Photo Pricing. 1111 Responses

Last post: 5 years, 2 months ago | Thread started: Mar 13, 08, 10:21 p.m.

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• traut

  ok, so a bunch of artists that have studios in the same building as mine. found out i shoot photos and what not and now a few are interested in having me shoot photos of there paintings / etc for there websites and what not. since most of these people are not selling a huge amount of work some more than others what would be a fair cost for doing this would you think ? per piece ?

  Mar 13, 08, 10:21 p.m. – Permalink

• OSFA

  Not sure since I'm not a photographer, but if the pieces are good, suggest an exchange no? just a thought...

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 10:33 p.m. – Permalink

• traut

  possibly, though some of the artists are approaching me to photograph work thats already been purchased so they have a copy for there portfolio.

  

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  Dog-earMar 13, 08, 10:51 p.m. – Permalink

• traut

  bump*

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 8:36 a.m. – Permalink

• inhaler97

  Id say 300, depending how many pieces they want photographed.

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 9:33 a.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  charge whatever you think they will pay. don't do it for trade. and don't sell yourself short. too often i see people doing work like this for next to nothing 'cause its for "artists".

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 9:41 a.m. – Permalink

• traut

  each artist is different and each will have slightly different needs with what they will be using the photos for. A few people want me to shoot as they sell the piece. Others want me to shoot like 5 pieces in there portfolio. Others want me to shoot there entire portfolio. So I'm really trying to find an affordable per piece price that works for someone wanting 1 piece all the way up to 30.
  Mainly trying to see if anyone has done this and what have they charged...

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 11:32 a.m. – Permalink

• jbyers

  Get GAG's Pricing and Ethical Guidelines. It'll give you an idea of what the standard is, and then you can adjust your price to the client's needs.

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 11:57 a.m. – Permalink

• sikma

  setup a day/afternoon for the shoot and do every ones work all at once. don't do it on their terms - artists are flaky and will take too much time to organize.

  set-up a "copy stand". two lights on 45 degrees angles and DON'T move the lights or change the exposure. this way you can process all the images together. consistency is the key to keeping it simple and profitable.

  • great advice. make it efficient and profitable for yourself, yet still affordable for the artists so they come back every 6 months or whatever.– horton

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 12:12 p.m. – Permalink

• Daro

  Use a polaroid filter if you shoot oil paintings. I charge $50 per shot + color correction time if they want it. Once you get the setup like sikma said, the shots go really quick, 5-10 mins each.

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 1:28 p.m. – Permalink

• Redmond

  Their, not there. :/

  • piss off– sikma1/3

    huh ?– traut2/3

    he's correcting grammer in a forum......errrrrrr...– sikma3/3

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 2:54 p.m. – Permalink

• traut

  thanks for the suggestions.

  

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  Dog-earMar 14, 08, 4:15 p.m. – Permalink