I finished a year of photography training this June, however, there were no business classes or anything of that sort. Meanwhile I've started sending out CV's and portfolios, replying to ads, etc.
Today I went to an interview for a freelancing job and I need some help with pricing my work. I'd ask one of my teachers, but it's useless as pricing is a bit of a secret among the local pro photographers.
Anyway, they need a photographer to shoot an entire clothing collection for their website. I take my own gear, shoot the items in their headquarters. Twice a year they'll have 500-1000 items to shoot as quickly as possible and throughout the year they will have some but not as many.
They need the clothes styled ( meaning, giving them volume and something that differentiates it from a spread out shirt in a flat surface, as no one would buy that ) and they need them ready for a transparent background, I'd have to cut them out in photoshop.
I need to give them a price with and without styling.
How would you go about this ? My initial idea was to set a minimum of items to shoot in a day ( maybe 30-40 ) and a price for each item. Meaning, a price for shooting it and photoshopping the background. Then maybe 20% for the stylist?
Another option is a fixed day rate. The problem with this is I'd have to set a minimum number of items to shoot in a day, as they won't pay for the day if I shoot half a dozen items obviously. In this case I'd have to add the photoshop price later. Well, I'm rambling.
Please keep in mind that even though this is a relatively large company and will need a lot of hours, it is also my first "real" assignment and I really want to get it as they would probably have more work for me down the road. I wouldn't mind not getting that much this time but build a relationship. Also, this is Portugal, small country and small market, so I can't ask the price you'd normally expect in the US or UK for example.
Thanks in advance, sorry about the long post
