Hi Tim, I shoot a lot for charities and community support programs. Some of the programs are financed through the good graces of major corporate sponsors, for these programs I charge $500 per session, this includes up to 200 4x6 prints that often find there way onto family's refrigerators. Some organizations cannot afford this and for them I post the pictures to a password protected site for their viewing/downloading and printing, I give all programs and participants permission to use the pictures for their private use and ask that any use on web sites/portfolios are credited properly to me as Photos Courtesy of Rick Kessler Photography. I have had paying opportunities/contacts from the gratis work I do. People/organizations do respect a person's efforts to help the community. A couple of these programs have grown 30 percent per year due in part from my efforts Hope this helps, Rick -----Original Message----- From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Holmes Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:35 PM To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students Subject: Appropriate Charges Hi Folks: Our Little League all star game is this weekend, and the coach for the team I work with (as VOLUNTEER team photographer) has suggested to the commissioner that it might be appropriate for the league to pay me to photograph the All-Star game and post the pictures on a website for the kids and parents. To be very honest, this is more about working with the kids and giving them something special than it is about making money, but if they offer, I would like to have a reasonable figure in mind to suggest to them. It would be nice to make some cash, so I can get my D70 repaired, as it is now out of commission and I am stuck shooting on a digital rebel. In terms of the job, I generally tend to shoot between 400 and 600 pictures per game, and there will be 2 games that I will be working. The downloading the pics and posting them to the site will not take all that long, maybe 2 hours at best, with another 2 hours or so for the site construction. Up until now photography has been a hobby, so I havent ever really charged for anything, and i dont even know where to begin. Your thoughts and feedback would be most welcome TIM
