I'm new... with another money ?

[LEAHMARIV]

OK i know there are a lot of threads on this subject but i can not find one that helps me so here goes.
i just started to do digital photography and people have started to ask me to do there pictures. so now i am wondering what is the right thing to charge them. i will not be doing printing. i will just be editing them and putting them on a disk.
so i just did a lady it only took me 15 mins of actually picture tacking time. but then i edited them for about a hour or more. i also had to drive a little ways to meat her at her work. so that all being said what do i charge for a sitting fee.
thank you for your help. much appreciated!
leah

p.s. please if you can give me any oppion that would be great i am suppost to bill her today

[Jon, The Elder]

I charge for the shoot. Depending on the situation, anywhere from $75 - $150 depending on difficulty of locale. Get the check/cash at the end of the session. Treat the prints or CD as a separate thing. Basically CD cost to burn + whatever you charge per file.

[cdifoto]

Originally Posted by LEAHMARIV

i will just be editing them and putting them on a disk...

...i also had to drive a little ways to meat her at her work...

Why don't you mail the disk instead? Certainly cheaper than gasoline. Or at least have the client pick it up if they can't wait a couple days for the mail.


As far as what to charge, that's geographically dependent.

[PhotosGuy]

i will not be doing printing. i will just be editing them and putting them on a disk.

Remember, if she gets crappy, green prints at the drugstore, they are still your crappy, green prints?

Photography Rates

[LEAHMARIV]

thank you all for yur help. i normaly would get the money at the end of the session but i was not sure how much so she just said let me knoe how much after i finish them(editing).
and the pictures she wanted where for a confrence broshure she is talking at so that is the only printing she will be doing with them.