Which do you prefer – A or B?
I need your opinion ….
I was selecting a picture to hang in one of my rooms, but I got stuck on which one to hang.
I printed them both thinking that would help, but I’m still stuck, so I thought I’d leave it to a vote.I’ll randomly select a voter to receive the alternate print as a "thank you" for sharing their opinion, but I’ll wait until the 21st March to give everyone time and then notify the winner by email.
Votes can be made in the comments below or by emailSo, which one do you prefer – A or B ?
A) 
B) 
Print Info
Paper dimentions: 24" x 7"
Print dimentions: 22.5" x 4.75"Paper: Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta
Printer/Ink: Epson Stylus Pro9880 + K3 ink
Framed: NopeHow does a photographer calculate their fees?
Providing (or hiring) Photography as a service requires a minimum fee which is calculated the same way as any other business.
Business Costs + Expenses + taxes = minimum turnover required.Divide that by 230 and you have your average daily minimum requirement.
Why 230? … 5 days x 52 weeks, minus 20 days vacation and 10 bank holidays = 230 🙂This is also assuming you have daily paid work, print sales or licensed image income 😉
Social photographers often work for 2 days in order to generate 1 complete day’s portrait work and Wedding photographers will work for 1-2 weeks on each wedding, but spread over a 6 month period.
We also have to take into account that photography is often seasonal. Busy summers and quiet winter months. Plus there are many days when business owners have to work on accounts, marketing, meetings, networking, testing, blogging 😉 and so on …
None of which is time generating a direct income.
So….. below you’ll see I made a simple table showing estimated costs from a hobby photographer up to a studio +1 assistant where the photographer wants to earn the UK National Average salary of £24,000.
The numbers look a bit whacky, but thanks to the lovely tax man they do add up.
I even kept it conservative by choosing the lowest marketing budget where it should really be the biggest spend (existing business owners will know of the many tax benefits, but I’ve kept it simple)So there you have it.
Try it with your own expenses and numbers and you’ll find your own minimum day rate 🙂I should point out that I’m not taking anything away from highly skilled hobby photographers, but if someone is hiring you for work then you should at least get insurance to protect yourself, your equipment and also your client … and also put a proper value on your skill.
… and pay tax 😉Protected: Aunt Jean
Stock Library Launched
It’s been quiet for the last month and in that time I’ve set up my own Stock Resource for images to be licensed from me directly.
Why?
When any photographer, graphic artist or videographer put content on an online agency, they have to hand to the agency 50%-92% of the fees they should have received on each license sold.Not only does this mean that the creator only receives 8-50% of the work’s worth, they also have no say if the agency negociates a lower fee which means you get even less.
Recently iStock made a change to their terms where they said they weren’t able to survive on their current income and so were going to take a higher percentage.
This finally pushed contributers beyond breaking poins and instigated a backlash.
*strong language* : https://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=253522&page=1My stock library is online now (see the menu) … and new items will be added regularly, especially over the next few days
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