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02/14/2007 08:10:19 PM · #1 |
Hi everyone. I'm starting to get into the business side of photography just this year. Just last night I had an interview for an up and coming recording studio. They loved me at the interview and they love my work. Here's the deal. Their current photog. is really just not that great honestly. That's why they're interviewing. They're charging their clients $80/hour for a photo shoot and paying the photog. $35/hour from that. I told them that I thought the $35 is a little low but honestly I have no idea what to ask for. They said that if they had to raise the client's pricing to accomodate my cut they would. But I don't want to price myself out of the job either. What is a fair rate for me to ask for? Sorry this is so long. Thank you very much for any help! :) Oh will my 50mm f/1.8 be a good lens for this type of work???
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02/14/2007 08:12:22 PM · #2 |
| Well, if they're paying by the hour, I would have to recommend that you make sure you take your time and do a really good job. Emphasis on the take your time part. :) |
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02/14/2007 08:57:17 PM · #3 |
Is that per/hour when you're there, setup time etc? Just per hour when you're clicking the shutter? or what? What kind of work are you doing? Elaborate sets and lighting for band photos? Snapshots of equipment setups or what? How regular is the work going to be?
Unless you will be an employee, why not ask them to pay by the job? Then you have incentive to get the work done rapidly, instead of dragging it out for an extra hour or five to make it worth your while.
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02/14/2007 09:00:14 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Is that per/hour when you're there, setup time etc? Just per hour when you're clicking the shutter? or what? What kind of work are you doing? Elaborate sets and lighting for band photos? Snapshots of equipment setups or what? How regular is the work going to be?
Unless you will be an employee, why not ask them to pay by the job? Then you have incentive to get the work done rapidly, instead of dragging it out for an extra hour or five to make it worth your while. |
Yeah per hour. I'm not sure if it includes setup time. I'd be doing shoots of their artists pretty much at whatever location we (myself, owner, artists) choose. Then I will have to do some post processing work as well. And the pp would vary depending on what type of look they're going for, etc. The work will be pretty sporadic. Pretty much whenever they have a client that needs to do a shoot. Since they're a new studio I'm guessing once a week, every other week maybe. Not real sure. |
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02/14/2007 10:37:18 PM · #5 |
$35 an hour is really low. Charge $1000+ for the shoot.
Or ask what the images are for and price accordingly.
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02/14/2007 11:43:10 PM · #6 |
take whatever they give you and be glad to get it.
why am i saying that?
because you're the guy who posts "what do i charge" threads every other week.
just take the jobs and start doing the work and stop worrying so much about what to charge. i've said this over and over and over and over and over: ask the client what they were expecting to pay and figure out if that will work for you; if it doesn't, tell them what you had in mind and see what happens.
you're just starting out--be glad that someone wants to pay you to do this stuff. after a while, if you spend more time shooting, you'll develop a body of work that will speak for itself and justify the prices that you want. the more experience you get, the better prepared you'll be to figure out how to price work so that it makes sense for you and for your clients.
i really do admire your desire to make a go at this, and i don't mean to dampen your enthusiasm. i just want you to do your homework where you live. you can get a lot of great feedback here at dpc, but you've got to make things work for yourself where you are--and the only way you're going to do that is by getting out there and doing it. talk to the people that are doing it where you live, that are doing what it is that you want to do. check out the other photographer's galleries and prices; that will give you a better idea than we can.
good luck! |
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