im evaluating prices as a possibility to starting up my own Photography business, and am wondering if these prices are really cheep for a new comer?
Engagement Session- $50.00 for 3 hours. Your choice of location(s).
Wedding Session- $90.00 includes pre wedding primping, individual photographs, bride and groom only, formal setting with family and wedding party, and the reception. Your choice of location(s).
Seniors- $20.00 for 3 hours. Your choice of location(s).
Family & Children- $35.00 for 3 hours. Your choice of location(s).
Now I'm no pro yet, but let's do some math just for the senior portrait shoot. 3 hours for for 20 bucks leaves you making about $6.66 an hour. So already well below minimum wage, and we just got started. Now add in your costs of getting to the location, and all the time afterwords for post processing. Now you're hardly making anything, and don't forget all the time you put in to photography to get better, and your equipment expenses. Like Annie said, don't sell yourself short. Even being new to the professional side of photography I think you can charge a lot more, as long as you know how to meet your customers demands.
Anyway I hope your business goes really well for you and you make some money with it. Good luck!
I definitely think you are under-charging. I recently did a photo shoot for a friend of mine, and it wasn't even a real shoot as such. I just shot the kids being kids. We hadn't discussed prices, as I was planning on doing this for free. Out there for one hour. Afterwards, he handed me $30.
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Anyway I hope your business goes really well for you and you make some money with it. Good luck!
If you're not confident charging for your work, don't. Once you are, charge properly.
Try Alicia Caine's Easy as Pie for some pricing tips in the meantime. And good luck!
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