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

[lea at whinydogpress.com (lea)]

Eric,

I forgot to mention that I don't shoot a set amount of time...I shoot to
the tolerance of the child; many of my subjects are quite young and I go
by their mood, not mine. I do find it best to get in and get going...I
have my lens attached to my camera, media card/ film loaded and
everything ready to go sitting in my camera bag. Often my best shots are
the first few of a sitting. Then again, sometimes the best ones come
after an hour of getting to know the child and playing with him/her. It
really depends on the subject.

I don't promise a set time, a set amount of proofs, a set anything other
than that I will show up, do my darndest and give them good results. If
I didn't get anything good, I do a reshoot. I've only had to do this
once or twice and while it seems like a drag it really is good business
and it always makes me feel better when I KNOW I did a good job. And of
course the client likes that, too.

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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