A friend (and co-worker) has asked me to be the photographer at her May wedding. I like to take pictures and I do a pretty good job, but I don't have any formal training or experience. I have a digital camera which takes pretty good pictures, and would be transferring the pictures to disc to give to her. I have no idea how much to charge, though. I know it shouldn't be too much, since I'm not a professional, but I don't want to screw myself, either, because I can REALLY use the money. Please give me some suggestions! Thanks!
2007-03-13 04:27:14 · 9 answers · asked by oj 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
My girl friend just got a quote for $600 from an amateur because they normally charge over $1,000 on the east coast.
Depend on where you live. I would look up some photography places and check out their fees and go from there.
You figure 8 hours at least $20 an hour... don't go under $160 but don't go over $500. I would say $250 would be cheap and fair.
PS- get ready to take over 300 pictures!!!
2007-03-13 04:55:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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You won't incur in any expenses by using your digital camera. If you charge her and you don;t have any experience and your camera is not professional grade (7 megapixels or more) then don't bother charging her. Tell her that that will be your gift for her wedding and call it even.
If you charge her, she will expect hundreds of pictures of excellent quality. Be careful, if she doesn't like the pictures or something happens to your camera, she will accuse you of ruining her wedding, ask for the money back and ruin your friendship.
If you are willing to take the hundreds of pictures, then make sure that you buy plenty of memory cards and replacement bateries. Youc an charge her for those only. Receipts on hand or ask her to buy them for you.
If you want to build your portafolio then you should not charge her at all. Wedding photography is harder than it looks like, there is a difference between taking a few pictures on your kids b-day party and a massive event such a wedding. That is 5 hours of constant labor and you won't be eating dinner or sipping drinks, leave alone enjoy the party.
Good luck
2007-03-13 04:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by Blunt 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Amatuer photography implies that you don't get paid.
Professional photographers get paid.
We were looking for a good deal when we got married and I paid the dude about $1000. That is actually a little cheaper than we might have gotten it done elsewhere. Depends on how much work you want.
2007-03-13 04:36:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Charge enough to cover all the expenses and a small fee (depending on how close a friend she is) to cover your time. If you want to start doing this as a part time profession (money maker) ask her to tell all her friends who view your work about you and give them your number. I started doing wedding videos the same way and within a few months had more business than I could handle.
2007-03-13 04:32:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Neither did I and then after my friend's wedding, word of mouth got around and I had alot of offers...I chickened out instead of getting schooling and BOY do I regret it!! Call a photographer in town and see what they say for advice on how much $$$.One I did was over $400, another over $200, depends on ALOT!!!
2007-03-13 04:33:31 · answer #8 · answered by rhonda_seiler 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-03-09 07:24:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have no formal training or experience, then I think you should only charge her what you think you are worth per hour. Are your skills worth $10/ hr? If I were doing it just for the experience I would charge maybe only $50 plus the cost of the disc.
2007-03-13 04:38:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋