I photographed the launch of the Ft. Worth Bikeshare program back in April. I did this in exchange for a bikeshare membership that I probably won't use(Instead I'm trading it to someone else that can use it). I was asked the other day if I could do some re edits on 10 of them to decorate their offices. I had to make them into B/W and a square crop. I spent a little under 2 hours editing. Some of the photos needed more work than others to look ok in mono.
Trying to figure out what to charge for my time. Is $40 or $50 reasonable?
way too low. a minimum of $10/image would be more than fair, just to pull the original and open it up. especially considering you're not charging anything else.
Thanks. I'll probably go with the $50, since this is a non profit and I generally allow my images to be used free for bicycle advocacy purposes anyway. I will keep in mind for future reference that it is a lowball figure.
Thanks. I'll probably go with the $50, since this is a non profit and I generally allow my images to be used free for bicycle advocacy purposes anyway. I will keep in mind for future reference that it is a lowball figure.
In that case, I suggest invoicing at $100 and then subtracting a $50 discount, (non-profit, first-time customer, whatever), so that it is clear what the "retail" price is.
I agree with Paul; invoice for the full value, and apply a discount. As far as pricing for editing, I would go with a straight hourly charge, and I would not charge less than $50/hr. You really should charge more like $75/hr.
Thanks. I had already told her $50 before I got that advice about invoicing and discounting. oops. When I see her I will mention that was a serious discount over what any pro would have charged.
for you (and anyone else thinking about this), it's not necessarily and either-or in terms of pricing per piece or hourly. the gotcha to pricing hourly is that you penalize yourself for your efficiency/skills and end up undervaluing the individual images.
another way of looking at it is as "project pricing", where you take both factors into account for coming up with a number that will make sense to the client and be fair to all parties. in this instance, with a $10 base, that would have put the base at $100; for grins, say 3 took additional effort making them $20/ea, taking the total to $130. with a guide of $75/hr, that's still less than $150 for two hours work. if you estimated 2 hours and proposed the project at $150 with a 33% discount, you would be proposing $100. with that to work with, it's up to you to get it done efficiently...if you crank it out in an hour, you're ahead; take 3 hours and you're losing.
...if you estimated 2 hours and proposed the project at $150 with a 33% discount, you would be proposing $100. with that to work with, it's up to you to get it done efficiently...if you crank it out in an hour, you're ahead; take 3 hours and you're losing.
ymmv ;-)
Yep. Which provides incentive for self to improve efficiency! Were I doing editing on a paid basis (I'm not) I'm sure I would quickly implement as much automation as possible for common tasks. I do that for Excel development, which I find myself doing quite a bit of these days.
