Full resolution CD for video

Is this another version of "no good deed goes unpunished?": I offered a discount voucher for a charity event, to

photograph up to 3 people, with 1-2 hours of shooting time. The winner of the voucher has contacted me to say

she would like to add 6 people to the session (total of 9 people). I told her the cost for the additional people

is $200, plus the cost of prints. I low balled it since this job came through the charity event. I was

going to provide her with a CD with low res images so I could at lease make a little on the printing end of this.

 

Now she wants me to give her a CD with full resolution images, so she can make a video/slideshow for her son's

wedding.

 

Any suggestions for how I can manage this? I feel sick that I won't make a decent wage off this huge job.

<p>Charge extra for the CD, just as you increased the price for more people. Make it an amount that will offset the loss of print sales.</p>

<p><Chas></p>

<p>There's no reason she needs full-resolution images for a video or slide show.</p>

Thank you both for replying. What would you charge for the CD?

<p>That might depend on what your net profit from an average set of print sales might be.</p>

 

<p>What Matt says.<br>

Prepare picture of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and explain that this is the best for the video or slide show.<br>

Though, 2 MB is printable postcard size.</p>

<p>1920x1080, 72 dpi for the slide show CD... But, do they have a photographer for the wedding? Photographer for their next family event? You "got noticed" by this family. That's an important part of this whole "problem".</p>

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<p>72 dpi </p>

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<p>I can't believe this is still popping up.</p>

<p>One more time, digital images have resolution defined by x pixels by y pixels. "dpi" is a header to an output device that outputs in inches, like a printer. You can leave it at whatever it is unless you are printing somewhere that it matters.</p>

Thank you all for taking the time to respond with all this helpful information.

By the way, once I sent the client information of what the fee would be for the CD, she balked, and canceled the shoot. I forgot to mention, this was a rush job. I think I dodged a bullet, clearly she was looking for a cheap deal all along.