----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re[2]: Price, image settings for a school-event photo CD?
> Bill, > > I'm afraid that this problem is rampant everywhere. I'm starting to > explore a different approach where I bill for my time, instead of > building it in to the print. The reason for this is, as you say, no > one values the print. But they can see the time spent up front. What > you end up charging per hour is then not dependent on how many/what > size prints they order, but just on the job done. That way, whether > they re-order from you or scan the prints for extras doesn't matter so > much, because you already made the money on the job. When I was in the game, I charged an hourly rate for my time on the job, plus materials at cost. I didn't bother to hold back negatives from the client, they got the negatives/ slides as well as the prints upon delivery of the job. The net result of this was that I was a $600.00 - $1000.00 per day shooter, who couldn't keep up with the amount of business I was generating via word of mouth, and I didn't have to bother with filing negatives or worrying about floods or fire destroying my clients negatives. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
