I am not a professional photographer or anything of the such. My grandmother is about to turn 100 yrs old come Feb 19. I am considering taking photos for the family since we do need to hire a photographer...(which would be more expensive). But, I am having a problem considering what would be an ideal price to charge and how should I go about charging (per photo)? I anticipate taking about 250 photos of this life-time, memorable event. I have a high quality 5.0 megapixel digital cam and a high quality photo printer. The photos print out great. If charging for each photo would be best in your idea, how much would you say I charge for each photo.
2007-02-09 11:41:23 · 16 answers · asked by Str8 E 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Here's a suggestion... I got this idea from my daughter who started doing this for her friends.
You KNOW that everyone will say they want some pictures. Many will say that they want "one of everything" no matter how many you take. You also know that they will be offended if you charge them too much and most will have no idea what your true costs are.
Go ahead and take 250 photos and then upload the best 100 or so to Yahoo! Photos, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or some other on-line photo printing service. Put them all in one album and name it appropriately. Then you can send the link to this album to all of your family members and it's up to THEM to choose and pay for their own prints. If you do this for free, some will only really want one or two, but they will ask you for 100, which will all end up in a drawer somewhere. If they get to order their own, they won't go so crazy and it won't cost you a penny. They will see that the charge is reasonable and they will not suspect that you are making any money off of the event.
2007-02-09 13:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Jess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to take in consideration many factors.
1. Its family - You will have a long term relationship with them so be causiouse what you do.
2. Using Digital you have the advantage of being able to print pictures on a CD. But how many of the family that will want pictures are willing to go out and get their pictures printed on their own. Also depending on the DVD player they have (if they have one) some might even be able to see the pictures on there TV's.
3. When charging per picture take in consideration the cost of the paper, Ink and wear & tear of your equipment. Then beak down the price per unit. No more than US$1.
There is nothing wrong with charging family for materials and use of equipment, but unless it was your business I would not charge for services.
Here's another idea of what you can do. Charge $1 dolar for every picture with a maximum of 5 pictures of their liking, also offer to mail them a CD-rom with all the pictures you took at no charge. This will save the wear & tear of your equipment. With the little money you make you can use to pay for the Shipping & Handleing of the CD you will mail to them. Plus it's a good excuse to get everyones mailing addresses for you to send Season greeting cards during the future holidays.
Make this a memorable event and enjoy taking the pictures.
Some things you can do after taking a few pictures, hook up your camera to a TV and display them to the family every so often.
Good luck and most of all have fun.
Jesse
2007-02-09 12:22:17 · answer #2 · answered by jessejamesthegreat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you hire a pro, you shouldn't charge your family for anything but the cost of the prints. I'm a semi-pro and took all the shots of my 103 yr old grandfather, it was a great experience. However, I don't have a good shot of Me with him. Whether you charge your family or not, you'll miss out on the more important thing of the day - spending time and celebrating with her instead of wondering whether you got a good shot. Consider hiring a photography student from a local college. Or try what most weddings do which is to have not a photographer at the reception just a bunch of disposable cameras for everyone to document the moments themselves.
2007-02-10 13:31:08 · answer #3 · answered by notjemama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a jello cake can be made for almost any occasion and it is very easy and tastes and looks very pleasing. Buy a white cake mix like Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker. Bake the cake as directed. Meanwhile take a large pkg. of jello what ever kind you think she would like.(I like to do this one with mandarin orange). Instead of the 2 cups of cold water and 2 cups of hot water for the making of the jello leave a half of a cup for each one out. When the cake comes out of the oven poke holes all over the top of the cake, drizzle the jello liquid over the holes. Put the cake in the fridge to cool. When it is totally cool cover the top with cool whip and decorate with mandarin oranges and pieces of fresh mint. Grandma will be real impressed. (it's a great dessert anytime) You can also do this with strawberries and strawberry jello or berry and berry jello.
2016-05-24 18:45:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think you should charge them, you're doing this as a favour so they don't have to waste money on a professional. If you were a professional I'd say charge but your not. If you're printing them yourself and it's a digital camera, then it's not really at any cost for you. If you were getting them developed I'd say work out how much it costs to develop each print but you're not. So do it as a favour for your grandma's birthday.
2007-02-09 11:59:12 · answer #5 · answered by jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alan is the man with the plan!!
An alternate solution is to send the interested family members a CD with the images and they can print their own at the drugstore kiosk.
Some older members may not be computer saavy or have access to ordering on-line, This would cost you a bit more. You can call it your present to Grandma.
Best wishes!
2007-02-09 14:24:17 · answer #6 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing, zero, nada, no money what soever.
What's wrong with you man. Greed get in the way of your thinking.
It is a rare occurence that a grandma reaches the century mark. If they want a picture, pass it on, if they don't ask , don't. It is really simple and will avoid family feud for sure.
I can't believe you even asked that question. I suppose if you had to take her to the hospital you would want to get paid for that too.
2007-02-10 20:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by P.A.M. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's your family, you should'nt really charge anything but.... $0.50 ea should be pretty well priced, at a pharmacy they charge $0.15 to print each pic so you would get some money out of it you have a big family!
2007-02-09 11:45:29 · answer #8 · answered by NI DM 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since it is family, I would e mail pictures for free let them print them out. If I had to print them out maybe 20 cent a picture.
2007-02-09 11:46:05 · answer #9 · answered by shadouse 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's your family you damn rip off, if you are going to charge them, you might as well get a professional that knows what they are doing!
If you must do it yourself, have them buy the film. How could you charge your family for something like this?
2007-02-09 11:45:41 · answer #10 · answered by answerman 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋