milkyman90
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Hi all, yet another newbie asking for advice on "what to charge", although I'll try and be as specific as I can with this one and use my own brain where possible...
I shot a local music festival last week. One of the bands was made up of six guys from a nearby school. Backstage were their parents, some of whom asked how and where they can see and buy the photos I was taking. I gave them my card.
One parent has since been in touch. I directed him to a watermarked gallery of the shots and also provided a Photobox link where he could order prints for around £7 each (if you live across the pond then don't let my currency put you off
).
Today I received an email from the same parent saying "Superb photos! What would be the cost of a high quality disk of all the images? This would be for personal use only."
Now in all likelihood if the guy had all the originals he would share them with the other parents of the band members whether he was 'allowed' to or not, so with that in mind I have to give him a quote...
There are 70 images in the set.
My initial thoughts were to charge "a fair whack" for the whole lot, but to also offer a disc with photos of only his son for significantly less, as that way sharing the images will not be an issue.
Out of my head I plucked the figure of £70 for all the photos (£1 an image!), £20 for his son only and £25 if I included the group shots of the band. Sound fair to you? Too high? Too low? Please give your opinion :blushing:
I've no idea what a seasoned pro would charge in this situation. Of course I have the voice in my ear saying "don't price yourself out of a sale!" But I'm also all to aware of the importance of not underselling oneself as a photographer. And the photos are good!
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance guys and gals
I shot a local music festival last week. One of the bands was made up of six guys from a nearby school. Backstage were their parents, some of whom asked how and where they can see and buy the photos I was taking. I gave them my card.
One parent has since been in touch. I directed him to a watermarked gallery of the shots and also provided a Photobox link where he could order prints for around £7 each (if you live across the pond then don't let my currency put you off

Today I received an email from the same parent saying "Superb photos! What would be the cost of a high quality disk of all the images? This would be for personal use only."
Now in all likelihood if the guy had all the originals he would share them with the other parents of the band members whether he was 'allowed' to or not, so with that in mind I have to give him a quote...
There are 70 images in the set.
My initial thoughts were to charge "a fair whack" for the whole lot, but to also offer a disc with photos of only his son for significantly less, as that way sharing the images will not be an issue.
Out of my head I plucked the figure of £70 for all the photos (£1 an image!), £20 for his son only and £25 if I included the group shots of the band. Sound fair to you? Too high? Too low? Please give your opinion :blushing:
I've no idea what a seasoned pro would charge in this situation. Of course I have the voice in my ear saying "don't price yourself out of a sale!" But I'm also all to aware of the importance of not underselling oneself as a photographer. And the photos are good!
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance guys and gals
