Jethro
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Hey guys. So I have this question for you..how much have you charged for photos when you just started taking money for pictures?
I'm asking because I've been thinking about starting to charge something for a while, but I've never had the courage to ask people to pay me because I've been always saying to myself that I'm not that kind of pro, not that good etc, that I would scare them away...but now this girl wrote me a message saying that she saw the pictures of a friend I took and that she loved them and she asked me if I could take some pictures of her too. AND she asked me how much do I charge - therefore kinda saving me the part where I say "pay me". On one hand I'm really happy that she thinks I am good enough to get some money, on the other hand I'm really confused because I just dont know how much to charge since I don't consider myself to be some kind of super truper pro, but I also don't think I am a noob. And I also know this girl - we're not a great friends or something, she just went to the same high school. But still, I checked the pricelists of some photographers in my city and they're charging around 40-50$ for and hour of work in exterior and +-10 edited pictures in printing quality. So do you think it would be okay for me to ask her for something around 20 bucks? (there's not going to be any contract or something - this would be my first payed work)
I'm asking because I've been thinking about starting to charge something for a while, but I've never had the courage to ask people to pay me because I've been always saying to myself that I'm not that kind of pro, not that good etc, that I would scare them away...but now this girl wrote me a message saying that she saw the pictures of a friend I took and that she loved them and she asked me if I could take some pictures of her too. AND she asked me how much do I charge - therefore kinda saving me the part where I say "pay me". On one hand I'm really happy that she thinks I am good enough to get some money, on the other hand I'm really confused because I just dont know how much to charge since I don't consider myself to be some kind of super truper pro, but I also don't think I am a noob. And I also know this girl - we're not a great friends or something, she just went to the same high school. But still, I checked the pricelists of some photographers in my city and they're charging around 40-50$ for and hour of work in exterior and +-10 edited pictures in printing quality. So do you think it would be okay for me to ask her for something around 20 bucks? (there's not going to be any contract or something - this would be my first payed work)