Riding off all the flaming of people looking for "cheap labour"... Thought that I would create two polls here... See other thread for the other poll. (pssst. its anonymous. so don't worry too much :bsmilie: )
The rates that you command...
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Perhaps the poll would be more accurate if you specified the type of photography. For example in commercial photogrpahy, $1k+ per hour is pretty easy to bill but you'd be unlikely to get that for corporate events, from what i know anyway, so it really depends on what you're shooting.
Haha. I am not a professional (and can never be due to clauses in my current job contract). I think I belong close to the freebie category. :bsmilie: . so in answer to you zahx81, it isn't a reference for me. At any rate, I really have no idea how to place a value to my own works. Art is subjective. What one may consider trash, may be worth hundreds of dollars to another.
The thread was actually just started out for fun, since so many people are looking for cheaper and cheaper photographers in CS, are thare actually any photogs here that charge that price? Thus the reason for the poll.
ckuang: my bad. I should have specified the poll to pertain to wedding photographers
The thread was actually just started out for fun, since so many people are looking for cheaper and cheaper photographers in CS, are thare actually any photogs here that charge that price? Thus the reason for the poll.
ckuang: my bad. I should have specified the poll to pertain to wedding photographers
Actually, i think it's the opposite and the rates are increasing like crazy. We have newbies opening at $2k plus, which is quite a lot higher than when I started.
Heh yes. And if one actually believes the results on the other poll I created, almost 50% of those polled is going to increase their rates. :bsmilie:
2k is a big sum.. I wish I had charged even a quarter of that amount. LOL.
i was quoted $1500 australian dollars for a 3 hour shoot, our rates are peanuts.:bsmilie: :bsmilie:
cos singaporeans dun value photography mah. it reflects when the first thing clients always asked is not about your work but your price.
They will be people who will match price for quality. You who don't charge the price they are looking for are not really targeting them.
Ah, I'm not so pessimistic. The market is actually getting really good here in singapore. But then again, maybe i'm an optimist.
Actually I've come to realise that how clients value photography is very much related to how the photographer himself/herself values photography.
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