First Freelance work...please help

[clos]

All,

I was recently offered some freelance photogaphy work for a local US publication . This is my first attempt at making $$ with my camera and am not sure what to charge and how.

The magazine is a monthly minority culture type publication covering local DC events and businesses. They would call me up let me know what the stories are for the month and ask for relevant photos.

They want me to charge them a fee for every picture they use. Is this how it is normaly done? How much should I charge per picture?

They currently use stock pictures that cost them $200 and up.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. You can email me directly if this is beyond the scope of this forum.

Please help, I am extremely excited and want to make sure I am going about this as professionaly as possible.

Thank you.

Clos

[Leighow]

I do not have an answer !
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But I have ther same question on my mind for ONE photo that is of interest to ONE buyer ! Here are some loose ideas:

1: I am going to do scan this book: the "Asmp Professional Business Practices in Photography. Here is the Amazon.com link with "what other books" customers buy such as legal forms, pricing and marketing.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1581151977/104-0266603-4684761?v=glance

2: I am going to ask one professional that I know.

3: $200 sounds reasonable for an unsolicited request to purchase from an otherwise amateur

4: Weddings go for $1500 and say $100 per extra hour. You want to at least recoup your time. Say that is 3 hours at the event, and 3 hours processing to final E-File. Then at say $30 per hour that would be $180.

In your case -- and knowing zip about your background or your portfolio, etc, -- maybe it would make sense to start low say $250 and (if you have a day job!) and prove that you are good for a raise ! -- you are at least going to save them the search time.

It will be interesting to see what "sellers" have to say.

HOWIE