[Leica] help - what do I charge for a shoot??

[lea at whinydogpress.com (lea)]

I charge $150 for a sitting fee for one child and an additional $25.00
for each person after that. The 4x6" proofs are the client's to keep...I
try to give no fewer than 15 per shoot but I don't promise a number.
Reprints and enlargements are extra.

For a rough estimate, figure your costs then multiply by 4 and look at
that number to see if it gets you where you want to be. If not, adjust
accordingly. This is the way I figure my rate on most things...been
doing it for years and it works for me.

Congratulations on people wanting your work, it's a good feeling.
Lea

----- Original Message -----
From: "eric" <leica_korenman@hotmail.com>
To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] help - what do I charge for a shoot??


> I have been shooting pics of friends and their kids for a year or so.
> People who have seen my work at friends' houses are asking me shoot
pics for
> them.
> I am now being asked 'What do you charge?'.
>
> Well - what do I charge? For friends I have been gifting most prints,
and
> charging my cost for reprints.
>
> What is a reasonable fee?
> Do I charge a base rate for a set number of hours or rolls of film?
> Then charge for reprints?
>
> thanks
> Eric
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