John,
Take a long hard look at your costs including business licenses, taxes,
materials, equipment, advertising and insurance. How much is your time
worth? You will be spending more time after the event than you imagine.
Exposures of a bride in all white are harder to get right when you're a pro
as opposed to a family member or friend. You cannot go back later and raise
your price because it cost more than you think. Even if all you do is
deliver a disk you will have to package it attractively, just a jewel won't
cut it. The client will need a release from you in order to get prints made
if you are just delivering a disk and not selling prints. We have finally
gotten Wal-Mart et al to respect copyrights.
As for contracts there used to be a book available that came with a CD with
boilerplate photographers contracts and model releases. I cannot remember
the name. It got lost when we moved.
jm
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Celio" <n...@neovenator.com>
To: <PDML@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:28 PM
Subject: Wedding photography, starting price?
What do you guys think is a fair price to charge as a guy just getting
started in wedding photography?
I was thinking $500 (US) as a base starting point, and going up depending
on how involved the event is and if they want extensive editing and such.
Is that reasonable, or too low?
Also, someone (Paul?) mentioned having a contract. Where can I find
reliable info on putting together a contract for this sort of thing?
Thanks for the help,
John
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