CarlaB
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Hi,
I've been photographing jewelry for about 3 years now, and I still don't know how much to charge. I know, 3 years photographing jewelry and still don't have a set pricelist for it? I have to admit that I'm not a very good business person. I started charging my only client $20 per item, I believe the first time she gave me about 60-70 items. There is always a different amount, sometimes she gives me 50 pieces, and other times she gives me 20. Her jewelry costs about $200 and/or more, and she sells it to high end stores such us Anthropology & Fred Segal. A couple of years later, she came up with a new line specifically aimed at college students on a budget, they ranged from $10-$20 per piece. This is when she asked me to drop down the price to $10, I did since she is my only "jewelry client." She is very specific when it comes to what she wants, she wants her pieces to be shot on a clean white background with no shadows (something that I've been struggling with because there is always a natural soft shadow in the images, unless I get rid of the background in photoshop and this can take from 10 to 30 min per piece). The reason why she doesn't want any shadows is because these pictures go to magazines and this is the requirement).
How much do you think it is a fair price for both of us, the designer and myself? I know that she is trying to cut her expenses as much as possible, but I also know that she is my only client (at least for now, since I'm starting to work on promoting my product photography skills). Here is just one of my samples: Ok, I was going to upload a pic but they are not letting me, maybe it is because I'm fairly new here and they haven't approved me yet?
I've been photographing jewelry for about 3 years now, and I still don't know how much to charge. I know, 3 years photographing jewelry and still don't have a set pricelist for it? I have to admit that I'm not a very good business person. I started charging my only client $20 per item, I believe the first time she gave me about 60-70 items. There is always a different amount, sometimes she gives me 50 pieces, and other times she gives me 20. Her jewelry costs about $200 and/or more, and she sells it to high end stores such us Anthropology & Fred Segal. A couple of years later, she came up with a new line specifically aimed at college students on a budget, they ranged from $10-$20 per piece. This is when she asked me to drop down the price to $10, I did since she is my only "jewelry client." She is very specific when it comes to what she wants, she wants her pieces to be shot on a clean white background with no shadows (something that I've been struggling with because there is always a natural soft shadow in the images, unless I get rid of the background in photoshop and this can take from 10 to 30 min per piece). The reason why she doesn't want any shadows is because these pictures go to magazines and this is the requirement).
How much do you think it is a fair price for both of us, the designer and myself? I know that she is trying to cut her expenses as much as possible, but I also know that she is my only client (at least for now, since I'm starting to work on promoting my product photography skills). Here is just one of my samples: Ok, I was going to upload a pic but they are not letting me, maybe it is because I'm fairly new here and they haven't approved me yet?