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no worries

Thanks Will. I did respond in post 5 "I came up with my pricing for the shoot by what others who were charging as well. Those figures were listed on the sites." Thanks for your responses. OD

Thanks for the conversion.....Pricing for "fine art photography" and "portrait/ family" photos seem to be on two different pricing scales, probably because customers are already paying a pretty hefty fee upfront for just getting the family photos taken. My pricing is dramatically different (higher) for the landscape photos I sell.

thanks Steve. This is actually close to what i ended up charging. Believe it or not many of the High-end local photographers that specialize in this type of photography charge around $35 for 5x7's. That's in addition to the fee for just the shoot which seems to range between $300-$500 in the Baltimore area. It's amazing what parents will pay for photos! Not a bad markup. I'll check out the link. thank you

Thank you for your responses. For some reason, i wasn't getting notifications on your responses even after ticking the button to have responses send to my email? I ended up contacting some reputable portrait/family photographers in the area and they shared their current pricing setup. They all seemed to be similar figures. I came up with my pricing for the shoot by what others who were charging as well. Those figures were listed on the sites.

Hello, Curious to know how photographers are pricing their prints that the clients decide to purchase?.. 4x6 5x7,8x10 11x14 etc. I recently did a family photo session for some friends and they want prints. I may do them on my own with epson 3880 which is more expensive than a local lab, but either way, I'm just trying to get a feel for how photographers hand that part of the job. Any thoughts would be great. Thanks Owen .

Hello, Curious to know how photographers are pricing their prints that the clients decide to purchase?.. 4x6 5x7,8x10 11x14 etc. I recently did a family photo session for some friends and they want prints. I may do them on my own with epson 3880 which is more expensive than a local lab, but either way, I'm just trying to get a feel for how photographers hand that part of the job. Any thoughts would be great. Thanks Owen .

i haven't tried this yet, but i may just try to shoot in 1.5 crop mode on D810 to make a 36mm. Still big file at 4800x3200.

i would think it would be symmetrical distortion if that was the case. not one-sided?

The lens is the nikon 24mm PC-E. most to the time i'm shooting around f11 as in this shot i attached a larger image, not cropped. TC is fine on my 70-200. its unlikely, i'm guessing, that it would be a smudge due to the exactness of the blur along the left side. I never would have considered using the tc on ts either until I went on a shoot with a friend who uses his tc on 24 all the time with great results. he's a canon guy and shoots a lot of commercial architecture

I've noticed that when I'm shooting with my 1.4 kenko tc on my 24mm ts lens, the left edge is blurry. right edge looks fine. without tc both edges are fine. the tilt is set to O. any ideas as to what might be happening? shooting with the d810 thanks owen

thanks for the reply Sandy, unfortunately, these techniques require you to be on location. I think i may just have to do a guesstimate based on how many stories the building is.

Does anyone out there know how to accurately determine the height of a building remotely? I have several shoots that i need to do in the city and surrounding buildings create a challenge when determining the length of a shadow on the street and side of a building. I found a calculator that can give you the heigh if you have the: 1. distance from building from where you are standing 2. angle to the top of the building from where you are standing I use the sun surveyor app most of the time and it can measure distance on the ground and give you an angle to the top of the building, however, I'm not sure how accurate it is based on some testing done on known heights of existing buildings. The safe route would probably shoot at high noon to avoid shadows altogether, but I still would like to shoot the buildings in the best possible light later or earlier in the day. Any ideas would be great. Thanks Owen

Hello I've had several prints done through "nations photo lab" and "bay photo" and I think they do a great job. However, I'm looking for alternative companies that produce similar results on canvas at a cheaper price. Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you Owen

Hello, I have an opportunity to sell 6-images to a popular "Inn" in Vermont and they want to have unlimited usage of images. I really have no idea of what a good starting price might be per image or for the group of 6. If anyone has experience with this type of sale, I'd like to hear from you. Thanks Owen

beauty is in the eye of the beholder. if your clients like what you do, and obviously they do, then enough said. some like the hdr processed look and some like the look of luminosity blends.

David Very helpful. I’m guessing the photographer sends you the lot of unprocessed images, you choose which ones you want and pay per image like you stated. I think that makes sense as some images can take longer to put together and in the end, might not be used. Hand blending is definitely a more refined way to blend images. Thanks for your time. O

I’m not shooting real estate here. i’m working for companies that have big bank accounts. Not a RE agent. I’ve done that work and was lucky to make $50hr. Two different worlds here. The job that took me 11 hrs was worth $1400. It’s not uncommon in my world for the post to take as much time as the shoot. If your clients like the hdr look thats great, but there is clearly a difference when using luminosity masks and hand blending. Try not to judge or insult people when you don’t know the particular genre of photography. Shooting for an architect Or large commercial company and shooting for RE agent are very different. Pricing is all based on usage of image in my world

I would say that post processing comes in many varieties. The art of handblending images (no hdr) can take some time and IMO ultimately gives you a better quality of work.

Thanks Michael. It sounds like you may be doing more RE shoots? I'm shooting space in large buildings generally. It seeem like every archictect photographer i've spoken (at least on the east coast) charges either an hrly or 1/2 day / full day rate. I have a big job starting next spring for 150 projects by an large brick company. All shots are exteriors showing off their bricks obviously. the locations range from baltimore (where i live) to southern VA. These are 1 to 3 shots of exteriors and on to next location. Some locations are 3hr away so I will be staying a night and shooting there for two days and returning. I'll have to make this trip multiple times as there are at least 30+ projects in an around the richmond area that need photographying. any thoughts on how you would tackle something like this, as far a travel expenses, and fees per building? This isn't your everyday photo request. What is your website? Thanks Owen

Very new to doing this sort of photography, although I've been fortunate in doing some work for some fairly large business in the area. I've been doing a fair amount of homework on this topic and wanted to get your thoughts. A couple of things... 1. How are you charging for your photography? hourly / daily/ 1/2 day. 2. Are you charging a creative fee/production fees/ usage fees? 3. Do those creative fees stay fixed? 4. How do you figure out what you usage fee will be? 5. Do you also add in a per image fee? Lots of questions, but lets start with those. If you can answer just one, it would help. Here is my current situation. Just shot 24 images of interior and exterior of a major production company in DC. Images will be used for marketing from the leasing company. The production company will most certainly want a few if not all of those images too. Time spent: 3 hr drive 1hr walkaround 3hr shoot 4hr post The bill i'm sending them is going to be $1375 which at this point doesn't include any usage fees for third party. I'm billing at $125hr I don't really like this way of billing because a closer job location and fewer shots would be a lot less money in my pocket.

so just to update from accountant.... Maryland Statutes and Regulations - Current Statutes TAX - GENERAL TITLE 11. SALES AND USE TAX SUBTITLE 1. DEFINITIONS; GENERAL PROVISIONS (m) “Taxable service” means: (1) fabrication, printing, or production of tangible personal property by special order; As long as digital (no photos, DVD, thumb drives, it is not subject to sales tax. And there is no tax on the actual service of taking the photos.

not and much success finding tax rules in Maryland. just spoke with an accountant and she has to get back to me with the info

If i am delivering the images via dropbox or the like, are you still required to charge the tax on your invoice?