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...

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...

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...

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...

Hi All I have a hair salon as a repeat client. The initial job was a portrait of each stylist (5 stylists) and a group shot of all the stylists for use on the web. This has turned into repeat business because of staff turn over.  I am being called back to take new group photos...

I am as new as you can get when it comes to charging for work I have been approached by a Marketing and Financial Brokerage Firm, for new photos. There are a total of 22 Head shots 22 Green screen head shots Two Group Shots(11 people each) One Mass Group Shot(22) and about 5...

Hello all, I have been contacted to make portraits ("business headshots", they said) of 10 people. The company works in something called "international consulting". They seem very correct: they are asking for pricing regarding lighting for the session, the post-production and...

I recently quoted a client for a headshot that he needed for a book cover - a retail book, where he is one of 3 authors, and each author gets their headshot on the cover.  I quoted $600 for one retouched image with usage rights on the book cover AND 2 yr use on his corporate...

A realtor contacted me about a headshot job.  She needs 12 images: 6 images of individuals (4-5 people) and another 6 group shots.  She asked for the images "on disc."  I sent her a quote with several different licensing options:OPTION 1:12 low-res retouched images2-year use...