Assignment Questions

Well, I got screwed. My original question was here: http://shakodo.com/p/10b/ So before I had a chance to write up a contract and get everything set, the guy bumped the shoot up on me by 3 days.  Being a "friend" I obliged and did the shoot. I shot for 3.5 hours with 8...

Some years back I got approached by a Russian language high-gloss magazine, which title has something to do with a common way to decorate your walls and seems to be a spin-off of their mother magazine based in the UK. Their subtitle is "International Design Interiors...

A local luxury magazine targeting high earners and featuring nice, glossy reproduction wants to hire me for a job. It's one day of work, but it's actually two different stories that will be featured in the magazine. One will be a portrait of a local and one will be reportage...

Hi, I'm not a full time pro yet, meaning I dont make all my income from photography yet, but I have been approached by a local magazine where I am asked to do a fashion "guide" with about a 8-10 page layout.  As well as a few editorial shots of a local entertainment promoter...

Hello everyone!First of all, I think this site is fantastic and just what is needed for many of us.I have been approached to shoot a cover page for a national retail magazine here in Canada.It requires one photo (business owner) for the cover that will be shot on location and...

I have been contacted by a regional, mid-Atlantic children's hospital for an editorial assignment. I am a successful local portrait photographer and have recently been expanding into commercial opportunities. Previous commissions have been for local ad agencies, national...

Had a phone call yesterday asking for me to shoot in Singapore for a leading architectural & interior magazine. I've photographed for architects, hotels etc, but never for magazines, so rather lost at this point. I know what I'd charge if they were an architectural firm, but...

I local promoter wants me to do studio head/portfolio shots for a number of their bands. The number in the bands/act range from solo artist up full bands with 10 members. I have an idea of the solo artist prices, thou I need some help with how to price the different group...

Hello all. I recently had a magazine contact me about featuring 32 of my images from a personal project in their magazine. They basically said that their budget is $300 flat, which was followed by, in parenthesis, (all inclusive). Am I getting shafted here? Thanks for your help...

Hi, I am quite keen to get my portfolio in front of the art editors of a couple of custom car and bike magazines. I'm hoping this will lead on to those magazines offering me the odd commission and maybe some commercial assignments off of the back of that. Can you tell me the...

I have been asked to photograph tattoos for a new magazine. I am not sure how many different models but it would be 20+ photos to be published. What would be a reasonable amount to charge either per hour or per photo. 

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 there, I would like to know your opinions on how much should I charge for a 10 portraits of people in their daily activity/job for a magazine (first time to do something like that). The assignment is about 500km away from my base/city and the magazine is not from Greece...

I was recently contacted by a company, that wants group (staff of 14) and individual shots of the people in the company to showcase on their website, magazine, and at events. The shoot would occur inside the business. How would I price this?

Hi,I've been trying to get an answer from a major Sunday Supplement Magazine on the type of fee I should except.  The magazine will be using 5 of my images in a large spread, plus more images on-line along with a video trailer from the same project. Trying to get an answer...