Hi! I'm a local photographer in Florida... just getting a photography buisness up and running slowly but surely. I'm finally spreading my wings and getting my work out there. However, I've run into an opportunity to work on a huge upcoming project for the county I live in. It has come up suddenly and I am being asked to come up with prices for the photo jobs I will be doing. It is for a park that is being built. They are wanting photos of the progress as time goes by. What is a good standard for pricing for jobs like these?
Any suggestions would be spectacular. :) (I just joined dpchallenge about 3 min. ago.. but will put more info about myself shortly. ) :) Thanks for all your help! Sincerely, Micah
Any friend of Leroy's is a ... well, we'll just leave it at that ;O)
Can't help on the pricing, but maybe Leroy can hit up Judi for some pointers. She did a huge city project a while back to document the construction of a building/gallery - and her display looked awesome at the finish.
I think a LOT will depend on the number & quality of prints they are looking for at the completion of the project (taking things like framing into account). Ofcourse, it'll be a much different story if they're just looking for images on CD.
Hey Micah :-) Welcome to DPC!
As roba points out, a big factor of price is what is the intended 'end use' of your images. Do they just want some prints to display somewhere? Will they be publishing something? Will they appear in brochures? How many will be printed? Distribution? etc. The wider spread the use, the more the cost should be. Do they want the rights when completed, to do whatever they wish with from now on?
Also, try to find out from them what their budget is for the project.
This info will all help you figure out what you can and are willing to do the job for, and if it is worth it to you and to them to pursue negotiations.
Make sure that you are working as an independent contractor and that the pictures do not fall under the "work for hire" provisions of the copyright law. Make sure that you own the photos, not them, and then negotiate as many rights for their usage by yourself as you can -- at least portfolio rights.
I suggest doing some research at the US Copyright Office -- practically everything you need is available free as downloadable PDF files.
