In my last post about how to price food photography photo shoots, we covered all the different types of clients there can be. You can see why we needed to cover all that in order to explain why there is no standard pricing here. Now we need to talk about pricing your jobs so that you are not losing money, but actually making money. Disclaimer: I am not an attorney or an accountant. I am not … [Read more...]
How To Price Food Photography Photo Shoots Part 1 – Who Are The Clients?
In the Food Photography Club and in our Facebook group, the number one business question that comes up every week is, “Help! Someone wants to hire me for food photos, what do I charge them?” Sound familiar? If you are just starting out, after all the technical stuff you have to learn with food photography, the next biggest hurdle will be how to price food photography photo shoots. There … [Read more...]
Why You Shouldn’t Shoot Food Photography Jobs For Free or Very Little Pay
I run a fun and active Facebook group called The Food Photography Club. It's in this group that I've learned that many of you that want to be professional food photographers are actually doing food photography jobs for free, or for hardly any money at all. Now, to be clear, I'm not talking about the hobby photographer, and I'm not talking about the bloggers who are not doing this for a living. … [Read more...]
