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By *buse my girlfriend OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derby

I have been asked to take some product shots for someone's website, I am unsure what I should charge? I don't know how many I will be taking, could be 10, 100 or even a thousand. Do I charge by the product or by the hour? What is the going rate? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Kristian.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charge £40 per hour

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By *buse my girlfriend OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derby


"Charge £40 per hour"

Really? Blimey... Giving my day job up then lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I charge about that for graphic design, don't see why photography would be any different

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

By the hour especially if you have to do work on them before uploading etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Took some pics for a couple on here and charged them £120, they were happy with that, not sure if that's relevant though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Discuss the value of what they want you to do.

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By *imply_SensualMan
over a year ago

warrington


"I have been asked to take some product shots for someone's website, I am unsure what I should charge? I don't know how many I will be taking, could be 10, 100 or even a thousand. Do I charge by the product or by the hour? What is the going rate? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Kristian. "

And remember the work doesn't stop when the camera is put away - you will have editing, reviewing, getting their agreement etc.

You need a good price per hour, or if you can get to know in advance how many products there will be, have an 'all-in' price in your head to keep a compromise.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have been asked to take some product shots for someone's website, I am unsure what I should charge? I don't know how many I will be taking, could be 10, 100 or even a thousand. Do I charge by the product or by the hour? What is the going rate? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Kristian. "

I have some clients that I charge by the hour and some that I charge by the product. When they tell me what products they have, I can tell them how many hours it'll take.

I start at approximately £18 per product. That's for one view of something on a white background.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Charge £40 per hour

Really? Blimey... Giving my day job up then lol."

This is really a minimum amount that you should be earning as a photographer.

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By *buse my girlfriend OP   Couple
over a year ago

Derby

Many thanks to you all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Depends how good a photographer you think you are and what you think your time is worth.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

you can shoot a lot of photos in an hour,but its the after effects,as like time for editing them,that can take hours,plus it depends on what photos are required.so i would imagine around 100 an hour would still be cheap....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"you can shoot a lot of photos in an hour,but its the after effects,as like time for editing them,that can take hours,plus it depends on what photos are required.so i would imagine around 100 an hour would still be cheap...."

It depends what you're shooting. When I was working in a product studio shooting catalogues we would aim to do 50 single-shot products a day. That's hardly 'lots' per hour.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

and a lot of post processing can be automated - all depends on your set up and the clients needs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am a semi professional photographer, graphic designer, video editor and also specialise in post production photo editing. I charge depending on the complexity of the job. For my last session, I charged £300 for a 2 hour shoot which included all photos from the shoot along with 30 edited shots that I post production edited.

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By *horeyMan
over a year ago

Calne

I charge a day rate rather than hourly rate; as it's often dfficult to predict how long a shoot is going to take to the nearest hour and there's nothing worse than having to invoice more than you quoted. Expenses (travl, accomodation, subsistence) for location shoots are extra at cost.

As others have said, you can easily spend just as long in post as you do on the shoot; so make sure the client is aware of the time/cost of that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Charge £40 per hour

Really? Blimey... Giving my day job up then lol."

£40 an hour isn't unreasonable but can sound like a lot of money.

However are you able to charge for your time input on the photos after you've taken them? If not your income comes down pro rata.

£40 sounds like £1600 a week, but most togs I know don't do a 40 hour week.

Ain't life a bitch?

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