Re: First Paying Gig - How much should I charge?
- From: vasicrj@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:59:26 -0400
wfear ear plugs, those foam ones, AND a sound attenuating headset;
like the ones the guys wear when they are running jackhamers. and i'm
not kidding, you will be working hard and fast, noise is very
fatiguing.
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:02:03 -0400, Alan Browne
<alan.browne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
JimO wrote:.
There is a small concert promoter who is doing battle of the bands concerts
throughout the US with finals in Denver. I walked into one of his shows
just to get some pictures and, after sending him some at his request, he
liked them and wants to hire me for another Texas show. It is for two
nights from 7PM to 1AM. I estimate around 3000 to 4000 exposures all
together. Each band will get about 25 exposures or so on a CD. There are 16
bands all together. I just walked in there to get some pictures for my
local photograpy club contests and never expected to get hired. I have no
earthly idea what to charge. This guy is probably not going to pay
professional rates (or maybe he does... I don't know - just my hunch). What
would be a fair price to charge him that he won't blow me off?
I'm not a pro and don't play one on tv.
Offhand if it's a shoot and run after giving him the CD's I'd charge at
least $100 per hour (and thinking of $200), plus travel expenses with a
$750 kill fee. (Consider the venue size, advertising that he is pulling
in and so on as a barometer to what you charge).
Don't forget he's paying for:
-your time (travel, shooting, editing, burning CD's)
-your ability (which we'll assume is at least decent)
-your capital equipment
-your attendant expenses (travel, CD's)
-your insurance (whether you have it or you're self-insured)
A 6 hour realtime shoot in band-decibels is GRUELING! I did a small
college battle of the bands a few years ago... arggh.
You might price it differently according to product (each CD for $100;
max 25 full rez images per CD).
You might make it a flat fee for two nights with a kill fee.
You might consider that you retain all rights and shoot for free. You
get experience and portfolio and if any of the bands want to use an
image (albums, web, posters) you can then charge $500 - $1000 for the
image use rights.
Talk to the man and work something out. What are his expectations?
Cheers,
Alan.
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