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fees and invoices
Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 1:22 PM on 05.28.03 |
| ->> What's everyone charging for their capture fees and is it per camera or just a blanket fee. Also what are you charging for disks that you need to send in for editing? |
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Darron R. Silva, Photographer
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Grand Rapids | MI | USA | Posted: 1:28 PM on 05.28.03 |
| ->> I've learned from some of the more experienced guys out there to charge for all the digital stuff - you have to in order to help offset the expense of the gear. I charge a digital capture fee for each card shot, a digital processing fee to cover my time working with the images in photoshop, and a small fee to burn a CD. |
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Jock Fistick, Photographer
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Brussels | Belgium | | Posted: 7:34 PM on 05.28.03 |
| ->> Day rate + Digital editing + CD burning |
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Jock Fistick, Photographer
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Brussels | Belgium | | Posted: 7:40 PM on 05.28.03 |
| ->> I have to admit I have never heard of a "Digital Capture" charge before - How do you explain this charge to your client and - what is an appropriate amount to charge each time you fill up say a card 512mb card? |
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Darron R. Silva, Photographer
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Grand Rapids | MI | USA | Posted: 7:45 PM on 05.28.03 |
| ->> Easy - it's similar to charging for each roll of film, which clients are used to paying. Cards cost $, just like film, and you can price the digital capture fee to near the cost of a roll of film plus processing. |
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Justin Sullivan, Photographer
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San Francisco | CA | | Posted: 8:20 PM on 05.28.03 |
->> I had been charging in the neighborhood of $75-$125 for a digital transfer fee, depending on the client/job plus the cost of the CD ($20) which the images were burned. Most reasonable clients understood the charge since they were used to paying around $35-40 per roll for film with processing. It ends up being roughly the same as it was with film.
Thomas,
I have never had to send a client a disc (I assume you are talking about a CF card, no?) for editing. I have never a request for that. Seems like it would be less of a liability to send the images to them n a CD or ZIP so they don't lose your disc and images, which would be a bummer. |
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Gordon Grant, Photographer
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East Hampton | NY | USA | Posted: 8:23 PM on 05.28.03 |
->> jpeg's I bill at $7 or $11 per 40 frames, depending on client
"Digital Capture - per 40 frames"
RAW, which is mostly for comm. clients, I bill at $1.00 per frame.
I have had to explain the theory a couple of times to clients but no one has ever balked at paying, except for some newspapers. Surprise.
Hope this helps. |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 8:52 PM on 05.28.03 |
->> Thomas-
My studio just estimates how much file we would have shot and the cost (film, processing, scanning) and then divide that by the estimated # of digital images we'll have. So...let's say that a comemrcial job would have required 10 rolls of film...10 rolls x $35/roll would be $350. The client needs X shots for a catalog or spread...so the capture fee would be $350/360 or $0.97 each. But I would tell them $1.50-$2.00 each...and adjust downward if I HAD to. Of course the client only gets LOW RESOLUTION files to make a SELECTION...they then pay anywhere from $25-XXXXXX for the final file.
CD's are billed at $20-25 each. Contact sheets are billed at $7-20 each depending on the client, quality of contact sheet (dye-sub vs. color laser jet) and # of images. I also charge $20 to generate a web gallery using Photo Mechanic.
Hope this helps... |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 9:42 PM on 05.28.03 |
->> Justin- I've actually had to do both, but it's almost exclusively for agencies and magazines. The past two times I shot for SI it was on deadline and they just had me send the flash cards since I wasn't going to even have time to burn a DVD. On the flipside, with other magazines I've had a little more time to play with and have sent in DVD's or CD's. I was just preparing a couple invoices today though and wasn't sure exactly how much to charge for each. I put the DVD's down for $5 a disk, and will likely use Gordon's formula for the image capture.
Thanks guys for your input. |
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Delane Rouse, Photographer
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Philadelphia | PA | US | Posted: 1:13 PM on 05.30.03 |
->> Thomas....DVD's at $5 each is TOOOOO CHEAP. Typical convention is something like $20 per CD...and a DVD is 7 CD's, so sould be 7x the price (MINIMUM), probably more since it's a more efficiant storage solution...
Delane |
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 1:40 PM on 05.30.03 |
->> ... I just ground my teeth down to little nubs. I don't even want to think about how much income I lost on screwing that one up. However, I'm glad I asked.
Is there anywhere that lists the current going rate on stuff like that? EP doesn't break it down to the nitty gritty. |
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Mike O'Bryon, Photographer
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Thomas E. Witte, Photographer
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Cincinnati | OH | USA | Posted: 2:24 PM on 05.30.03 |
| ->> Thank you Mike, I must have had a typo when I did my search, I didn't get that article the first time. Another reason to have spell check on the site (I'm kidding Jason!). |
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