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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 21:55:16 -0700
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From: Carl Cook 
Subject: Re: Pricing again
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You are looking at about one hour for the shoot, an hour or so for 
processing, about an hour or a little more scanning, editing and burning to 
CD, and of course the time for darkroom prints. On top of this is your 
material costs, and above all, your skill;

"Will you take some pictures for me? I'll pay you for your time."

"My time is free. It's my skill that's worth something."

But ballpark?

If these are for people you know, and want to keep costs down, try $75 and 
hour for the shoot and computer time, $25 per roll for the film and 
processing, $15-20 for each 8x10 print on multigrade RC paper, $10 for each 
5x7. If only one CD -- just toss it in gratis.

If the job is for strangers, up the costs on at least the prints, and the 
hourly shooting rate. You can always bargain down. Don't lose money on the 
deal, and don't undervalue your worth.

Good luck

Carl

I wish I could follow my own advise! :)

PS: I don't remember if it was you that asked about the people pushing the 
tugboat away from the dock in a photo of mine. I just looked again, and saw 
that the volunteers on the dock were pushing the bow away so the fender 
could fit properly between the boat and the dock.




At 10:32 PM 10/5/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>I have an opportunity to do a shoot involving
>headshots of about 5 shots each of about 8
>subjects, b&w film shoot, develop, scan,
>burn to CD, and some selected
>enlargements. Any ideas about
>what would be a fair charge?
>This does not involve any overhead
>as far as rent, utilities, travel, or such.
>
>Eagerly awaiting the assembled wisdom
>of the sages
>Rich
>
>
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