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08/21/2007 09:19:07 PM · #1 |
So I've been offered 500 bucks for about a half day of photography through a friend. I guess their client makes architectural and industrial signs (to go on buildings, etc). He said he needs someone who doesn't necessarily have to be a pro (he used the words aspiring young photographer) who has a "top-notch style SLR" camera. I have the Olympus E500 and the 2 kit lenses. Would that take good enough photos for such an opportunity? I don't know if 500 is cheap or a good amount of money but I figure I can buy the 50mm macro with that...
How do you work a photo session? Have them sign something up front? Is that money usually for photos + post processing? Do you supply them with finished products, RAW, all of the above?
Any insight would be helpful! |
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08/21/2007 09:41:00 PM · #2 |
| what would you be taking photos of? |
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08/21/2007 10:09:34 PM · #3 |
| I got the same camera, and i am assuming you bought the dual lens kit, i am assuming you are taking photos of signs, if you know how to edit RAW filetype i encourage you to use this because you willget the best image, dont shoot in jpg, use the tiff function or something more high quality, member with jpg, if you do use it, every time you save the file, the photo loses quality. so tiff or raw+sq would be diecent so you can view low quality shotson the spot and choose what ones you want to do for final shots. |
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08/21/2007 11:05:49 PM · #4 |
Different types of photography are charged different ways.
Commercial is what this sounds like...and that can vary depending on what they want to use the images for - the 'rights', or 'usage'.
Start with what they want you to shoot - your time to do that.
Then what do they want? printed 4x6s to stick on bulletin board or 8x10 prints or do they want hi-res files?
Are these for their files, website, a national ad campaign?
If what they want is normally a $2000 job and you do it for $500 because you don't know any better, then you've been had. Most big businesses know and pay properly, but then they aren't looking for 'aspiring young photographers with pro-looking SLRs' Small businesses often have no clue on what something like this costs as they've never bought it before.
I don't do commercial...I do like to get $125/hour for my time, so I'd estimate the time involved and multiply by that number, and see where that gets me. 4 to 6 hours (including editing) for $500 is fair. If it's gonna take 3 days and a tank of gas, it's not IMO.
Do they want to review the images? Some will want to 'see all the files and we'll pick the ones we want and just pay for those' - BEWARE - often they will keep them all and pay for 1 or just a few. If this is what they want to do then give them proof pages (PS does it) or watermarked images on disk or better yet prints - 4 to 6 images on an 8x10. I use a color laser printer - fine for proofing but no way can they scan them and get anything useable.
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08/22/2007 09:13:26 PM · #5 |
Wow, you guys are really helpful. This is all information I still have to get. What I've found out so far is they can only afford around 500 dollars, so that's probably why they aren't looking for a professional. Hopefully that means they'll take what quality they can get. It looks like they aren't a super big business, so my guess is it's either for shots on their walls, or for a website (most likely). I need to find out still whether they want finished files, a disk full of RAW high quality, or prints.
Maybe I'll post back if I get more info, but thanks for all the help! |
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