Thanks, John! On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Nielsen > > >> 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... > > > Hourly rate up to 6 hours, day rate for up to 10 hours, over-time surcharge > for more than 10 hours. Day rate = hourly rate x 8. > > I would charge travel at a flat rate based on distance for anything over 20 > miles. Figure not only the cost of operating the vehicle, but the time you > have to spend traveling ... 50 miles ~ 1 hour. Something like $1.00/mile for > the time & $0.50/mile for the vehicle operating expense - but I wouldn't > break it out; just "travel" @ $1.50/mile. > > 10% discount if they pay the invoice in full within 10 days. > > > > -- > 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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