Sorry to hear this Larry. You were asking earlier about what to charge for some party/celebration shots. General rule of thumb for the self-employed: charge twice what you would earn per hour if regularly employed. E.g., if you are earning (or could be earning) $40/hr then charge $80/hr. The 100% increase accounts for the fact that you have to pay your own SS tax, health care etc. that you might get with a company. Plus you won't work as many hours per year, you need to spend time doing marketing etc.
Look at your salary where you were recently employed. Was that enough to live on? Apply the 100% rule-of-thumb and use that as a starting point when consider what you should charge to your photography clients. (Or if you have an offer of employment as a "consultant.") Best of luck in landing your next job. stan On May 25, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Short form: The company didn't get some contracts that they were counting > on, as of 6:00 PM tonight, I'm laid off again. > > Oh well. I contacted the other place I was interviewing at when I took the > job. We'll see how things play out. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
