Hi All,

here is a question that me and some mates have been knocking around.
How much to charge for a 10"x8" or A4 depending on what you prefer, as an unmounted print?

I know there is the question of subject matter... quality and so on.

But just throw it out to you lot

Cheers
Rob

Okies... 39 views and no replies.... i'll kick things off.

We were chatting about our best photo's and the subject of doing it for a living came up and then holding some sort of exhibition for local photographers. We started knocking some ideas about for fun, but someone asked.... how much would you charge for a photo?

I suggested it should be based on cost to print + an amount for my time + an amount for wear on my kit and then a little it any to cover the costs of the shoot.

But it was then pointed out using some of my own work as an example that that might not be the best method; for example:

a) A great panoramic for the derwent valley:
Cost to get up there £5 petrol + hour of my time at £x + £x wear on kit + £x for printing cost.

b) Dambusters Image:
Cost to get there and back £40 (due to nature of shoot and early starts etc) + 4 hours of my time at £x + £x for wear on kit + £x printing costs.

Now obviously this makes one print far more expensive than the other, but may not make it more appealing when trying to sell... so do i sell both for same price a tenner for example or do you charge one for more than the other.

Now this was a few ideas knocked around a pub table so we arn't about to take this serious and certainly not about to set a stall up on Fargate but just interested on others views

Cheers
Rob

Also depends upon the rarity of the image.

I doubt the Lanc will be doing a flypast of the Derwent reservoirs anytime soon.

That was another thing that was brought up... along with time spent photo shopping an image

Rob

It's all to do with the usage.

http://media.gn.apc.org/feesguide/photo.html

My two penn'th...

I think there is a difference between
a) doing a job for someone (e.g. wedding shots), where you can charge for your time on the day and material costs
b) selling images from a stall. People will buy because they like it (rarity, quality etc) and therefore the price cannot take into account the extra time it took you to get up at dawn etc, because people can't see that - only the end result. Commercially, I think people look at the size of the print and the frame to judge the price. And will pay extra if it is a spot on image (and that is personal taste!)

An A4 print does not really have much intrinsic value - there are costs involved to get the picture. If someone travelled to me to have a portrait taken and waited for me to edit it and print it for them, then took it away, it would cost me my time, a piece of paper and the associated ink, and a bit of electricity. If the same person asked me to go to Edinburgh to take a similar picture of their uncle, then the cost to me would be totally different, so the question can't really be answered unless all the circumstances are given - before you ask the question "How much can I sell it for?" you have to know how much it cost you, then factor in the desirability factor of the print too. Again, if I travelled to Edinburgh to photograph a hard boiled egg, which I could have done at home, no real value, but a hard boiled egg being pushed into the face of a Scottish MP, priceless! (Nothing against the Scots, just an example)

rob-s better a soft boiled or raw egg ;)

Odd that you can get raw eggs, but not jpeg eggs - are they trying to tell us something?

You can get GIFt eggs!