----- Original Message ----- From: <herschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:27 AM Subject: Re: Just hand me your wallet! : Wow. This sounds amazingly cheap. : Anna (My wife) and I were planning on moving to the US soon and she is getting nearly $200 a sitting here (Outdoors on the beach 1 hour) : : Are people really working for $25 for a studio sitting there? How many do you do a day? : : I figure rent for a decent shop must be $50 a work-day right? ($1000 a month) Equipment? Staff? : : So you'd need to shoot 6 a day to make a moderate living. And then you'd be working like a trojan! : : Is this par for the course... lets say in a decent size town - USA? : : My Day-rate here is $1200. I only work 2 or 3 days a month because I'm teaching and running a department at the college as well.... Of course expenses here are higher too. : : I'd love to know some day rates and sitting fees from you guys who are doing this kind of stuff. we haven't seen $1200 a day in Perth, Western Australia (in my experience) since the 80's k
