You wanta know what to charge?

[rab3rd]

Read this...

http://www.mcpactions.com/blog/2009/...om-jodie-otte/

[Howard Barlow]

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[rab3rd]

I just clicked on it, works for me.

[rab3rd]

How to Price Portrait Photography? Jodie Otte's Advice | MCP Photoshop Actions and Tutorials Blog for Photographers

[rab3rd]

try that...

[Fireball]

Great info there. Thanks for sharing.

[contributor_M]

Very informative. Cheers for that.

Saved me from posting a thread about it. :D

[mrsrice22]

I'm just laughing right now, just laughing.

[mrsrice22]

and btw, GREAT find and post.

[S-Man]

Found this in the Business forum Sticky on Pricing info:

Originally Posted by MicWayWal
My expenses are not your expenses and my profit is not your profit.
You can find hourly charges anywhere from $50 to $500 in most areas.
Charge what you want, just consider a few things:

1. Time on site is the smallest amount of time you will usually spend on the project.
2. Traveling to the session site is usually always more time than the shooting time, charge for both ways.
3. Uploading files, archiving files, working on a final print file, uploading to the lab or printing it yourself, is easily an hour for even simple jobs.
4. Will you deliver or will they pick up? Charge for deliverly time, there and back if you have to deliver.
5. Product cost is almost nothing compared to the time it takes to produce it. Sometimes I only deliver a file by email.

Also consider the state of your business is in at the moment.
Do you need customers and good customer referals. Don't go too cheap or the next customer will want the same thing.
Charge according to your experience and expertise, enough they know you are a professional.

I charge $275 per hour with at least a two hour minimum plus expenses. But that may not fit your experience or where you conduct business.
Good Luck

[J Eddington]

Don't for get Stacy Reeves pricing guide
http://www.stacyreeves.com/greatestpricingguideever.pdf