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These are helpful responses thank you!! To clarify Michael, it's 80 pages - 160 sides, etc. I was speaking to another photographer this weekend who works extremely quickly and has it down to a science. He charges based on a $100/hr concept plus the cost of the book. His prices start at $1,000. If I did that the poor client would be bankrupt lol. I don't intentionally want to take a loss but it may happen on the first few as I'll likely be working slowly and being overly meticulous - I hope not though. My lowest price on a few options I started building prices on is $600.

<p>I've had great success with Photobook Canada..not sure if you're in Canada or not but it works for people who aren't interested in paying fees that start at $1000.</p>

<p>Wow that's a tough situation..I don't envy you at all. Word of mouth is so important in this industry so treading carefully is essential..it sounds like you're handling yourself well. I have to say that I agree with Marcus Ian. The 'under promise, over deliver' motto always makes clients ecstatic but that's more for future weddings. Do you have an extra 100 or so just to placate him? Images that still look quite nice? </p> <p>I have to admit, one of the reasons why I became a wedding photographer was because of what happened at my own wedding. I'm a graphic designer as well. My wedding photographer sent me the DVD of images that I paid for and she had a lot of noise in them, plus added sepia toning to images I wanted in colour. I told her I was going to be creating my photo book and would like to obtain the RAW images..she refused (which many photographers will agree was correct); however I signed a contract that stated I owned the 'negatives', which today are RAW images..so she was in the wrong..anyway the frustration of not being able to fix the images properly as she didn't have the skill (great photographer but beyond that, not very strong post processing skills), I vowed I would never treat a client in that fashion. If a client wants the RAW photos, I'll hand them over..it's highly unlikely they'll be sold to a magazine. Only the bride really finds true joy in viewing them ultimately. If a client asks it's because they're a designer or dabble in designing and would like to apply their own effects..which is fine by me if that makes them happy. If you consistently shoot images that need a lot of work..then maybe that's a bad idea as it reflects poorly on your skills so you have to make sure subject matter is in focus and lighting is correct.</p>

<p>Hello,</p> <p>I'm very new to this process and after extensive research on the internet, as well as reaching out to a photography friend, I still don't have answers so hopefully you can help. It looks as though I have my first Photo Book request. Is there a set formula to consider when billing someone? So in other words, at 17.5" x 12", it's $20 a page, at 10" x 10", it's $10 a page, etc. plus the cost of buying the actual album? I tried to consider my time as a designer (which is a service I do aside from photography) but the cost was very unreasonable and unaffordable, so I'm hoping that there is some 'magic' formula that makes it so that the client has a reasonably affordable book and I'm not taking a huge loss in the process...</p> <p>Also, for an 80 page album, what's the typical number of pictures you would ask a client to select? similarly, what would it be for a 40 page album?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any input on this!</p>