On 28/5/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Actually, I clipped the relevant sentence. It wasn't my friends that >asked, it was someone who saw me showing my photos to my friends.
May I suggest what I do? Keep a business card handy with a link to a website where rates may be obtained. I also have a couple of different A4 sized info sheets detailing services offered. These live in a pocket and readily erupt forth when the occasion arises. Deciding what to charge is a conundrum that surpasses time. I have based my rates on what is considered 'the going daily rate' and adjust accordingly. This makes me as cheap or as expensive as anyone else doing the same thing. But what I try to do is offer more than the competition at the same price. These extras won't be cost-sensitive to me but might appear as good bonuses to the client. For instance, when producing DVDs I can make sure there are the correct files on the DVD for it to play in a DVD player *and* a computer - not necessarily always possible for the uninitiated. For a stills photographer, this might mean not only making low-res selection pics (digital contacts) online, but maybe sending through a few sheets of printed contacts as well. People still like holding paper even in the 21st century. Or maybe you show up to the shoot just wearing a thong. Second thought, scrub that last one. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- 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.
