Pricing Work Help

After putting photography aside for a few years to earn my college degrees, I would like to get into photography full-time and would like some help on developing
a price structure for what to charge. I would appreciate any help that you can offer in this matter. Examples etc.

Best,
Jerry

This is not something people who do not live in your area can really help you with.

Lots of factors.

• Are you a good photographer?
• Are you a better photographer than the others in your area?
• What is the going rate for photographers in your area?
• What kind of photography are you planning to do?
• Do you have a web site set up?
• Do you have a good portfolio ready to show?

Figure all this out and you should have a good idea of where you should be priced.

I agree with Don only other things to think of is,

How much do you think you are worth ? If you make $100 a day in a day job for 8 hours, how much do you think your time is worth with the shoot and editing

Do you have any expenses to add into the price (Travel etc)

When you have settled on a price, do you want to start off a little lower on an introductory rate so that you get more photos for your portfolio/website

Really honestly depends what you feel your time is worth/what each project entails.

For instance, for a typical nightlife event, most bars and clubs will cringe to fork even 100$ to you and the time required can be anywhere from 1-4 hours + editing.

I'd say a good rule of thumb/starting point is $100/hr for miscellaneous gigs, if your shots prove you are better than most people in your area with a camera. And this is for walk in, shoot, walk out situations since you can easily charge for setup otherwise.