Full day automotive event coverage for $25 ?

I guess they don't value us anymore

Original thread:
http://www.luxury4play​.com …ve-photographers-get.html

$25 per article is not $25 for all day event coverage. Still a low fee, but not as extreme as your sensationalist thread title.

and a simple "no" is all that is required.

yes, probably someone will respond, and maybe even submit stuff for the site, and it will probably be $25 quality work..maybe.

nothing to see here, please move on.

For me $25 is too low but looks like for some of you it's ok, so I'm sorry to bring this up. I won't take the job from you anyway.

Even if it's only a 1-hr coverage, you should factor prob 1-hr for roundtrip travel time, gas/expenses and then another hr to cull the pics, maybe a bit editing, upload, write desc of the event etc. Total would be 3-hrs plus....still too low.

Take a look at the linked thread - he got crucified by the photographers there! Even assuming 3-4 hours of total work, that's working for peanuts.

wow...that is crazy.

$25 is an insult to professional photographers. I'm a rank amateur, with no experience and even I wouldn't go for that. Better to keep your images for yourself than value them so low.

Must be nice to turn your nose at any paycheck, try being an aviation photographer. I get paid nothing, occasionally have to pay to enter events (not to mention standing all day in the sun and travel costs); my payday, some restricted access opportunities. Although once i got breakfast for free as a result of ~2 hours air-to-air shooting.

At this rate I'll cover my equipment in, lets see: $15,000/$0... I guess that's a long time

Hey, if no one wants to take this up, I'll just warm up my little Canon A75 I still have around here - somewhere - and send in some quickie snapshots...

See what happens.

So how much do pro-photographers charge? or thats something we keep to ourselves? because I'm a amateur photographer that's still learning. I own a detailing company and enjoys taking pictures of fresh detailed cars. and looking to offer clients some photo shoots. I thinking $50 is a good start or for free for experience?

I have a T3i with kit lens, Canon 10-22mm, 24-70 mm, sigma 50mm 1.4, and a external flash with flash trigger. and a tripod, ball head, and backpack ( everything counts lol )

rammsteinmatt wrote in post #13648808
Must be nice to turn your nose at any paycheck, try being an aviation photographer. I get paid nothing, occasionally have to pay to enter events (not to mention standing all day in the sun and travel costs); my payday, some restricted access opportunities. Although once i got breakfast for free as a result of ~2 hours air-to-air shooting.

At this rate I'll cover my equipment in, lets see: $15,000/$0... I guess that's a long time

I don't cover events that won't be profitable to me. It's a simple business formula - cash in minus expenses out equals profit. If there's no cash, and there's still expenses out, then I'll stay home.

OTD wrote in post #13837877
So how much do pro-photographers charge? or thats something we keep to ourselves? because I'm a amateur photographer that's still learning. I own a detailing company and enjoys taking pictures of fresh detailed cars. and looking to offer clients some photo shoots. I thinking $50 is a good start or for free for experience?

I have a T3i with kit lens, Canon 10-22mm, 24-70 mm, sigma 50mm 1.4, and a external flash with flash trigger. and a tripod, ball head, and backpack ( everything counts lol )

Depends who it's for. A website may only pay $25 for 2 or 3 hours of work at a parking lot show (as you see above) but I've earned a paycheck with a comma for a weekend's work at a bigger event with a major company. It all depends on what you're shooting, how important the shoot is, and how many people will see the photos.

Let's put it this way - the same image could be sold privately to a car owner for $25 or $50 and also to a major, multi-national corporation for a 4 or 5 digit payday because of the number of eyeballs who see it. It has nothing to do with the actual image and everything to do with how it is being used.

Thank you Jacob for your input!

I think I will only sell my photos to car owners. so i guess $50 is fair for amateurs like me with little experience with LR. we'll see how it goes

I hope this person isn't actually considering getting credentials for MotoGP.

http://www.laguna-seca.com/pod/media-credential-faqs - scroll down to the MotoGP requirements.