Would you sell the originals? - DPChallenge Forums

07/28/2006 02:57:26 AM · #1

Wanting to know how much I should charge a wedding party...or anyone for that matter for a cd with all the photos I took in 4x6...I was thinking $500 on top of all the other charges...let me know...trying to send an e-mail tonight.

Clint

fotomann_forever

07/28/2006 03:01:02 AM · #2

$500 sounds about right... how many exposures are we talking about?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

07/28/2006 03:06:11 AM · #3

Well...none right now...I'm telling them my prices...from past weddings I shoot anywhere from 600-1000 photos

fotomann_forever

07/28/2006 03:12:07 AM · #4

That's quite a bit... you're looking at between 50-75 cents per shot... I think you are cutting yourself way short at $500.

redsunphotography

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

07/28/2006 03:27:28 AM · #5

So you're selling them a CD full of the images, un-processed in digital form?

500$?

Am I thinking of the right thing?

That's why I can never be a wedding photographer. When I put my potential price list together for my business, I was going to charge 5$ for a CD or DVD with all the raw pictures on it. I just wanted to charge an hourly rate.

I can never be a wedding photographer, because I can also never undercut the market!

-Hideo

Matthew

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount

07/28/2006 04:23:33 AM · #6

Originally posted by redsunphotography:

If you charge a full hourly rate, then it is reasonable to charge only a nominal fee for copies of the negatives. The clients get copies of all the images.

However, if you charge no hourly rate, or a heavily discounted hourly rate in the expectation of being able to sell prints, then you need to recoup the cost of lost picture sales as a consequence of having supplied the CD. The benefit for the client is that they do not have to pay anything if they do not like/want the prints.

In both examples, the photographer is aiming to get roughly the same amount of money, but by different means. So, by charging an hourly rate you would not necessarily be undercutting the opposition.

07/28/2006 05:28:34 AM · #7

Yea...I would love to get $500 worth of prints...but it never amounts to that...and I do get paid aside for the job...I'm trying to get all the money I can...this is not a 8-5 kinda job...as most here know.

Makka

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

07/28/2006 05:34:44 AM · #8

I've done it twice before and charged $500 (Aus) for them. Basically you have to figure that you're missing out on print money.