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They asked that I reproduce the same lighting as the previous examples on the website and even use their stone washed jeans 80s background that they had to have flown in from corporate.
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I simply meant that most corporations hiring someone to update their database of 10 new employees in Montgomery, Alabama aren't usually going to require a super specialized headshot photographer.Ĭase in point, I recently was contacted a year ago to shoot 8 "headshots" for a pretty big investment firm. Peter now charges more than $2500 a headshot session so I'm very well aware that there is an art to it. I think it all depends on the size of the company and type of photography they are budgeting for. Even if this realtor's career grows quickly, he will usually want to hire the next hotshot who has always demanded the higher rate for photography and his completion has been using for ually.īut I know lots of photographers who shoot corporate events (event photography) who also shoot much more budget demanding projects too and price accordingly. He will always view you as the cheap guy in town who helped him back when he was shooting $200k and less homes.
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So all that being said, I do think Chase is correct in that if you are shooting $500 jobs for a real estate agent low on the totem pole within a huge company, you are going to have a heck of a time persuading him to spend $10,000 a job when he finally breaks off on his own and runs a massively successful reality company with his name on it. Pay role employees hardly care if you were paid $1200 on month and $10,000 the next. The only time all of these jobs converge is usually in Pay Role where the company already has you listed as a paid vendor with an EIN number and bank wiring info. It is very reasonable to think that you can land jobs throughout different departments of these companies for very different rates without them passing you off as being too cheap or having worked for way less money than what they are budgeting for now. In many cases it is the advertising agency who might be hiring you any way and not the company itself (both for large and small jobs). The managers in one location dealing with planning annual events have no communication or relationship with those who are planning national advertising campaigns with national advertising agencies and art directors. You might get hired by a small branch in San Francisco for headshots while at the same time you are trying to get a large product campaign from the same company in Fresno or Los Angeles. Now what you need to remember about huge corporations is that each department is completely separated. You agree and simply do the job because it's good pay for pretty little work and it fills in the gaps between your dream clients and the days spent not shooting at all.
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These aren't what I would call "artistic" fields of photography where the company is hiring you to shoot your vision or to input your creative decision (you may argue against this with headshots but in many cases you might be asked to photograph against an Olan Mill's backdrop and reproduce images similar to the last photographer's shots). These two specific genres of photography are never going to warrant $10,000+ in photographer's fees. These rates might be way lower than your normal bread and butter commercial shoots but since you got a lead for a job you price them out at a rate you wouldn't be offended by if you landed the job. You decide to bid on the job for a rate that is consistent for that particular niche of photography and throw out a price of $2000 for 10 headshots or $1200 for 4 hours of event photography. The company could be Ford, Mars Chocolate, or Google. Imagine you get a lead for a corporate job for say headshots or event photography. Things get a little trickier when the company is much larger with multiple departments and rotating personnel. If you are dealing with a small company then Chase's assessment is spot on for sure. I think it's important to consider who the client is as well.