nevets2001uk
30th of July 2007 (Mon), 04:27
The M.D of the company I work for has approached me regarding some photographs to be displayed around the building. He's after some local prints and some shots of our products and parts.
The local prints are easy and I will charge my normal print prices but I'm trying to prepare an answer as to how I will charge for product shots etc.
Firstly this will done out of my normal work hours. They will be hiring me as a photographer. The products are large scale pumps for industrial applications such as pumping high pressure, viscous or harmful materials. Some of these pumps are 2-3 meters in length. I will be photographing onsite at our factory and it's likely the shots will need some post processing to remove background items. They can weigh a few tons so moving them about won't be very easy. I'm hoping I may be able to get them to fork lift some of the pumps out into the yard so I can work with better light and cleaner backgrounds. I even have an idea where I will see if it's possible to take a smaller pump up onto the cliffs to combine a local landscape with our product. I'm not sure on the logistics for this yet though.
I'm currently thinking of giving him a half day and full day price for the photography which will include standard processing and online proofing. Then prices per hour for any advanced retouching they require (advanced background removal, composite shots etc) and then prices per prints themselves.
Is this how other Pros would normally charge? Should I throw in some free prints with the shoot?
Cheers,
Steve
The local prints are easy and I will charge my normal print prices but I'm trying to prepare an answer as to how I will charge for product shots etc.
Firstly this will done out of my normal work hours. They will be hiring me as a photographer. The products are large scale pumps for industrial applications such as pumping high pressure, viscous or harmful materials. Some of these pumps are 2-3 meters in length. I will be photographing onsite at our factory and it's likely the shots will need some post processing to remove background items. They can weigh a few tons so moving them about won't be very easy. I'm hoping I may be able to get them to fork lift some of the pumps out into the yard so I can work with better light and cleaner backgrounds. I even have an idea where I will see if it's possible to take a smaller pump up onto the cliffs to combine a local landscape with our product. I'm not sure on the logistics for this yet though.
I'm currently thinking of giving him a half day and full day price for the photography which will include standard processing and online proofing. Then prices per hour for any advanced retouching they require (advanced background removal, composite shots etc) and then prices per prints themselves.
Is this how other Pros would normally charge? Should I throw in some free prints with the shoot?
Cheers,
Steve