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Model rates...I think I've topped you all !
...and even myself. lol Last year, I replied to a thread about rates stating that a freelance Russian model in NYC wanted $300 per hour for fashion nudes. At the time I thought that was exorbitant, and that no one on MM could top it. This week, somebody proved me wrong. I've been speaking with a freelance model about doing a few hours of fashion nude. She hasn't been that active on MM lately but it seems she's been doing a few small shoots with a few NYC photographers now and then. She advertises her availability to do nudes on her MM profile and has done many before. We were setting up a shoot yesterday over facebook messaging. Everything was going great. She tells me her rate is $75/ hour, which I assume is for "everything". I sent her my fashion nude moodboard, which is pretty standard with images of famous models doing fashion nude poses. She replies back, "NUDES ARE $500 per hour". I almost fell backwards out of my chair, lol. When I recomposed myself, I said "thank you, but I think your rates are out of my league. Sorry to have bothered you". I'm pretty sure I've topped all of you. Has anybody received rates quoted higher than that? May 06 15 05:40 am Link Doesn't seem like much if the shoot lasts one or two hours and the images are on the internet. What is 'a lot of money' to me is if I can pay off my Student Loans from one job. That is my 'whoa' factor. May 06 15 06:17 am Link Yes, you win the race to prove how much a model DOESN'T want to work with you. I think that comes with a blue ribbon. May 06 15 06:25 am Link Well two things we know so far: 1. I won't be working with JulesNYC anytime soon. 2. Some photographers score low in reading comprehension. May 06 15 06:32 am Link Dan Howell wrote: +1 May 06 15 06:34 am Link Newbie So Cal OC / LA area model quoted $300 per hour for Pin-Up, Swimwear! Wanted a MUA, and Hair Stylist! Plus a DVD of all images, and would only sign a non-commercial release! Need-less to say she wasn't booked for the photo session. May 06 15 06:37 am Link That was a F#$& You Rate May 06 15 06:42 am Link @TheNormGallerys, that doesn't sound unreasonable to me. lol May 06 15 06:42 am Link For the peanut gallery that is suggesting she didn't want to work with me...not true. This particular model willingly agreed to do a "two model shoot", two weeks from now, with me and a mutual "model friend". The rate for that "two model shoot" was not discussed yet but the concept was agreed upon and the date was set. They both live next to each other in NYC and were coming together on the train. This was a sidebar conversation for just her and I to do something together- like in her MM portfolio. May 06 15 06:51 am Link Brooklyn Bridge Images wrote: You pretty much nailed it. Many models will quote a high rate when they do not want the job for whatever their reason is. May 06 15 06:52 am Link Depends on the model really. I wouldn't expect a popular model who is signed to work for $50hr if she is usually making $3k per shoot. Too many people on MM think $100hr is the max when it isn't. Look around and see what you get for that rate here on MM. You will be disappointed in some cases if not many. lol May 06 15 07:14 am Link I never hold it against a model for their prices. I've worked assisting for low wages and when I get the big job I make the big wages and my employees make the low wages. I've many times worked for cheaper than the model's are making. That doesn't really bother me. May 06 15 07:26 am Link I charge $25,000 to shoot weddings. Not because I feel my images are worth that much, but more because I don't really wanna shoot weddings. But I will for that price. May 06 15 07:32 am Link Yeah, I don't get it. Why is this a big deal? Why is this thread-worthy? Indeed, given that similar threads pop up weekly, what's the point of all this? Seems to me that negotiating prices is Business 101. This is a basic business skill. Perhaps she's not enthusiastic about the OP's project and has decided to price herself out of contention. Perhaps she's negotiating by making a high first offer. But who cares? If you don't like her price, go ahead & walk away (as the OP apparently did). Why do we need a thread on the topic? It's not funny. It's not amusing. It's not educational. It just is what it is. May 06 15 07:45 am Link I'm not making it a big deal, you are. And I did walk away (....there's goes that low reading comprehension again). If we can have threads about escorts, "most embarrassing photoshoot mistakes" and "what to do if she's shows up fatter than in her profile"...then my topic is just as valid. Who pissed in your cornflakes pal? lol May 06 15 07:50 am Link I've never been quoted a rate that high, but I've seen similar threads about rates higher than that. Personally, I quote 50K for weddings. May 06 15 07:54 am Link altSWANK wrote: I could afford about 2 minutes at that rate. May 06 15 07:56 am Link Anybody can say anything at all. There was a model in my area, a beginner with bad pictures who put on her profile that she (1) charges $1000/hr and (2) was booked months in advance. I assume it was some inside joke. I didn't get too exercised about it. May 06 15 08:11 am Link May 06 15 08:13 am Link altSWANK wrote: Ok.. I'm confused. Why did she threaten to put you in jail? May 06 15 08:31 am Link @John Jebbia, I think you either posted in the wrong thread or you're confusing me with the guy that threatened Nicole Vaunt (that whole mess.). May 06 15 08:40 am Link Ivan123 wrote: $1,000/ hour !!?? May 06 15 08:42 am Link altSWANK wrote: Let me remind you of part of what I said... Looknsee Photography wrote: So, what were you saying about "low reading comprehension"? May 06 15 10:23 am Link Well, ya got me there @Looknsee. Dan Howell must be rubbing off on me. doh! May 06 15 10:46 am Link altSWANK wrote: Well I think everyone should experience jail at least once in their lifetime... the strip search is the fun part. May 06 15 10:47 am Link altSWANK wrote: Wow! You assumed. Then her rates jump from $75 an hour to $500 Then everything was not going great! I wonder what you said or did to cause that to happen? Making assumptions is not a smart thing to do. However, I do know of professional models (not on this site!) who get more than $500 an hour. You can hire them through agencies. May 06 15 10:57 am Link Dan Howell wrote: May 06 15 11:00 am Link SWANKfab wrote: Oh really? So the rate has not been discussed yet? Isn't that making assumptions? I don't like to make assumptions, but you don't sound like you are communicating well, either here or perhaps with the model. May 06 15 11:03 am Link I paid 3000$ to a guy for 5 hours of work. No nudes. May 06 15 11:05 am Link Marin Photography NYC wrote: I know for sure that $500 an hour is not an unheard of rate ... especially for nudes and/or popular models. May 06 15 11:08 am Link altSWANK wrote: Just because there are many repetitive threads about the same old issues, and often times from newbies ... does not mean this particular thread is just as valid. You admit you are just adding more fuel to the fire. Some people know better. May 06 15 11:15 am Link SWANKfab wrote: I wasn't one of those suggesting that, but since it was mentioned, some models will reduce their rates to what they consider a half trade/half paid agreement, if they like working with the photographer and the photographer's work. May 06 15 11:34 am Link altSWANK wrote: Or, maybe, maybe, I went back & edited my posting after you posted. Yes, I'm just that devious! May 06 15 11:37 am Link Its all relative. My clients pay more than that for talent sometimes. Heck, they pay me more than that sometimes. For MM though, I suppose that is on the higher end of things. May 06 15 12:14 pm Link Peter House wrote: I would be surprised if any talent's fees are higher than photographers May 06 15 12:41 pm Link Unicorn models have gnarly rates. May 06 15 12:58 pm Link Mortonovich wrote: ..and they are horny. May 06 15 01:16 pm Link No...I got you all beat...there is a male model here on mm that demands $5000 plus per shoot. Yep...Life is a big lie on the net. May 06 15 01:22 pm Link DOUGLASFOTOS wrote: The internet . . . where everyone is a star. Even if they are not. May 06 15 02:14 pm Link Sorry Ivan123, DOUGLASFOTOS has us all beat! lol Of course you both know what this means....you must have communicated wrong, or done something wrong or she didn't want to work with you. I mean, it couldn't possibly be that the model was out of touch with reality. Models on MM are NEVER out of touch with reality. Nah...it couldn't be that. May 06 15 02:18 pm Link |