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sweett
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 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:23 pm Post subject: How much should I charge for wedding photos? |
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| I work as newpaper photographer and met a woman at an area business expo, and she asked if I'd be interested in doing her wedding photos. She said that she has poses and everything already picked and how she wanted it done, jus' needs a photographer. It'd be about a 4-5 hour gig, but I've never shot a wedding. How much should I charge? Should it be based solely on the amount of prints she would want? If so, what's the general margin I should look to charge? I think this would be a great opportunity to get my foot in the door and I'm confident I can do it, I just need to know about how much I should look to charge. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: How much should I charge for wedding photos? |
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| As much as you think you can.It depends on the setting and the people you are shooting for really... |
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Qomhogns
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Location: Nikejuhu
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: How much should I charge for wedding photos? |
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| Consider how much you think you should earn per hour including travel and post production, all that editing afterwards needs to be included in the price and whether you offer a album or CD of images.A low budget wedding is about $1000 to $2500An Average wedding is between $3000- $8000 which is the most saturated bracket for a wedding photographer. And a high-end is $10,000-up (these are all averages)It comes down to your knowledge of your equipment, experience and what you think your time is worth. |
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strileckuiM
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: How much should I charge for wedding photos? |
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| Don't jump the gun too soon. If you've never shot a wedding before, it's a whole new ball game compared to any other kind of photography. There is a lot of stress and drama on the wedding day, for everyone... not to mention the countless number of things that can go wrong. It's always better to start out not charging as much. The photographers who get the big bucks are very experienced with weddings, and also sell themselves as part of the package, kinda like "you're paying me to be your new best friend" deal.If you don't charge as much at first, then it's a good way to get some practice. Also, if you don't charge as much and you screw up somewhere, then the bride may not take it out on you that bad.ALWAYS GET A CONTRACT SIGNED! It doesn't matter if she's only paying you $50 bucks! You need to cover your a** in every aspect that could go wrong, whether it is camera malfunction, theft, acts of god, broken bones...etc. You will also want to write in the contract (in very good detail) everything that the bride should expect to get from you shooting her wedding. It doesn't matter if she is your family, those are always the worst to deal with!Please consider what you are going to be giving your bride also. There is a huge wave of "Shoot and Burn" photographers out there now whom are demeaning the name of the professional wedding photographer. Your bride should get a finished product, not just a burnt cd with 1000 unedited photos on it. If she has some poses that she knows she wants, you should also get that in writing, but also remind her that you will need help with the list, as you don't know one Joe Schmo from the next at her wedding.I hope that this is somewhat helpful, maybe at least some things to consider before you dive in head first.Good luck! |
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