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pay for being a photographer?

Replies: 8 — Last Post May 11 4:24pm by girlbythewhirlpool

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( dragonking )

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A coworker of mine asked me to photograph his son playing baseball, since I am a professional photographer. I am just starting out and am not sure what to charge (I'll be getting about 100 dollars for each graduation I photograph this month and the next). It'll be photographing his son playing baseball for 2 hours each game. How much do you think is a fair price to charge for that?

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jennifer elizabeth

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thirty or forty a game.

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AmeliaEnit

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100 not including cost of print

Jgain6

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i say 50 a game. Well it depends.. How good are you?

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EarthEmpire

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"Professional photographer" is a rather obscure term, it's hard to say how much you should get paid. Can we see some of your works?

I'd say since it's just for a kid, $25/game?

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ladyface

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you need to figure out how you want to set your base price. Do you want to charge by frame (example- 100 frames for X dollars), charge by the hour, or a flat rate for the entire shoot? Figure that out, then research what other photographers in your area are charging and charge a bit less than that.

One of my photography professors charged a flat rate of $1000 a day, but he is an established pro photographer and is able to charge such an amount.

So... can anyone that charges for photo work call themselves a professional photographer? lol.

Post edited at 6:13 pm on May 7, 2008 by ladyface

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starrynight401

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Remember to consider how much your spending on supplies too.

( dragonking )

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I asked a professor of mine and she told me 75 dollars to photograph, edit and print photos of kids playing sports. So I plan to charge about that. Also I live in NY so things are more expensive year.

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girlbythewhirlpool

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do you have any qualifications?

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