Hello Larry, Sorry to hear about the change. I hope you land on your feet quickly. In regards to how to price this kind of thing: I have found that it works best to offer a flat rate for the entire event providing a disk of images for them. The reason I say this is if you rely on people ordering shots, that can be very hit or miss. You might still make the offer to allow people to order pictures directly from a website so the event coordinators don't have to deal with that aspect. But at least you would get paid a guaranteed amount even if photo order were minimal. I would be looking at a flat rate for the event but base it on the expected number of hours. You will have to take into account how much they would be willing to pay for such a thing. Having shot some of these kinds of things I would expect them to be looking at around $500 for the event. You would have to decide if it is worth your time. At this moment, you might be more willing to take a little less to get the job.
I wish you well. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 9:44:42 PM, you wrote: LC> On May 25, 2010, at 9:31 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: >> 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.") LC> I'm well aware of the consulting/perm pay ratio. Somehow I don't LC> think I could start off charging double my rate as a software engineer LC> with 25 years of experience for photography. However, I am a lot more LC> motivated to get the job if they do call me back. >> >> Best of luck in landing your next job. LC> Thanks. I've got a couple of leads, and a little money in the bank. LC> I've got a little while before it's time to panic. LC> rlc >> >> 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. LC> -- LC> 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.
