Assignment Questions

I have a heavy-metal, belly dancer troop looking for a session.  I typically charge $175 for a 1 hour portrait sitting in my studio plus $350 for the digital file/post production fee (up to 6 people, group shots).  However, they want portraits for each dancer (2-3 per) and...

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...

Hi, I have been approached to do a small shoot for a cheese stall in my local market. They said they only need about 2 or 3 shots for inclusion on their company website.  The company is a small Italian restaurant chain. How much should I charge for this shoot, including...

I am currently in the process of quoting a job for a local brewery that wants product shots for their 4 different canned beer varieties, including another photo of their 'bombers' or 22 ounce bottles.  The estimate will be for five 11x17 posters(1 for each of the can types,...

Hi everyone, I've recently been asked to shoot the menus for an upscale-casual restaurant family with three separate dining establishments. The restaurant group is very successful within the major city where it is located (though not a major national chain by any means). The...

Hello, This is my first post on Shakodo, as well as my first professionally requested estimate for commercial work.  I'm a wedding and portrait photographer, but I've done commercial work for businesses I've known in the past year as a portfolio building stage in commercial...

I am quoting for a cook book & was wondering how to do usage/licensing. I was going to quote my creative fee (day rate), digital file & capture management fee and then the per image fee. Do you quote your per image fee including the post production & licensing or do you quote a...

Hello! I am relatively new to architectural photography.  Any help or input that you could give me would be so greatly appreciated.  A local architectural firm has approached me to photograph 9 of their recently finished projects.  The are 2 more sites included on my...

Medical school wants 30 individual images of different recently-built building-front exteriors and entryways. Full resolution for web and print marketing pack. They want unlimited time use, and don't demand exclusivity, but the nature of the shots is such that they won't be...

Property Management company needs to cover the side of a parking deck.  They have decided to put an image side.  I've been asked to provide an image that can be printed 150 feet wide 50 feet tall.  Printing that size will require a finished image that is multi gigabyte in...

I have never been asked to do assignment photography, nor have I licensed any my work before. I need advice on pricing the photo shoot as well as licensing the images for use on the clients website. I won't need an assistant, nor will I need to rent any equipment.

Recently I have been recommended to an author who is looking to publish his book. He asked how much I would charge him to photograph the cover for him. Very simple black & white photograph. He also may want his headshot taken for the book also. He says the publisher plans on...

Currently negotiating a fee with the Editor from a national publishing company - and to date this is deal:- They currently planning on producing a magazine for this publishing company - and would like to use some of our features (picture & words), which we have or are about...

Hello everyone.  This is my first post to Shakodo, which was referred to me by a friend.  I am fairly new to photography, but I got a lucky break when a friend who works at a theatre company in Boston asked me to come down and shoot promo pictures to be sent out to media....

I was contacted by this new beauty pageant agency. They want me to take pictures of the Casting, which I believe is gonna be around 10 girls, another shoot for the favorites / winner. Those pictures are gonna be used for promotion for the show. The session is gonna be recorded...

I have a large university foundation client that wants to hire me to make seasonal scenic photographs of the university campus for use in fundraising print and electronic media and their magazine.  Here is what I am thinking of proposing to them for license terms: I offered to...

The shoot is at one of a regional chain of supermarkets to update their image library, so I think it's going to be a total buyout. They have provided me with a prospective shot list and based on that I have estimated 1 1/2 days of shooting. I am planning to use mainly available...

Hello, I'll mostly been a photographer in the music industry but I was approached by HarperCollins Publishers to take a photo of an author for a book. Based on the size of the publisher what's the industry standard rate on something like this? Can anyone give me insight into...

Hello, I've been approached by an advertising agency to do about 100 product shots of some items for their clients. The client is a large sports clothing company. What is the best way to charge for this? Day rate and licensing or charge per shot. Also how much would be the...

Hello!  Bit of a complex question here...I have a friend who just started her own Mary Kay business.  Back story is that I did her engagement photos and they loved them (not saying how much they paid cuz ya'll will laugh) and I'd like to do a nice professional head...