Like you, I absolutely would want to process my own images. I would, however, not charge them for the "review" time and would consider giving them a CD of both the chosen and un-chosen images. This I think I would do based on the personal nature of the relationship and the fact that you are not a working "pro" wedding photog. Far as price is concerned, I'll be checking out other responses.
Jack($0.02) --- On Wed, 7/23/08, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: My First Wedding > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 11:31 AM > Shooting my first wedding, that is. > > I recently ran into an old acquaintance. I had my camera > with me (as > I almost always do), and after some conversation, he and > his partner > ended up asking me to shoot their wedding. They know > I'm an avid > amateur and they know I've never shot a wedding before. > They also > know that they'll have to pay for this. I got an > interesting e-mail > from them, with the following: > > "We are thinking of gathering in the mid-afternoon for > some 'staged' > shots - coming down the stairs, in the elevator, families, > etc., and > then you could just do candids through the evening. > > We would only really need the digital files from you - > we'll figure > out what we wanted printed and touch-up's, etc. A > DVD/CD of the images > would be fine." > > First of all (keeping in mind I've never done this sort > of thing > before), I'm thinking that I'd rather go through > proofs with them and > then process the ones they want and send them a cd of the > processed > shots - not just give them a cd of raw images for them to > process. > > Second (and most importantly): What should I charge. > > Thanks. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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.
