 4x5 transparencies or slides of their work. It was a nice way to make some extra $$ and was pretty easy too. I would imagine that now the needs have changed quite a bit though.
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