Comments on: Don’t base your photography prices on time! http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/ tips, tricks, tutorials, comment and insight on the business of photography Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-273 PP Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:31:22 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-273 Hi Paul, Yes, its the best way to charge so you are not digging ever bigger holes by giving more and more for less and less. It also shows the client that you charge based on the worth of the image to them, not just how long it took you to shoot. PP Hi Paul,

Yes, its the best way to charge so you are not digging ever bigger holes by giving more and more for less and less. It also shows the client that you charge based on the worth of the image to them, not just how long it took you to shoot.

PP

]]> By: Paul Dymond http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-254 Paul Dymond Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:27:55 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-254 It is so fantastic to see a post about charging per image. I've been charging this way for the last few years and ever since I made the switch I have seen my income skyrocket and my workload plummet! It's fantastic - now all I have to do is convince the other photographers in town that it's worth their while too. It is so fantastic to see a post about charging per image. I’ve been charging this way for the last few years and ever since I made the switch I have seen my income skyrocket and my workload plummet! It’s fantastic - now all I have to do is convince the other photographers in town that it’s worth their while too.

]]> By: thephotographybiz.com » Assignment Photography: How to charge and price up assignments - part four http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-168 thephotographybiz.com » Assignment Photography: How to charge and price up assignments - part four Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:43:48 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-168 [...] The first thing to rule out is charging on time. Charging for your time is not going to make you rich, and it’s very unlikely even to make you a living wage. Charging for your product is what you are aiming for. If you want to know why charging time is bad business for photographers read this post here. [...] […] The first thing to rule out is charging on time. Charging for your time is not going to make you rich, and it’s very unlikely even to make you a living wage. Charging for your product is what you are aiming for. If you want to know why charging time is bad business for photographers read this post here. […]

]]> By: 11thStudio http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-110 11thStudio Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:38:57 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-110 Good article, thanks - i wish more people understood it's more than just point and click! Good article, thanks - i wish more people understood it’s more than just point and click!

]]> By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-93 PP Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:23:54 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-93 Hi Noni, Many thanks - glad you're enjoying the site. Yes, I blocked about 60 domains yesterday - I'm trying to filter the adsense down to just the stuff that will be of interest to readers. Obviously as you kindly pointed out - "free image" ads aren't :) There are loads of them - and adsense is country specific too so it may take a time before I get a good set of stuff popping up. I'm doing this in between assignments and stock shoots so its a case of getting there eventually..! PP Hi Noni,

Many thanks - glad you’re enjoying the site. Yes, I blocked about 60 domains yesterday - I’m trying to filter the adsense down to just the stuff that will be of interest to readers.

Obviously as you kindly pointed out - “free image” ads aren’t :) There are loads of them - and adsense is country specific too so it may take a time before I get a good set of stuff popping up.

I’m doing this in between assignments and stock shoots so its a case of getting there eventually..!

PP

]]> By: Noni http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-89 Noni Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:10:52 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-89 Hi PP, with Adsense you can only block individual domain names. I wish there was a way to filter by keywords. Adsense is useful, though, for keeping your blog in top search results so consider what's worse - loss of publicity or competition from micro's and nano's. Thanks for your articles, by the way ;) Hi PP,
with Adsense you can only block individual domain names. I wish there was a way to filter by keywords.

Adsense is useful, though, for keeping your blog in top search results so consider what’s worse - loss of publicity or competition from micro’s and nano’s.

Thanks for your articles, by the way ;)

]]> By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-85 PP Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:04:34 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-85 Thanks Noni, You're right. Can't be having that can we :) I'm still finding my feet in this blogging game but I'm sure there's a way I can banish unwanted ads. I'll look into it right now! PP Thanks Noni,

You’re right. Can’t be having that can we :) I’m still finding my feet in this blogging game but I’m sure there’s a way I can banish unwanted ads. I’ll look into it right now!

PP

]]> By: Noni http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-83 Noni Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:48:10 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-83 This is off topic, but you're showing Google ads advertising "download high-res stock images for free!". Banish your competition from your site! :) This is off topic, but you’re showing Google ads advertising “download high-res stock images for free!”. Banish your competition from your site! :)

]]> By: Andre Friedmann http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-42 Andre Friedmann Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:52:58 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-42 When not stepping on land mines in Indochina I've met a quite a few jackass photographers who sell their time, including photojournalists and architectural photographers. Improvements in technology allow these jackasses to produce more and more work, in less and less time. These jackasses then compete amongst themselves by offering to do more work for less money. One Atlanta-based architectural jackass is convinced his customers hire him because of his vision: he's lost sight of the fact that in the last five years, using new technologies, he does a lot more for his clients for prices that are substantially the same as they were five years ago. The jackass simply does a lot more volume. And, like all good jackasses, he's confused when a would-be client won't hire him for $1500.00 in order to save $300.00 by hiring a cheaper jackass. He's a jackass. When not stepping on land mines in Indochina I’ve met a quite a few jackass photographers who sell their time, including photojournalists and architectural photographers. Improvements in technology allow these jackasses to produce more and more work, in less and less time. These jackasses then compete amongst themselves by offering to do more work for less money. One Atlanta-based architectural jackass is convinced his customers hire him because of his vision: he’s lost sight of the fact that in the last five years, using new technologies, he does a lot more for his clients for prices that are substantially the same as they were five years ago. The jackass simply does a lot more volume. And, like all good jackasses, he’s confused when a would-be client won’t hire him for $1500.00 in order to save $300.00 by hiring a cheaper jackass. He’s a jackass.

]]> By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-7 PP Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:50:56 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/photography-business/dont-charge-out-your-photography-on-time/#comment-7 <p>Yesterday I stumbled across a pdf from the renowned commercial and stock photographer Seth Resnick. He takes the same approach when it comes to pricing his work. </p> <p>You can read the pdf on the PixelGenius resources site: </p> <p>http://www.pixelgenius.com/tipsandtechniques.html - look under "Seth Resnick" then download the pdf called 'Basic Pricing for Photography Assignments'. </p> <p>PP</p> Yesterday I stumbled across a pdf from the renowned commercial and stock photographer Seth Resnick. He takes the same approach when it comes to pricing his work.

You can read the pdf on the PixelGenius resources site:

http://www.pixelgenius.com/tipsandtechniques.html - look under “Seth Resnick” then download the pdf called ‘Basic Pricing for Photography Assignments’.

PP

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