You have to judge what the market will bear. Your hourly rate times 10 -- for an 8 hour shoot day -- should be a fair price that won't send them running to someone else. That's a 25 percent increase in the rate you charge for working in your own studio, which is a decent boost for the time spent out of office. I would also charge .50 per mile for travel and bill them for lunch if you buy your own. Best, Paul On Feb 28, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
> Hi all, > > Here's my deal... I have a couple of clients for whom I do product > photography -- small businesses who need images for their websites & > promotional materials. Usually, they send me the items, and I charge > an hourly rate for photographing & editing. It works pretty well. > > Recently, one of them asked me to come to their place, and spend the > day photographing a bunch more stuff, one-of-a-kind-type items that > they have. And... asking what is my day rate? > > So. My question is, should the Day Rate = Hourly Rate x 8? Should it > reflect a bulk discount from that price? Should I incorporate a > mark-up that reflects the time I will spend in post? Or charge that > time separately? What about travel? It's about an hour's drive > away... Also, is this where I insist on special provisions, like only > Norwegian spring water in the break room, and kobe beef sliders for > lunch? (kidding!) > > Thanks for your thoughts, PDMLers... > > :) > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
