Photo pricing guidelines

[bluman95]

I charge:
$25 Sitting fee for 1 hour portrait sessions
$50 Sitting fee for 1-2 hour shotgun courthouse weddings
$250 Sitting fee for 3-6 hour regular weddings
$300 Sitting fee for all day weddings

Single Prints are:
Kodak Paper Metallic Paper
4x6 $3.99 4x6 $4.49
5x7 $5.99 5x7 $6.49
6x9 $7.99 6x9 $8.99
8x10 $9.99 8x10 $10.99
8x12 $10.99 8x12 $12.99
10x15 $17.99 10x15 $19.99
16X24 $29.99 16X24 $31.99
20X30 $39.99 20X30 $44.99
Walletx4 $3.99 Walletx4 $4.99

Picture Packs are:
Pack 1 $59.00 Kodak ($69.00 Metallic)
2 8x10
4 5x7
6 4x6
8 Wallet

Pack 2 $99.00 Kodak ($109.00 Metallic)
3 8x10
1 6x9
6 5x7
10 4x6
12 Wallet

Pack 3 $149.00 Kodak($165.00 Metallic)
1 10x15
4 8x10
2 6x9
8 5x7
10 4x6
16 Wallet

I am in England right now with no real competition, but the prices work well here. I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for, but I hope it helps.

[boxofrocks]

Originally Posted by AjP

I mean specific work for magazines or newpapers or...

private orders from web is simple enough

You may want to check with Joe_Lorenzini. He shoots a lot of sports.

http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum/member.php?u=443

[boxofrocks]

Originally Posted by bluman95

I am in England right now with no real competition, but the prices work well here. I'm not sure if this is what you were looking for, but I hope it helps.

England? The UK?

I think those prices are low for the Dallas metroplex. I know my portrait work has brought more than that, anyway.

I was actually looking for guidance on corporate work pricing, but thanks for the input!

[bluman95]

Originally Posted by boxofrocks

England? The UK?

I think those prices are low for the Dallas metroplex. I know my portrait work has brought more than that, anyway.

I was actually looking for guidance on corporate work pricing, but thanks for the input!

Ooops! Then I have now idea. I am stationed over here in the Air Force and will be moving to San Angelo in April. I am dying for some Arby's! 5 years without Arby's is just torture.

[brad]

Originally Posted by Clint_Smith

Cost of Sales (what it cost me to produce)
X 3.3 (30 percent markup)
-----------------------------------
Total price

Ummm... cost x 3.3 is a little more than a 30 percent mark up. Its a 230 percent mark up. A thirty percent markup would be cost x 1.3.

[Clint_Smith]

Originally Posted by brad

Ummm... cost x 3.3 is a little more than a 30 percent mark up. Its a 230 percent mark up. A thirty percent markup would be cost x 1.3.

ok I am sorry....30% markup to cost of sale....should have been more specific....

Hey I am just spouting off the stuff PPA gave me.

[AjP]

bluman95, yes those prices is super low for Dallas... I'll not do wedding below 1300-1500 for upto 6 hours, DVD slide show, and some prints. want an album add from 600->

I know Joe and the reason is it hard, in sports it depends on game level, devision, playoffs level.. of cause on news paper or magazine itself...'
but would be nice to know average

[Russell]

Try Fotoquote. www.fotoquote.com

[bluman95]

Originally Posted by AjP

bluman95, yes those prices is super low for Dallas... I'll not do wedding below 1300-1500 for upto 6 hours, DVD slide show, and some prints. want an album add from 600->

I know Joe and the reason is it hard, in sports it depends on game level, devision, playoffs level.. of cause on news paper or magazine itself...'
but would be nice to know average

Wow, I can only dream of such prices. I guess I based my prices off what I paid for my wedding 6 years ago. 1300-1500 is usually what I make in a month.

[Steelsun]

Originally Posted by bluman95

Ooops! Then I have now idea. I am stationed over here in the Air Force and will be moving to San Angelo in April. I am dying for some Arby's! 5 years without Arby's is just torture.

You a linguist?

My Father-in-Law was stationed in England for the AF for awhile (forgot the base, but it's noe decommed and was near Sandy), then went to San Angelo (actually served 3 tours in San Angelo). He retired there and still lives there.

[bluman95]

Nope, I am a Secure Communication and Cryptologic Systems Craftsman. That means I fix phones and computers. I am at RAF Mildenhall, a little north of Cambridge. I will be spending four years in San Angelo as a Fiber Optics Instructor.

[Steelsun]

Cool!

I was near Mildenhall 2 years ago - actually spent a week in Ely to the east of you. Great photo ops in the fens. Back then I only had an Oly C4000 though.

I'll be hitting Ely again in 2006 for a week, then touring the highlands of Scotland.

Have you been to San Angelo before?
It's an interesting place, but fairly much in the middle of west nowhere.