Hello there,
I'm not going to lie. I am very nervous at the prospect of doing product photography. However, someone approached me after seeing the results of a wedding I recently shot. This individual is developing her own cosmetics line and needs a photographer to shoot the product for the catalog she is making, and to distribute (digitally) to other retailers who will carry the product.
First things first. I have no idea how to price this. I do not want to charge hourly since this is my first time, and I will take however long it takes to get the shots just right. But what is a reasonable price for this type of work? If it helps, I will be shooting 86 individual pieces of product. I'm thinking 4 main exterior product images and the rest will be for color / texture. The images will be provided in digital format to the client afterwards.
Any thoughts? I'm in way over my head here. In fact, wedding photography is easy in comparison (well, at least pricing wise). Thanks everyone for any insight you have, or maybe where I can look to get my questions answered.
-Canaan
I'm not going to lie. I am very nervous at the prospect of doing product photography. However, someone approached me after seeing the results of a wedding I recently shot. This individual is developing her own cosmetics line and needs a photographer to shoot the product for the catalog she is making, and to distribute (digitally) to other retailers who will carry the product.
First things first. I have no idea how to price this. I do not want to charge hourly since this is my first time, and I will take however long it takes to get the shots just right. But what is a reasonable price for this type of work? If it helps, I will be shooting 86 individual pieces of product. I'm thinking 4 main exterior product images and the rest will be for color / texture. The images will be provided in digital format to the client afterwards.
Any thoughts? I'm in way over my head here. In fact, wedding photography is easy in comparison (well, at least pricing wise). Thanks everyone for any insight you have, or maybe where I can look to get my questions answered.
-Canaan