Thanks, Paul! On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
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