a lady wants me to take photographs in her shop with a view to using some of the images in the website which is currently under construction ..
i have no idea on the pricing ..
do i charge her for my time taking the photographs and then a fee for each photograph she ends up using ..?
or just an amount for the whole shebang .. & if so how do i decide how much to charge her ..?
also any suggestions on copyright, rights reserved etc ..
thankyou in advance ..!!
it's a bit different, but today I did a shoot for a guy applying to a craft guild (he needed shots of his "craft").
I simply charged a flat rate (it was about an hour shooting), and this covered shooting, processing, etc. I had offered him a CD of the images, but after discussion, it was decided to buy the prints from my website.
like i said, kinda like comparing apples to oranges, but they are both fruits, sort of. :P
thanx karma .. i know each photographer would think he or she is worth a certain amount per hour ..
but ball park .. per hour .. what do you reckon would be reasonable .. ?..:)
still not sure if i should just charge her for the pics she uses rather than an hourly rate .. and if i charge her for the pics then what would be a reasonable price to charge ..?? :)
I've done shots for websites and always found it best to charge a project fee for the whole thing but set limits. I charged an average of $250 for about 2-3 hours of shooting and 2-3 hours of editing which yielded about 15-20 really good photos to use. Worked out to about $50/hr. If I was trying to make a living at it, that wouldn't cut it, but it helps augment my real business income. If you charge for pics, that will usually influence her to buy & use less, IMO. Hope that was helpful.
Over here I find that clients prefer to have a flat rate for everything i.e. include the photo shoot price in the web development fee. The second they see a seperate charge for photography or per image they baulk and haul out their own P&S and tell me they will send me the photos...I try and explain that I will then have to do PP on their images and that it will cost about the same if I did it.
I generally take quick photos of the lodge/business/product on my 1st meeting so that I can send them a URL link to my draft of their new home page with my own work, make it stunning and then they realise thier P&S just wont cut it...
I thus get about $5 per photo and about 25 out of 100 photos taken on the website. Clients can then upload thier own P&S images into a gallery or article themselves thereafter. My goal is to achieve longevity with a client and word of mouth business from them with new clients so I am flexible on pricing.
I haven't had enough to do with the business side of photography to offer any useful advice, but good luck with it Roz. I hope it goes well for you! :)
thanks everyone for the input ..
i've asked the lady to put me onto the guy whos building the website to see if he has any idea of how much a photographer would charge for supplying the pics ..
the suggestion of not charging for each pic is wise .. just a set amount for the job ..
deciding on that amount when its the first time is not easy, altho i'd be inclined to charge less rather than more .. i reckon the customer is more likely to tell other ppl about me if they are happy and satisfied with the work and dont feel overcharged .. :)
altho i'd be inclined to charge less rather than more .. i reckon the customer is more likely to tell other ppl about me if they are happy and satisfied with the work and dont feel overcharged .. :)
people don't feel overcharged when they are happy and satisfied. just meet or exceed their expectations and everyone should be happy.
i can't hammer home enough how important it is to find out up front what the client's expectations are in terms of deliverables and costs. if they don't have a budget idea, then they have no way of valuing the work. you have to keep it simple: what exactly do they want and what are they willing to spend to get it. without that, i can almost promise you that someone is not going to be happy in the end...
