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Photography Rates For Events
Would this be a reasonable rate to charge for photography services?

I am a guy who does some side work as a photographer. I have a set rate I charge for prints and studio work and rarely do events. However, on occasion, I will consider them. But, since I don’t often do this sort of work, I am a little unsure what to charge.

Generally speaking, I like to keep the cost low for the buyer but still make a mild profit.

So, for 2 hours or a little more worth of shooting, plus about 1 hour or so total commute, some quick editing fixes as necessary and a CD of the images (no prints required), do you think a rate of $250 would be reasonable?

I know it’s not on the high end and I don’t want to gouge the buyer but don’t want to get ripped off either. So, what do you think? What would you charge?

Any info would be helpful. Just as an FYI, it’s for a 50th Anniversary Party at a classy place.
Here’s a link with some work – www.3riverscreative.com

Or you can find me on facebook searching the fan pages for Three Rivers Creative Arts

$100 an hour–that sounds about right.

If you charge too little, you’re be known as “cheap”, and I’d rather sit and home than spend the whole evening shooting and get little for it.

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Just looked at your website. You need to clean house.

First of all, [enable] your e-mail function in Yahoo Answers–so people can send private e-mail to you (did you know it doesn’t disclose your e-mail address?)

Secondly, go over your work and delete at least half of it. For example, this is way too corny http://3riverscreative.smugmug.com/People/Models/5574894_Sjzjv#342527940_mjE5w I do not want this photo on my wall.

Delete all the “cute” photos under your portrait (the first link under the sample). The one with the girl holding a gun is too, shall I say, weird. (Imagine having that framed on a wall?)

Anything that looks amature or a snapshot–get rid of them. If you don’t have anything to show now, recruit your family members or friends (needless to say, those who are comfortable in front of a camera) and use them as such.

Good luck. I do stand by my answer re: $$$.

Photography Rates For Events

Whats a reasonable day rate for a photographer?

My local leisure centre has expressed an interest in engaging my services to photograph some of the activities on offer for their summer half term programme for use in their publications. It came about after I met one of their staff whilst I was photographing another public event at which they had a stall.
They have said they would be willing to pay me, however they asked me to name my price. As this will be my first commercial assignment, I do not know what to charge.
Whats an appropriate fee for a days photography work?
UK, so GBP

My basic day rate is £600.

It really depends on what the shoot entails how much that goes up.

If you are just taking a load of images which only require basic post processing then a couple of days work is all that is required. (one day shooting, one day sorting and post processing).

If the images are purely for local use in their event literature etc then you can include a basic license in that price.

If the usage is going to be more involved, i.e. web use, advertising etc etc then add licenses for that as a separate item.

If they require that you supply prints etc then again charge accordingly ON TOP of the day rate.

DON’T charge by the hour for commercial work. Charge a day (over 4 and upto 8 hours) or half day rate.(upto 4 hours)
The half day rate should be 2/3rds the day rate.

Jean’s Photography





How much do I charge for Photography?

I am starting a photography business and was wondering what the going rates were. For major events, weddings, etc. Do you add the cost of photos into your fee or is labor separate? Any advice would be great! Thanks

There are a lot of costs you have to compensate for when creating a price list. Since I do mainly weddings, let me break down my price lists for you and then you’ll be able to figure it out for other types of photography you plan.

First of all, I offer my wedding clients a package of some sort. The cheaper the package, the less they get with it. So, let’s break down a popular package of mine: Chalcedony Collection. This comes with 6 hours of coverage, a digital preview album, a 16×20, a few 8×10, a couple 5×7, wallets and a large album.

So, how do I know what to charge for this package? First thing I do is figure out how many total images are being printed (in this case close to 50 total). Every image I print is an 8×10, even if I have to cut the 5x7s down once I get them in. So, I then go over my cost for 50 8x10s (about $70). Of course the yare also getting a preview album and my cost is around $70 for that. And then I have to figure out the price of the album AND the price of each individual matte (assuming I don’t have any in stock). So, after I have my costs down, I start with that price. So, let’s say my consumption costs is $400. That doesn’t do the photographer any good. He/she needs to charge a lil more to make actual profit off of this. I mark up all my individual costs 150%. It seems like a lot, but in the end, it really isn’t. A $1.86 print is only like $4.00

Then, I figure in my time. I’m going to be devoting 6 hours to this couple. That’s time away from my wife, away from friends, away from whatever is in your life. How much would it cost to take you away from all of that. For me, I figure $50 / hr. (plus I have the training, experience and certifications that allow me to charge slightly more). So we now have a total tally of $700

Of course, I also figure in equiment prices. All my pricing include extra to help pay for additional equipment. So, lets say we set aside $50 / wedding just for new equipment costs and repairs.

Also, I set additional costs aside to cover any organization fees, training, etc. So, that’s another $50 / wedding.

Of course, this is me shooting digial. If you are shooting film, you have to concider cost of development into the pricing also.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me: chris@wise-photos.net

Jean’s Photography

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