-----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bruce Dayton > Subject: Re[2]: Others with NO interest in digital? > > > > > > The one thing that has been working for me is to charge for my > working > > time. It has been met with very good reception from my > clients - I > > charge them for my time at an hourly rate. They are very > happy to pay > > me for my expertise in producing the images that they desire > > (portrait, wedding, etc). They also pay all expenses (film, > > developing, proofs, non-photo expenses). What they get out of > that is > > the proofs. And then I charge them cost for any forms of the > image - > > prints or scans. They feel this is very fair. > > > This was how I ran my wedding business for 20 years. I decided > to do it this way when I realized that four out of ten marriages > were ending in divorce anyway. Fourty percent of the negs I was > keeping were worse than useless. > I quoted my hourly rate based on a minimum hourly rate (which > was far from minimal) plus I would sometimes add a PITA factor > which was based on my initial assessment of the job. > It worked really well, and I actually made more money than when > I was storing negatives and pricing by the entire job.
I do both. I could get by ok if no one ever bought an album or prints, but happily they do, and it accounts for 30-40% of my income. tv
