Photography: Hourly Rates
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- SirLawrence0
ours do not include material, and the studio usage is sorta limited, cuz we just have a set up in a spare room.
most our projects are on location, interior photos, that sort of thing. For these we ad travel expenses and all that.
Basically, clients think photography is pushing a button. While for some celeb photographers that is the case - may start a new thread here - you need to take in account lighting set up, test shots, backgrounds, composition testing, etc. all before you push the button for your 4x5 or 120 film.
Keep your expenses separate too = you will shoot much more then originally planned for. We once had this location shoot at an office, and were talked into 'quickly' making some extra pics of the CEO's brand new beamer... for free - no? If you base a sot list per photo (expenses) you can more easily obtain the additional costs. If your client understands that there is a difference between a shot and a photo that is ;-)