Wow, what an opportunity! (craigslist ad)

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere here. I don't read many of the forums here.

Awesome opportunity for you up and coming wedding photogs.

http://chambana.craigs​list.org/crg/492514623​8.html

Any takers?

Best line ever!

smh
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Only if this is in my driving distance

This one is better

We don't expect photographers to stay the entire time until the last dance and departure unless you're led to do so and are capturing good shots, however, we are not prepared to pay additionally for each 1/2 hour or hour

I think it's a joke. Some of the word choices and phrasing sounds like a photographer (or related field) trying to not sound like a photographer (or related field). I could be wrong, though. It happens. Ask my wife, she'll verify.

"Editing of all negatives." I'm scratching my head on this one.

400+ images, all in one zip file? Try sending that as an e-mail attachment.

ermahgerd!

New photog pricing but they want you to be a seasoned pro...hmmmm

The best is those ads that say "We have no money to pay you but will allow you to use the photos on your website. We don't want them edited, we just want the RAWs."

Merely sounds like a gig which is 'fully specified' by a knowledgeable business professional, one who is "a full-time graduate student and full-time employed in Chicago and my fiancee is a recent Graduate School Graduate that also works full-time in Chicago". Most folks have such vague job specifications that you have to pull out information with lengthly interviews!

You know you are working no more than 8 hrs. on their nickel, and do not have to stay unspecified duration until everyone drunkenly sends off the couple in the limo.

OTOH, the price is VERY low...what I might expect from a weekend warrior 20 years ago...unrealistic in terms of who/what they want in verifiable evidence of past work (vs. the low pay!) And 'drive an hour or more and spend your own gas and wear and tear on the car while doing so'...all for $700. So yeah, it sounds like an arrogant business jerk who 'wants it all for near nothing'.

Wilt wrote in post #17470117
Merely sounds like a gig which is 'fully specified' by a knowledgeable business professional, one who is "a full-time graduate student and full-time employed in Chicago and my fiancee is a recent Graduate School Graduate that also works full-time in Chicago". Most folks have such vague job specifications that you have to pull out information with lengthly interviews!

You know you are working no more than 8 hrs. on their nickel, and do not have to stay unspecified duration until everyone drunkenly sends of the couple in the limo.

OTOH, the price is VERY low...what I might expect from a weekend warrior 20 years ago...unrealistic in terms of who/what they want in verifiable evidence of past work (vs. the low pay!)

I agree, it's not horrible, but a little unrealistic.
I am relatively new to the "paid photography scene." I was kind of sucked into it due to friends asking for it, then friends of friends, and then just word of mouth. I am by no means a seasoned pro, and I charge accordingly. But, I have noticed that most clients have no idea what goes into it or what a reasonable rate is and many of them act like they are doing YOU a favor.

Clearly they are not MBA graduate students.

I've emailed my friend in IL about this and this was her reply:

Geez, 8 hours of work for $700, not counting editing? The weddings in Danville... I'm not surprised. It's like redneckville over there.

I'd want a dinner and access to the bar lol

So let's take a look at this...

That's a pretty good analysis but I think more time would be needed for editing and thus driving up the number of hours. 600-900 images will take a lot longer to process then just 1 minute. It will take time to copy so many RAW files from memory card(s) to HDD for editing and for future export to JPG. With that in mind I think realistic time for simple edits would be closer to 5 minutes per image. This will astronomically increase the overall time spent on the gig and significantly lower hourly earning potential.

dkizzle wrote in post #17471648
That's a pretty good analysis but I think more time would be needed for editing and thus driving up the number of hours. 600-900 images will take a lot longer to process then just 1 minute. It will take time to copy so many RAW files from memory card(s) to HDD for editing and for future export to JPG. With that in mind I think realistic time for simple edits would be closer to 5 minutes per image. This will astronomically increase the overall time spent on the gig and significantly lower hourly earning potential.

Maybe I'm misreading this but, You can't count the time to transfer files to your hard drive. You literally just stick the card in (or connect your camera), select the folder, and drag them to your desktop or folder, then walk away and go about your normal day while they transfer. Unless you are actually sitting there watching the files transfer. lol

Still though, I agree, this is a very unrealistic ad.

They want the raw files, but they think there will be negatives (to edit, whatever that means). Film? Digital? ?