Re: What to charge for family portraits?
Things are still pretty chaotic around here, so I didn't really have time to do much research. The site was about an hour's drive away, so not counting time packing the van, it was about a 7 hour day. Charles called me up, said that he expected it would be about $700, but would be happy as long as it was under $1,000. I expect that once they start looking into raw file conversion and such, they'd probably be happy to have me do all the work, I think they just want raw files as backup. As it turns out, I was pleasantly surprised at how close to good to go all the files were. And, honestly, I'd prefer to be able to shoot for friends for free, but as I'm paying a big chunk of my mortgage with credit cards this month, every little bit of money is desperately needed. On 4/2/2012 7:14 PM, jn289 wrote: I would go along with Paul on the price, as that is what I did for a family about a year ago..Joe If the person who asked was a good friend, I would have done it for free. For a casual acquaintance, providing files only, about $300. I never give anyone RAW files, only tiffs or jpegs. The RAW data is proprietary, IMO. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the effort of the less profitable post processing work. What would you have charged for the job? And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- 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.
Re: What to charge for family portraits?
I would go along with Paul on the price, as that is what I did for a family about a year ago..Joe If the person who asked was a good friend, I would have done it for free. For a casual acquaintance, providing files only, about $300. I never give anyone RAW files, only tiffs or jpegs. The RAW data is proprietary, IMO. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the effort of the less profitable post processing work. What would you have charged for the job? And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ -- 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. -- 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.
RE: What to charge for family portraits?
I would NEVER, EVER give raw, unprocessed files. Processing and editing to me is as important as the initial capture in achieving the final product, if not more so. If I were to cover an event, it is $350 per hour, plus $950 for a disc of high res images. (Weddings are different though). Or for a family portrait session that is 2-3 hours, I charge $150 during the week, and $200 on the weekend (add $150 to this if it is a styled shoot) and then they select and purchase their images from a proofing gallery. It is $99 per high res digital file, or $1150 for the complete disc. Print packages from $1200 for 10 x 7x10 matted prints in a museum quality folio case. Canvases from $500. All prices in aud. Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What to charge for family portraits? If the person who asked was a good friend, I would have done it for free. For a casual acquaintance, providing files only, about $300. I never give anyone RAW files, only tiffs or jpegs. The RAW data is proprietary, IMO. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the effort of the less profitable post processing work. > > What would you have charged for the job? > > And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ > > -- > 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. -- 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.
Re: What to charge for family portraits?
If the person who asked was a good friend, I would have done it for free. For a casual acquaintance, providing files only, about $300. I never give anyone RAW files, only tiffs or jpegs. The RAW data is proprietary, IMO. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent > me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's > 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They > wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the > effort of the less profitable post processing work. > > What would you have charged for the job? > > And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ > > -- > 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.
Re: What to charge for family portraits?
On 02/04/2012 1:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the effort of the less profitable post processing work. Just remember, if they screw up the processing of the raw files, it is still your pictures, except now you are a crappy photographer because the pictures don't look good. The raw conversion and post processing isn't unprofitable, it is your reputation as a photographer. -- William Robb -- 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.
Re: What to charge for family portraits?
On Apr 2, 2012, at 12:16 AM, Tim Bray wrote: > Seems fair to me. What’s the deal with the Asian woman who appears > once or twice but not in the group portraits? I sense a story > lurking -T My friend's father (Marshal) turned 80 today. It was at the house of his girlfriend. His sons, and their wives and kids were all there. The group photos were mostly the various family sub units. One father was photographed with all his daughters, then his daughter from a previous marriage, and then his daughters from his current marriage. There were 20+ people there, of which I knew 2. I was spending most of my time in the living room doing various permutations of group and individual portraits, and was nearly completely confused over the various family connections. After we had done the group photos, my friends made sure that everyone who wanted their own pictures had a chance to get some, at that point, various people that I had barely seen during the course of the day wandered in for photos. -- 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.
Re: What to charge for family portraits?
Seems fair to me. What’s the deal with the Asian woman who appears once or twice but not in the group portraits? I sense a story lurking -T On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent > me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's > 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They > wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the > effort of the less profitable post processing work. > > What would you have charged for the job? > > And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ > > -- > 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.
