David Turk sez: >I struggle with this all the time when doing freelance work. I can do a >portrait in my sleep, but does that mean since it's easy for me, it >should be cheap? Most photographers feel they're charging for their >expertise & skills
Exactly. It took me a long time to realize this. It probably is what put me in the most trouble. For the longest time I would charge portions of an hour if the job was a quickie, and just as quickly I was missing paying my bills. Heh heh. Once I began charging a two-hour minimum to account for driving time (time spent on the road that I can't be working with another client) and prep time (if I have to download any update files, etc. before I go), I found a number of things happened. One, I stopped grumbling so much about the terrible traffic around here. That, of course leads to a much better mood when I arrive. :) Also, my clients began to avail themselves of that two hours if what I was there to do didn't fill it, which means they asked more questions, took more notes, and learned a lot more. Sometimes I was able to write up instruction sheets for whatever I did while I was there. So, basically, while I did it to cover drive time, the minimum is that expertise and skills bit really. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
