Do you make money doing this? Please read this.

[boxofrocks]

Great points, Shelby.

For example, I recently stopped shooting triathalons--another company was hiring me to shoot them and hand off a card. I had to factor in several things to decide if it was worth it to me:

-What I was being paid ($50 an hour, but had an offer to go to $75. Average time paid--about 3 hours)
-Wear and tear in equipment (takes a LOT of actuations per event)
-Call time (usually 7 AM on a weekend morning)
-Drive time (not paid, an averaging about 1.5-2 hours round trip)
-Time away from my family on the weekends
-Marketing opportunities (virtually none)

Some would like to pick up an extra 150-225 bucks on the weekend, and only look at it as "do I or do I not want the extra cash". But after I pay taxes on that, it just wasn't worth it for me to continue.

[ol geezer]

Anyone who would sell their work for $4.50 per 8x10 must have been dropped on their head when they were a baby. I shoot a lot of kid's sports because I enjoy it (I have 4 grandchildren who play). I sell my work for $12.50 per 8x10 and & $9.00 per 5x7. For those who complain about the price, I remind them that I have over $2,000 tied up in a camera and over $2100 toed up in a 70-200mm f/2.8 and 1.7 tele-extender plus the filter(s) , media card(s) Epson printer, printer ink, Paper and a Sony Vaio computer . If they don't buy because of the price, I really don't care. It is my work and I will not give it away (except to my grandchildren). If they want "cheaper" prints, let them buy the epuipment and do it themselves.

Sorry if I rambled, but it irritates me to no end when when people expect something for next to nothing.

[ol geezer]

Anyone who would sell their work for $4.50 per 8x10 must have been dropped on their head when they were a baby. I shoot a lot of kid's sports because I enjoy it (I have 4 grandchildren who play). I sell my work for $12.50 per 8x10 and & $9.00 per 5x7. For those who complain about the price, I remind them that I have over $2,000 tied up in a camera and over $2100 toed up in a 70-200mm f/2.8 and 1.7 tele-extender plus the filter(s) , media card(s) Epson printer, printer ink, Paper and a Sony Vaio computer . If they don't buy because of the price, I really don't care. It is my work and I will not give it away (except to my grandchildren). If they want "cheaper" prints, let them buy the epuipment and do it themselves.

Sorry if I rambled, but it irritates me to no end when when people expect something for next to nothing.

[mdurisseau]

Here is something we all need to pay attention to...this is an author that is doing a documentary, talking about an incident with a movie company...another reason we should not do anything for free...the language in it might be rough for some, though...

http://tinyurl.com/2qvgpl

[AndrewCCM]

Originally Posted by mdurisseau

Here is something we all need to pay attention to...this is an author that is doing a documentary, talking about an incident with a movie company...another reason we should not do anything for free...the language in it might be rough for some, though...

http://tinyurl.com/2qvgpl

I love it!