If you've been following along, we've been talking about food photography pricing. We've covered what kinds of clients you will have, how to figure out your expenses, and how to price small food photography jobs. Today we are going to cover the anatomy of the food photography estimate and go over the items that should be included in it. Disclaimer: I am not an attorney or an accountant. I am … [Read more...]
Food Photography Pricing Part 3 – Pricing For Small Clients
One of the biggest struggles that photographers have is pricing their jobs so that they are actually profitable. Most photographers are under charging for their work and they have all sorts of excuses and reasons for this. This blog post is about how to properly price your jobs with smaller clients so that you can make a profit. In my last posts about food photography pricing we … [Read more...]
How To Price Food Photography Photo Shoots Part 2 – What Are Your Costs?
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...]