Thank you Basted! :3
chesticles wrote:Hey um RuYi if u dont mind me asking cuz i have a friend who takes excellent photos n im tryin to convince her to work freelance. About how much do you charge?
I'm a freelance photographer, I study and got other jobs so this is definitely not a full time job that needs to pay the all the bills. My prices are always lower than of the photographers that depend on their photography for a living.
Prices depend on what the customer wants really.
- Prices for portraits start around € 35,00 (about $46)
- Wedding Photography: vanaf € 250,00 (about $326)
- Starting models can request series for their portfolio, but I don't have standard prices for that; they all want something different so it's hard to set just one price.
- Pictures on location - recently got a car - about 19 cent per km, gasoline doesn't pay itself. :3
- I also have a small studio with professional lights if needed.
I also take care of printing, people can have them printed, or I can burn them on a CD, DVD as slideshow, canvas or printed in a hardbook cover. I had a pricelist laying around but I can't find it at the moment.
Usually young people come to me for photography, starting models, young people getting married, they usually don't have the money for a professional photographer, and appearantly I'm a good 2nd option lol.
Only thing I don't do is fetish photography, artistic nude is fine, but nothing beyond that.
Being a photographer is fun, but you don't have complete freedom, people who come to you always have sort of a wish and you're going to have to fulfill it. Of course there's space for your own input, but it'd unacceptable if YOU like the photo's, but your customer does not. Especially at a wedding it's a mistake you simply cannot make.
Also, never leave without backup. I'm drowning in memory cards and batterypacks. I have always two camera's in case something happens.
Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade, it doesn't only cough up money, it costs alot aswell. The Canon EOS 450D I recently bought, I spent tons on new, better lenses and what not. Before I started earning something, I had spent loads already. ><
Then again, I always get the biggest slice of wedding cake.
So worth it.
, Snoopy when you said cannes film festival what did you mean?
