Assignment Questions

A collector who bought one of my guitars about a year ago contacted me recently to photograph him with his collection. Now when I say collection I don't mean 10 or so guitars - the guy has over 75 guitars. He wants to shoot them in a studio setting, surrounding him on white....

I am looking to estimate pricing for a job with a cable TV network.  The station needs studio portraiture of their staff.  Shoot is on location in their studio.  The lineup includes their host personalities as well as the production crew as well as a group shot. The request...

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...

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...

Newer client to me, independent restaurant owner. Event is valentines dinner, approx 30 guests. I will be handling a photo booth, event photos through out the night, and photos of each course as it is prepared and plated. Client not paying for prints, just digital copies. I am...

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 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...

How much do photographers generally charge for head shots? This shot of myself will appear on my professional website in the "About Me" section, so people can put a face to my blog and my services. I'm only requesting one good photo for now. The background is somewhat...

I'm taking portraits of a boxer for my boxing gym and the owner of the gym wants to use one of the images on t-shirts and flyers.  I wanted to let him use the image for either of these for 1 year, as I'm not sure how often he'd need new shirts or flyers.  So for 1 image, 1...

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 have a doctors office who wants to hire me to take a group photo (around 40 people).  They want a big print for the front of the office, plus they want to put the image on some tshirts they are making.  I imagine the shoot will be outdoors.  Having never done ANY corporate...

I have been contacted on what could be my first assignment, and I am not very sure what to charge.  The client is an Insurance Company Owner and wants some relaxed-casual portraits for his website. Shots taken at his home or office with his brother on a Leather couch....

Hi All - I shoot a lot of head shots, but historically it's been 1-10 people at smaller companies.  I've got to put a bid out this morning for a shoot at a large financial company at one of their corporate head quarters to do 50-100 people in one day.  The coordinator...

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...

Okay folks, I am estimating a project for 14 to 20+ studio portraits of "real" people for a regional chapter of a national charitable organization. It is a reputable charity, good cause and they have not asked for any discounts or freebies. The photos will be used on 7 to 10...

I am a self-taught photographer just starting out in Columbus, OH.  My portrait package includes an hour to an hour and a half session, Generally between 30-40 fully edited photos to choose from, and the ability to download and print photos from my website.  I don't want to...

The majority of my work usually ends up used commercially so I am curious to see what seems fair and reasonable for the following shoot. Private client needs 5 of their musical instruments photographed artistically "studio style" in order to create several 11x14 prints for...

Here is the scenario: Local small accounting firm located in fairly nice offices in a nearby town (SF Bay Area - outlying town) 8 employees, which includes the 2 partners. Existing website photos done by them with consumer camera, except two of the partners done at...

Dear Friends,  I am putting together a quote for a leading UK daily newspaper with a circulation of over 500,000 a day. It is for a weekend supplement. There will be no extra costs involved regarding transport, props, extras, assistants etc. It is just myself with the subject...

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...