Help On A Job

[Guitarman0]

I have been contacted by a local theatre and have been asked to do a set of photos of 'some things around the theatre' (sorry for the lack of detail, that is all I know so far). They are looking for about 10 photos to chose from and ideally will use 2 in an advertisement. The reason they have contacted me is they are looking for a low cost photographer and a friend at school who works for them contacted me about it.

I would like to take on the job but I have no experience in indoor photography. However, I do feel that I am capable of the job being asked but I also realise that as I have had no experience I will be learning as I go.

Therefore I would like some opinions if possible on the following please

1) Due to having no experience in commercial indoor photography I am planning on saying to the theatre that I will do the job but if they don't like the images they will not need to pay me a penny. However if they do like the images the cost will be £xx. Is that fair?

2) If the theatre does take me on, also considering that they want a low cost photographer, would £40ish for a set of 10 or so images be way too high, too low or about right? I literally have no clue when it comes to pricing.

3) When selling the images to the theatre what is the 'norm' for licensing the images? Should I be selling full copyright of the images, one time use or unlimited use for advertisements etc.

Any input would be appreciated Thanks guys!

 

[Marzipanogram]

I have been contacted by a local theatre and have been asked to do a set of photos of 'some things around the theatre' (sorry for the lack of detail, that is all I know so far). They are looking for about 10 photos to chose from and ideally will use 2 in an advertisement. The reason they have contacted me is they are looking for a low cost photographer and a friend at school who works for them contacted me about it.

I would like to take on the job but I have no experience in indoor photography. However, I do feel that I am capable of the job being asked but I also realise that as I have had no experience I will be learning as I go.

Therefore I would like some opinions if possible on the following please

1) Due to having no experience in commercial indoor photography I am planning on saying to the theatre that I will do the job but if they don't like the images they will not need to pay me a penny. However if they do like the images the cost will be £xx. Is that fair?

2) If the theatre does take me on, also considering that they want a low cost photographer, would £40ish for a set of 10 or so images be way too high, too low or about right? I literally have no clue when it comes to pricing.

3) When selling the images to the theatre what is the 'norm' for licensing the images? Should I be selling full copyright of the images, one time use or unlimited use for advertisements etc.

Any input would be appreciated Thanks guys!

I would say £40 for ten images is too low, they will use them for publicity and their commercial gain, don't forget, so £40 might be the cost of one or two tickets to them.

I would license them, don't give away your copyright. F that.
And just give that a small version if it's for their website.

Here's my theatre gallery if you want inspiration.
www.marksykesphotography.co.uk/theatres

I'll be shooting two more next week, but I do it for fun.

 

[ElDude]

Depends on what you want from it. If they're a local low budget set up, then you might be doing yourself a favour by doing a good job on the cheap and getting your name out there, or at least considered for future.

You'll need to find out what exactly they want from you first. If it's photos taken during an event/show you might have to go out and buy better equipment (lenses, etc) for low light photography.

Whatever you do, don't hand over the copyright, unless they pay you a large chunk of cash.

I'll be interested in what you charge (and by that, I mean in general, not just you) as a friend has just started a decent band up again, and I'd like to get into some gig photography.

 

[Lunawolfy]

I'd say perhaps £150? You just gotta break it down logically.

30min/photo for scouting, metering, testing and taking the final actuations.
30min/photo for final touches inside of lightroom etc.

Works out at roughly £15 an hour given that your not there for more than 300mins

(Even that seems a smidge cheap tbf)

Problem is we need some commerials to come out and say you need X Y and Z. However self promoting isn't allowed on these forums.

Perhaps talkphotography forums can answer these questions as its 100% photo nuts

 

[Guitarman0]

I'd say perhaps £150? You just gotta break it down logically.

30min/photo for scouting, metering, testing and taking the final actuations.
30min/photo for final touches inside of lightroom etc.

Works out at roughly £15 an hour given that your not there for more than 300mins

(Even that seems a smidge cheap tbf)

Problem is we need some commerials to come out and say you need X Y and Z. However self promoting isn't allowed on these forums.

Perhaps talkphotography forums can answer these questions as its 100% photo nuts

Wow, that is a lot more than I was expecting!

I see your logic though. I think I will go over and ask on TP too though. Thanks for the input so far all. I will get in touch with the manager and see what he/she specifically wants .