How much to charge.

[AndyKH]

Hi everyone, i have a couple more shoots (one 6 month old and one of a 2 and 4 yr old) penciled in for the next month.
Baby one at the clients house and the toddler ones out on location, local beauty spot/park etc.
I was just wondering what sort of pricing is right for oop north? I've seen pricing for london and am guessing it's slightly higher down there?.
I will be shooting until the client is happy with the results then proccessing the chosen images and supplying a disc of the finished shots.
The last one i did i spent around 7 hours all in including the shoot itself.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks.

[4hero]

How much do you normally get paid for a full days work? Should you charge less than that?

[Super Slo Mo]

A friend of mine (also works for me on a freelance basis, but not as a photographer) charges circa £30 for a 2 hour shoot in the client's house.

I think this is way too cheap, and I've told him he's an idiot. However, he's pricing himself at the cheap end of the market to pick up work and gain experience. Up to him I guess, and he does charge extra for prints, canvases, etc. His view is that it'll allow him to build up a nice little career to supplement the stuff he does for me etc.

Personally, I'd be thinking around £30 an hour, based upon a 10 hour working day, or £300 a day, all ex VAT. But then, I'm probably miles off the mark. I guess it all depends upon what your local market will pay. If you're exceptional, and come highly recommended, you'll be able to charge more.

[AndyKH]

Jesus, he's killing himself there surely, does he do any processing at all for that or just supply the shots on disc untouched?
I was thinking somewhere in the region of £20-£25 per hour and was thinking of including a large print of the favorite shot from the day?

[Super Slo Mo]

I'm not entirely sure to be honest. I think there's a little bit of post processing, but he seems to aim to get the photos 'right' in the camera. But yes, just supplied on a disk, no prints for that fee.

Your figures don't seem to bad to me. Obviously you have to consider how long you spend in processing, having prints made, etc, etc, but no doubt you've considered all that.