jemmy
TPF Noob!
Hi again! Another few questions - i know you must be so surprised! Was just wondering
1...how many shots you guys take in a portrait session?
2...how many shots you cut these down to to show the client?
3...how much post-processing time you allow say per picture, or per session of photographs?
4...do you base your pricing on an hourly rate based on the time you spend from wo to go?
Basically i am going over my original prices (more or less based on how much it costs my to have them developed) and looking at my time...
As an example...
*a shoot takes me 1hour - i take about 180 photos
*then i look through them and try to cut back as many as i can (this was a prob with a recent session because i loved too many and only cut some)
..which would take maybe half an hour?
*then i convert from RAW to Tiff which takes probably half an hour again?
*then i may go to PhotoShop and adjust levels/curves as necessary which may take another hour or more?
*then i go through all the 'finals' with the client which may take about an hour again?? That is provided they are 'good' decision-makers??
So is it wise to add all this time together (4hrs) to work out my sitting fee price? I was hoping to offer a cheap sitting fee of about $50.00 Aus but after going through all this, i dont know if it will work to my advantage after all. (*My thinking was, if i offered a cheap sitting fee, it would encourage more 'clients' then so long as the photos were great they would recommend me to others and build clientelle that way - also with reasonably cheap prints!?) I'm sure you guys work quicker than this but this i think is an honest idea of how long i think i would take at this stage.
Thanks in advance for answering my questions ~ i am the first to admit i ask toooooooooo many but I really appreciate your expertise! Thanks
:heart: Jemma
1...how many shots you guys take in a portrait session?
2...how many shots you cut these down to to show the client?
3...how much post-processing time you allow say per picture, or per session of photographs?
4...do you base your pricing on an hourly rate based on the time you spend from wo to go?
Basically i am going over my original prices (more or less based on how much it costs my to have them developed) and looking at my time...
As an example...
*a shoot takes me 1hour - i take about 180 photos
*then i look through them and try to cut back as many as i can (this was a prob with a recent session because i loved too many and only cut some)
..which would take maybe half an hour?
*then i convert from RAW to Tiff which takes probably half an hour again?
*then i may go to PhotoShop and adjust levels/curves as necessary which may take another hour or more?
*then i go through all the 'finals' with the client which may take about an hour again?? That is provided they are 'good' decision-makers??
So is it wise to add all this time together (4hrs) to work out my sitting fee price? I was hoping to offer a cheap sitting fee of about $50.00 Aus but after going through all this, i dont know if it will work to my advantage after all. (*My thinking was, if i offered a cheap sitting fee, it would encourage more 'clients' then so long as the photos were great they would recommend me to others and build clientelle that way - also with reasonably cheap prints!?) I'm sure you guys work quicker than this but this i think is an honest idea of how long i think i would take at this stage.
Thanks in advance for answering my questions ~ i am the first to admit i ask toooooooooo many but I really appreciate your expertise! Thanks
:heart: Jemma