Ah Man another pricing question

[MitchellB]

don't ya just hate them???

Anyway a web based company has asked me what I charge to shoot products.

So???? What do I charge?

Would you do it by the peice or by the hour. I have no idea how many products will be photographed.
The product pics will be used on their online catalogue and possibly print catalogue.

[RockSlut]

How many items do they need done and how often? What standard of images do they require? These are questions I would want to know before being able to give a quote.

You'll also find that the amount of local competition and the standard of your work will also affect the value of your time.

[Zepher]

I would charge $100/hour, minumum of 2 hours going by what you said.

[chtgrubbs]

For drop-n-pops on white seamless, $30-50 each. For shots with multiple items which have to be arranged, shots with props, or shots where lighting or backgrounds will have to be changed between shots, I estimate how long each shot will take me and charge $200/hr.

[MitchellB]

Thanks folks