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Dafilman21

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I was just wondering what some of you guys charge for shooting interiors for interior design companies. Do you charge by the hour or by room just interested since I am going to start to do this.
 
I don't do much still photo, but in my world, I always do day rates, not hourly rates. Hourly seems like a great way to get taken advatage of.
 
I don't shoot interiors, but I charge a flat day rate for my events (8am to 5pm). Anything after 5pm is on a per hourly basis.
 
Thanks for the responses what lenses do you guys use? Right now I am thinking I will use my 35-70 2.8 nikkor.
 
my main lenses are the Nikon 17-55 2.8 and the Nikon 70-200vr 2.8.

I have two cameras and leave them on the cameras. I try to keep the dust out.
 
Dafilman21 said:
Thanks for the responses what lenses do you guys use? Right now I am thinking I will use my 35-70 2.8 nikkor.
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35mm is not wide enough for interiors.

Zim said:
my main lenses are the Nikon 17-55 2.8 and the Nikon 70-200vr 2.8.

I have two cameras and leave them on the cameras. I try to keep the dust out.
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Those are my primary tools as well but I also have a 10-20mm Sigma that I bring along for my ultra wide angle stuff like interiors, I keep the 70-200 on one body and swap the 17-55 and 10-20mm.

WaveRiderXIX said:
I charge anywhere from $100-1500 depending on what they want and what the images will be used for.
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I am in a similar ballpark. I rarely do interiors as I do mostly event stuff but lately I have networked with a real estate company and have done several interiors.

The question is: who do the images belong to at the end of the day? If someone is buying an image my price doubles to triples (essentially meaning I turn over all rights).



If you have no experience doing this, especially with lighting correctly then I would recommend taking the job as a learning experience and not charging. The moment you take money for something you are setting an expectation and once money exchanges hands you better know what you are going to do and deliver.
 
Jeremy Ordan said:
If you have no experience doing this, especially with lighting correctly then I would recommend taking the job as a learning experience and not charging. The moment you take money for something you are setting an expectation and once money exchanges hands you better know what you are going to do and deliver.
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This is they key right here. Couldn't have said it better.


As far as my real-estate gigs go, most pay $200 and they get the images. (I own the rights) This is one location.

But if I shoot a really BIG house, it goes more depending where it is, and where to be published.
 
If the girl is cute, then its free.
If she looks average, then its 59.95 + tax.

On a serious note, don't charge the cute girls.

no really, you should charge based on how much you think you're worth.
 
Dafilman21 said:
I am thinking about the 16mm nikkor 2.8 lens because it is fast and sharp what do yall think
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I don't want to be an ass but you can't do this job without several tools in tow

Speed isn't as important as sharpness and width... Why would speed matter if you're going to have the camera on a tripod and not care about about how long you have your shutter open?

Go pick up a couple of real estate and architecture magazines and look through them.
 
Dafilman21 said:
I am thinking about the 16mm nikkor 2.8 lens because it is fast and sharp what do yall think
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Also you are going to get bad lens perspective distortion with a 16mm......

I shoot 4x5 film, so I can swing/tilt to correct for it......( I have a 8x10 film camera, but no one wants to pay the extra anymore)
Now if you are shooting with a small camera digital you can correct the perspective in Photoshop to a degree

Int. designers especially magazines want to see straight lines etc and not curved edges from perspective distortion from wide angle lenses.....
 
I have never use the 16mm before but I have decided to go with either the tokina 12-24 or the sigma 10-20 lenses. Thanks for all the responses and yeah I do need to pick up some architect mags thanks for the suggestion.
 
Dafilman21 said:
I have never use the 16mm before but I have decided to go with either the tokina 12-24 or the sigma 10-20 lenses. Thanks for all the responses and yeah I do need to pick up some architect mags thanks for the suggestion.
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Keep in mind, both lenses have a certain amount of distortion that you will need to correct in post.
 
Ok, for another reference. Im charging a girl 300 bucks for 25 retouched pics and a disk full of straight converted jpg's. 2 locations, 2-3 outfits.
Im charging a friend 1500 bucks to shoot her and her band and to put together a CD cover for her. This job will include about 15 retouched pics, and the 4 page cd cover (back and front)
My daily DP rates with my gear is 350 and without 250. If i throw in the M2 adapter and lenses, it goes to 550, just because of setup time and the extra lighting it takes.
Photography, its usually 300 bucks a shoot up to 20 retouched pics, only cuz i like playing in photoshop.

Let me know if that helps you out.
 
I use the 12-24 Tokina...

I use the 12-24 Tokina...

on my digital Nikon for real estate work. At least one faster lens, like the 50mm 1.8 would be nice, too, if you want to get more creative for details. Interior design, I imagine, would probably be similar. Unless you're doing composites, bring some kind of lighting set--up. And the other poster is right: If you're doing this for money, make it important to you. Word of mouth advertising is gold, as are references--which your client will become, if you do him/her right.

I charge a minimum of $100 for a small condo, $200 or more for a bigger place. But that's just for simple real estate work, which usually ends up on the web or little flyers. I don't get super critical unless it's for publication, or other higher end marketing.
 
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