I would NEVER, EVER give raw, unprocessed files. Processing and editing to me is as important as the initial capture in achieving the final product, if not more so.
If I were to cover an event, it is $350 per hour, plus $950 for a disc of high res images. (Weddings are different though). Or for a family portrait session that is 2-3 hours, I charge $150 during the week, and $200 on the weekend (add $150 to this if it is a styled shoot) and then they select and purchase their images from a proofing gallery. It is $99 per high res digital file, or $1150 for the complete disc. Print packages from $1200 for 10 x 7x10 matted prints in a museum quality folio case. Canvases from $500. All prices in aud. Tan.x. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What to charge for family portraits? If the person who asked was a good friend, I would have done it for free. For a casual acquaintance, providing files only, about $300. I never give anyone RAW files, only tiffs or jpegs. The RAW data is proprietary, IMO. Paul On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:07 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I should have thought to ask people before doing the job, but a friend sent me a note the other day asking if I could do family portraits at his father's 80th birthday party. I was there for five hours, charged them $500. They wanted raw files. I figured that giving them copies of the files saved me the effort of the less profitable post processing work. > > What would you have charged for the job? > > And for them that are interested, the 42 that were picked from the day are at: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629356889188/ > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
