Here's the story:
I was down to visit my brother for a few days, and during my visit he had a guy come to insulate part of his house. Of course I went out to get some shots of the process because I like the 'click' of my camera. The insulator saw my camera and we got into a conversation about photography. Before he got into the insulation biz, he was a newspaper photographer. He'd never had anyone photograph him while at work, and offered to pay for my photos. I said "Sure!" and took some extra shots and also tried to get some advert-type shots with both him and his trailer in them. I took some 'advert' shots, some 'action' shots, some 'scenic' shots, and before and after views both in angle view and detailed panorama, which I haven't stitched together yet. About 130 shots total, after culling the crap.
I emailed him with this link to the contact sheets (view at original size and scroll to see the shots):
Link to contact sheets.
I also included some edited shots in my email:
   
  
I mentioned that we hadn't spoken about pricing or delivery, and offered to send him the RAW files on disk. He wrote back "the shots look great thanks I leave for vacation in the morning but let me know what the going rate is and yes I would like to have some on a disk."
So... what's that darn "going rate"? Fifty dollars? A hundred? Two hundred? Two-fifty? More? Less?
My brother will probably have him back to finish the rest of his house, but he doesn't want me to cut a discount deal with the insulator because my brother isn't sure how long it will be before he's ready.
Thanks for any comments!
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