Steve Parr
29th of August 2007 (Wed), 07:40
Would you do this and, if so, what would you charge?
A friend of mine e-mailed me concerning a gig for next weekend. The Temptations and The Four Tops are performing in San Diego. The person who wants to hire me produces compilation CD's and DVD's of music that's largely of interest to baby boomers.
Anyway, I got this e-mail from my friend, on the behalf of the client:
On Thurs, Sept 6, the Temps are playing Humphrey's on a bill with the Four Tops, and my friend and one of his cohorts are gonna present the sole remaining original Temp, Otis Williams, with the platinum DVD plaque near the end of their show, when they do their introductions. Amy and I are helping to coordinate that, and working with media, etc. to get some pub. David mentioned that in addition to having his own 2-man camera crew there to video the presentation for his archives, he'd like a still photog to shoot the presentation.
The only stipulation he made is that he wants to own the negatives---or the disc if it's shot in digital---so he can use the images any way he wants in the future. If you were to shoot this, you'd be welcome to post images in your website and use them in a portfolio, etc., but he wants unlimited rights to use them for his own purposes
I don't make a living with my camera. I do, however, want to know that, if I do this, I'm fairly compensated. The problem is that I don't know what to charge. My clients are bands that normally can only afford a few hundred dollars for photos they're going to put on their website. The client in this case is someone who wants to be able to use the images on CD and DVD covers that sell in the millions.
The first number that popped into my head was $2,500.00. My immediate second thought was that's too low.
So, my questions are these: Would you do the shoot with the stated stipulations and, if so, what would you charge the client?
Thanks for any and all input...
A friend of mine e-mailed me concerning a gig for next weekend. The Temptations and The Four Tops are performing in San Diego. The person who wants to hire me produces compilation CD's and DVD's of music that's largely of interest to baby boomers.
Anyway, I got this e-mail from my friend, on the behalf of the client:
On Thurs, Sept 6, the Temps are playing Humphrey's on a bill with the Four Tops, and my friend and one of his cohorts are gonna present the sole remaining original Temp, Otis Williams, with the platinum DVD plaque near the end of their show, when they do their introductions. Amy and I are helping to coordinate that, and working with media, etc. to get some pub. David mentioned that in addition to having his own 2-man camera crew there to video the presentation for his archives, he'd like a still photog to shoot the presentation.
The only stipulation he made is that he wants to own the negatives---or the disc if it's shot in digital---so he can use the images any way he wants in the future. If you were to shoot this, you'd be welcome to post images in your website and use them in a portfolio, etc., but he wants unlimited rights to use them for his own purposes
I don't make a living with my camera. I do, however, want to know that, if I do this, I'm fairly compensated. The problem is that I don't know what to charge. My clients are bands that normally can only afford a few hundred dollars for photos they're going to put on their website. The client in this case is someone who wants to be able to use the images on CD and DVD covers that sell in the millions.
The first number that popped into my head was $2,500.00. My immediate second thought was that's too low.
So, my questions are these: Would you do the shoot with the stated stipulations and, if so, what would you charge the client?
Thanks for any and all input...