On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do you want to encourage them? Or discourage them? Are you underemployed, so > that it would be worth your while to drive out there and spend more time > shooting than you might if they just sent the stuff to you? Or, are you > already working at capacity? I'm more interested in coming up with a fair, reasonable fee... I'd like to do the work, but I don't want to give away my services, or overcharge. Finding the sweet spot in between is the challenge... > I suspect that a day rate could work out well for them, even if you charge > more per hour, if you can photograph more items for your time than doing it > onesy-twosy, not to mention their time and expense of shipping items. It > will cost you in driving time, but you'll likely save in set up and teardown > time if you can photograph a dozen items rather than one or two. Agreed. Sometimes, this work requires more creativity, in setting up & "styling" a group of items... but this will be just straightforward product shots, on white seamless. Should be relatively easy to do a bunch of items all in one whack... Thanks, -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.

