Well,
I have received his reply and he seems to be interested. I told him $2000 at
first in order to see how it goes and then he replied:
You sound great and I am definitely interested in what we can do
together. Since my first mail I have been directed by my manager to hold off
on everything but finishing up the final music things at the moment. So I
will be waiting a while before moving forward with photographs. It's likely
about 2 months. Also, you should know that as an Independent artist I am
working with a very low budget.
My original photographer was charging me $500 in full for outside and inside
photos (about a bit over half a day of shooting).
So, no worries either way. If you would like to keep this conversation open
at the moment and connect again in a couple months - see if our
lives/intentions can come together that would be great.
So I am going to try to get $1000 and see what happens. I am going to offer
to him taking also the studio pictures and then I´ll be able to get $1000.
So my new question is the following one: I have in Spain a Studio with two
Elinchrom Style FX400 heads, snoots, barn doors, umbrellas, reflectors,
tripods, etc... and I´ll tell my parents to send to me everything to NY. I
have been talking with the company which sold me the equipment and they told
me I need an current adapter from 220v to 110v and at least 1000 watt! He
told me it´s not worth buying it because it´s really expensive. I wonder if
someone knows a good adapter for my equipment in USA.
Cheers,
David
2011/10/25 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> No, I think I have it the right way around. He's to determine what will
> make it worthwhile to him... not what is a competitive rate. Working
> too cheaply is a relative term. If you can't make what you think you
> need or deserve then it's time to change careers.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/25/2011 10:03 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
> > I think you have it backwards Chuck. First thing is to find out the
> > going rate and then do the math to see if it's worthwhile to proceed.
> > Too many photographers work way too cheaply.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >> estimate the total number of hours you'll have to invest in the
project (allowing for uncertainty) and then
> >> figure out what you want to earn per hour to make it worth your while.
> >
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