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April 9, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Photography pricing? What to charge?
I’ve been doing photography for a little over a year. Self taught with digital dslr and photoshop editing. More and more people keep asking me to do photo shoots of them so I figured I might as well make a profit off of it.
Currently, I do location shoots of the clients choice(sometimes multiple locations), I allow outfit changes, I’ve done family portraits, infant/babies/children, fitness/modeling, and maternity portraits. I do not print the images. I’ve just been copying the high resolution images to a CD/flash drive for them to print their own images attempting to make it easier and more affordable for them.
How much should I charge for these services? Also, would you recommend I print the photos myself and sell packages? Where should I have them printed? Thanks in advance for the answers.
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This is just a side thing. I work a full time job and do this on weekends only.
Before you go on a trip you have to add up the cost. Costs for a location shoot when you DON’T have a storefront studio would include the gas for your car, the cost of your time from the time you leave home to the time you get back, plus the cost of your time dealing with post-production, and a sum that covers the cost of operating your car and equipment for the time you are using them.
Add to this the cost(s) of producing the materials of the sitting, such as batteries, film and processing if you’re not digital, reprints if you’ve sold them as part of the package, and any other accessories, INCLUDING YOUR TIME TO ACQUIRE THEM. If you spend an hour visiting shops to get the picture frame you sold then it HAS to be paid for, just as if you would have been paid by an employer.
Lastly, on top of it all there MUST be a profit margin, even after you’ve “paid yourself by the hour” to do the shoot. This is because Uncle Sam (and maybe your state and local municipality as well) want’s their cut of the action to help pay for your use of the streets and parking lots and police protection, etc. that you used to make the photographs, as well as to cover any error you may have made in calculating all of the above.
Okay, you’ve added it all up and it comes to $X. This is what you MUST make from the sitting, and it doesn’t matter WHO you are photographing, you WON’T shoot the sitting for less. It helps if you have a PRINTED pricelist beforehand, spelling out all the charges IN WRITING. You’d be surprised at how much this cuts down on arguments over the price. You also will have a SIGNED AGREEMENT ahead of time with your client that gives you the ownership rights to the images, and that they can be used for self-promotion at any time in the future WITH OR WITHOUT notification.
I used to sweeten the prices by having my minimum necessary price available for those who paid in full in advance advertised as a TWENTY PERCENT DISCOUNTED PRICE. Any other payment method, other than for additional reprints, was FULL price, which was actually 25% higher than the discount, because 20% off a 125% price equals 100% of the discounted price. Check it with your calculator if you don’t believe me. Say the minimum price point is $100. Take 20% off of $125, then take 20% off of $120. Which comes out right?
Down the road, when you’ve built up your practice, you can work from the other end: you already know how many sittings you do per week, and you know how much it costs you to be in business AND cover your personal expenses such as food, clothing, and shelter, AND still have a little to put in your retirement and savings accounts, then total costs and profit margin divided by number of sittings equals how much you MUST charge per sitting. Charge less and you die. That’s all there is to it.
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March 13, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
components of fitness?
for my homework, i need to know the components of fitness used for football, tennis, dance, rugby and netball, and why – any help on either of these will be very much appreciated x
Fitness = cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscle strength/power, flexibility, speed and reaction time, skill or motor fitness (eg co-ordination, balance, agility), body composition (fat-lean ratio) and nutrition.
The first 3 are the main ones required for all the sports named above. With maybe flexibility being more important for dance. To be more specific:
Football and rugby- cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance, muscle strength (legs in particular), speed.
Tennis – CV endurance, muscle endurance, muscle strength (esp in arms), co-ordination, agility, speed.
Dance – CV endurance, generic keyword viagra muscle strength (esp in legs), body composition, flexibility
Netball – Same as tennis really?
Is that enough detail or do you need to know the definition for each of those components? Happy to answer more for you if you want
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