Assignment Questions

Hello all!  I have been asked to submit an estimate for portraits for an architectural firm. There are a total of 20 staff members. They would like all 20 staff members photographed as well as a group picture of them all. It will be a single day shoot at their office which is...

 Here are the specs: Date: sometime in the next couple of weeks Location: On location within a 30 mile radius Use: Photo will appear on the front of a product brochure. Talent: Med tech and patient. scenario shot on white seamless on location. Supplemental lighting: strobes....

Okay, so this is my first decent job since launching my personal business.  That is to say, yes, I'm starting out but would like to preface that I have the experience and tools to give my client a very clean and polished product.  However, as far as pricing, negotiation and...

I've got a weird situation here. Early November I was hired by a smaller, local PR firm to do a shoot for their bigger parent company. I was hired by the local PR firm because the larger firm's office communications were down due to Hurricane Sandy - so - in effect the small...

I have been contacted by a local personnel agency to shoot images for their new web site.They want me to shoot candids during a staff meeting and then shoot head shots of as many account execs as can stay after the meeting -- estimated 6-10. The goal is to get 5-6  candid...

Hi there, I've trawled the site for answers, and am most of the way there - but thought I would ask the question and see what people had to say. I've been asked to quote for some corporate portraits for a local project management firm. They've asked for 'about' 10 shots (one of...

I have been asked to photograph 7 staff members in a medical practice on site. Each Dr would like to be photographed in their own office. I am going to request a common area instead of setting up lighting seven times. At least 2 photos of each person for use on a website and...

The information as it was passed to me. I have a 5DMkII and the assistant/2nd Cam I will hire has a 7D along with a lavalier mic & H4n audio recorder he is willing to rent to the shoot in order to have a second cam. Everything else would be rented. I'm very interested in your...

Got the call for 40 head & shoulders headshots of brokers and staff for a regional branch of an international real estate company (budget is from the branch not the company as a whole). The usage would be for the branch website, direct mail and print/web promotional materials....

I've been a lurker for a while, finding plenty of useful information here. I also use fotoQuote when possible to fill in the gaps for things, but I feel like information here is more current. In pricing trade show booth photography, I see it being similar to architecture/room...

Hello all - I've seen many posts here re: headshots and group shots, but most are for use by for-profit corporations. I've been asked by a regional non-profit organization to shoot naturally-lit environmental portraits of their 25 staff and 12-15 board members, as well as 2...

Let me start by saying I have never done this type of work before so I am a little puzzled as to how to price this. Client:  Multi-Billion $ global corporation with international headquarters in UK and divisional headquarters in Florida.  I will be working with a VP in the...

Dear Photograpehrs, Just this evening I was asked for a quote to photograph a group shot for a small company, plus 5 individual portraits. I asked if he had a sense of what the budget is and he said very small. It is local - what is a reasonable quote to give them? What is a...

8 individuals - on location - Funeral Home employees - 2 prints (8x10) of each individual - use on company website. Your thoughts?

I have been doing commercial work for a Fortune 500 company, and today I got an e-mail from my contact telling me that they want to send me to Dallas, Chicago, NY, San Diego, San Francisco, LA, Dallas & Portland for photo shoots. I've determined my rate, but am stuck on trying...

Hi all - I just got a voice mail to price an on location executive portrait shoot for 140 employees.  All my previous executive portrait shoots have been 1 to 10 employees.  In the past, I've just done an all inclusive $100 per head.  I know that's not the right way to do...

I have a client who works for a large corporation. He will be sponsoring an "event" with around 150 of his "closest friends and associates" and would like a group picture to present to each of them as a gift from the event. The assigment: to shoot the group shot --150 people,...

A friend who is the office manager of an eight-person consultancy in the next town over from me recommended me to her boss to take some basic headshots of her firm. I have never done a real fee-for-service job (other than charging a little for cast photos of my daughter's...

Ok...  so last corp head shot session I did, was woefully under priced.  So, I want to get some opinions on this one before I send and estimate. Here's the brief: 9 head shots.  On locationOn white seamlessI'm not sure how many images of each person they want delivered, but...

I've been asked to quote five shots each for two retirement communities in Seattle, WA. One or two exteriors of each location and three or four interiors with people in the shots. Usage is unlimited, all time, editorial, web and print.  How much would you charge. I'm thinking...