Models in photoshoots

[jamoor]

No, not the dirty kind.

We are thinking of doing some photos for some shots of our products in action, we deal in medical devices, so taking photos of people using our products in a hospital environment is what we're after.

Does anyone have experience of hiring models for this kind of work, as always we need to keep the cost low, any ideas on where to start?

[EINSIGN]

A decent photographer will have model agencies they use for such jobs and will probably advise you.

We used Trevor from http://www.blackblue.co.uk/photography.htm for a calendar we produced for our company as on his website. He is very good.

[jamoor]

Hmm,

Thing is I already have a photographer who is very good and I am extremely happy with :/

Also, am I right in thinking his prices are ridiculous?

£750 for a days shooting

and then £35 per photo in the maximum size?

Oh, and £50 for retouching and £20 to burn it to a CD?

Edited by jamoor on Monday 19th January 13:37

[V8mate]

Does copyright of the images pass to you at those prices?

[jamoor]

V8mate said:

Does copyright of the images pass to you at those prices?

Not sure, but at those prices they better well do!

[insurance_jon]

My brother is about £350 a day plus ex's and you get all the images to keep after and do with what you want.

www.cjwphotography.co.uk

[paoloh]

jamoor said:

Hmm,

Thing is I already have a photographer who is very good and I am extremely happy with :/

Also, am I right in thinking his prices are ridiculous?

£750 for a days shooting

and then £35 per photo in the maximum size?

Oh, and £50 for retouching and £20 to burn it to a CD?

Edited by jamoor on Monday 19th January 13:37

Holy mother of sin, does he have a golden camera??

If you need models or togs, give me a call.

[ShadownINja]

jamoor said:

We are thinking of doing some photos for some shots of our products in action, we deal in medical devices, so taking photos of people using our products in a hospital environment is what we're after.

Tell me they're not colonoscopes.

Work the camera, darling. Love it! Love it! Now turn round and smile.

Edited by ShadownINja on Monday 19th January 17:38

[nsa]

Jamoor, just for your guide: retouching one photo takes 5 mins on Photoshop, and burning to a CD can be done in a batch and takes seconds. Both can be done by a trained monkey. Send me your raw photos and I will retouch and burn for £10 per shot, or 50lbs of bananas, depending on exchange rates.

[BigAlinEmbra]

Out of interest, what sort of "hospital environment" are you thinking of?
If it's your local NHS you'll need to contact them before snapping away.

Rules about that sort of thing to stop you getting snapped unawares sauntering out the STD clinic with the prescription in your paw.

[Boosted LS1]

Tell me you're not modelling stirrups, lol.

[Pappa Lurve]

If you looking for intros to some proper, experianced and great looking girls, PM me. I used to hire girls for promotional stuff and modelling and still mates with a bunch of them.

[skwdenyer]

jamoor said:

No, not the dirty kind.

We are thinking of doing some photos for some shots of our products in action, we deal in medical devices, so taking photos of people using our products in a hospital environment is what we're after.

Does anyone have experience of hiring models for this kind of work, as always we need to keep the cost low, any ideas on where to start?

I run a business which provides professional actors for, amongst other things, modelling shoots. We've been in business 10 years and have 3500 actors on our books, throughout the UK.

Why actors? They tend to be seen as looking more akin to "real people" than professional models do, and tend to be much better at taking direction and expressing "genuine" emotion, rather than simply being clothes horses. Of course some of them are also stunning, if that's what you need.

The fee you will pay for the models depends a lot on the specific usage you have in mind. In general, rates are calculated as time (1 day, half day, etc.) + usage. If you want to use the photos for a nationwide billboard campaign for BT it will cost you a lot more in usage fees, for instance, because it limits the other jobs the same actor/model can take.

Model fees are typically quoted as fee + agency commission.

For the sort of usage I envisage you requiring, rates for our actors would start at £150 + 20% per day.

If you want to drop me a line I can give you some more detail.

In terms of photographers, I'm afraid most of my contacts are London-based, which may not be all that useful. But, for reference, a 2-hour studio shoot would start at £200, for photo usage of, say, catalogues and internet. As with model fees, photographers' charges will increase with potential usage.

[V8mate]

ShadownINja said:

jamoor said:

We are thinking of doing some photos for some shots of our products in action, we deal in medical devices, so taking photos of people using our products in a hospital environment is what we're after.

Tell me they're not colonoscopes.

Work the camera, darling. Love it! Love it! Now turn round and smile.

Speculum?

[ShadownINja]

V8mate said:

ShadownINja said:

jamoor said:

We are thinking of doing some photos for some shots of our products in action, we deal in medical devices, so taking photos of people using our products in a hospital environment is what we're after.

Tell me they're not colonoscopes.

Work the camera, darling. Love it! Love it! Now turn round and smile.

Speculum?

You could probably find "specialist" websites offering those kind of pics anyway.

[Gordon Bennett]

jamoor said:

Hmm,

Thing is I already have a photographer who is very good and I am extremely happy with :/

Also, am I right in thinking his prices are ridiculous?

£750 for a days shooting

and then £35 per photo in the maximum size?

Oh, and £50 for retouching and £20 to burn it to a CD?

Edited by jamoor on Monday 19th January 13:37

That sounds fair for anyone half decent. I'm a bit higher than that.

[LeeThePeople]

You can find models and photographers on here very cheap, a lot of models will work for copies of the pictures etc

http://www.web-models.co.uk/

Post your job details and people get in touch who are willing to work at that price, you can see examples of their work etc on here too.

[skwdenyer]

nsa said:

Jamoor, just for your guide: retouching one photo takes 5 mins on Photoshop, and burning to a CD can be done in a batch and takes seconds. Both can be done by a trained monkey. Send me your raw photos and I will retouch and burn for £10 per shot, or 50lbs of bananas, depending on exchange rates.

With respect, what sort of "retouching" are you suggesting you can do in 5 minutes? The sort of "retouching" carried out for, say, magazine cover shots can easily take a half or even full day.

Without knowing what the criteria are and what the deliverable is, time / price discussions are pretty meaningless.

[Olivero]

Gordon Bennett said:

jamoor said:

Hmm,

Thing is I already have a photographer who is very good and I am extremely happy with :/

Also, am I right in thinking his prices are ridiculous?

£750 for a days shooting

and then £35 per photo in the maximum size?

Oh, and £50 for retouching and £20 to burn it to a CD?

Edited by jamoor on Monday 19th January 13:37

That sounds fair for anyone half decent. I'm a bit higher than that.

I am the same sort of price, well higher depending on the job.
Just spent over £4k on new glass that has to be paid for somehow.
Keep in mind that while I am sure you could get photos shot cheaper, they will often look cheaper too. Not the image you want to give potential clients.

[Gordon Bennett]

Olivero said:

Keep in mind that while I am sure you could get photos shot cheaper, they will often look cheaper too.

Somebody buy this man a drink.

If I had £1 for every time I've told someone that I'd be...well, rich.
Problem is that nowadays too many people put up with Dross.