A photographers cost of doing business
It is very important to you and your business that you
charge what you are worth. I found this article very interesting as well as
informative. Lots of time I've gone into a shoot worrying about whether or not
I’m charging enough for my services. I've short changed myself so many times
not thinking about myself as a business. I found it very interesting and
helpful thinking along the lines of a corner store. The corner store doesn't
charge less just because of who ore where they are. They charge in order to be
profitable to be in as well as stay in business.
I also found interesting that fact that you should be
including your expenses. Thinking along those lines will help you be more
profitable. Things like parking, meals, travel expenses that are coming out of
your pockets need to be passed on to the client.
I didn't look at insurance as something that I REALLY needed
right away. It’s important to protect the client, but I Didn't think along the lines
of protecting me and my equipment. On a photo shoot, there was an accident
where one of my lenses was damaged. I can’t help but think what if I had
insurance on my equipment.
Being prepared for a shoot is very important; I typically
check everything before I go out so that part was as eye opening as the rest of
the video.
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