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The price of shooting
How much do you spend on an average shoot including all expenses or what was your maximum ever? Aug 24 13 01:34 am Link Most expensive? Out of my own pocket... Airfare for 3 models: $1800 Lodging (2 nights): $800 Meals etc: $350 Ground transportation: $200 Helicopter rental: $1250 One shoot, three images. Expensive, yes. But damn it was fun. Aug 24 13 07:19 am Link i've spent $500 on a shoot before (including $350 for the model). Aug 24 13 09:15 am Link I had a long running TFP with a model. She was to model for a few paintings and she could have her choice of a portrait of her (or figure painting) or one of my landscape paintings. She choose one of my landscape paintings that was to go to a local gallery, so for her hours modeled, she received a framed gallery painting worth $3,600. Aug 24 13 09:32 am Link I'm working on a shoot right now that I currently have about $450 invested into props for it. The model is someone who likes working with me so she's doing it TF. Aug 24 13 09:51 am Link $60 on a hotel room and snacks. Average: $4 or so on some Gatorade if the shoot is outside in the summer. Aug 24 13 10:27 am Link I've shot in 37 countries. Do the math. Aug 24 13 10:29 am Link Gran Via 536 wrote: Not so much: Aug 24 13 11:35 am Link I often spend nothing or buy stuff and return it buuuuut the most I've ever actually spent is probably $60 on a bathing suit for a pin up picture. Most often though it's around $15 I'm guessing if I spend any money at all. Aug 24 13 11:39 am Link Before digital, the average cost of film for a studio shoot was about $300.oo Now, it's only a couple of dollars. KM Aug 24 13 11:47 am Link For my personal work a local shoot with a local model about $700.00, local shoot with a out of state model $1200.00 and if I travel to the location $2,400.00. This is with film so there are film, processing and printing costs included. Highest cost for a commercial client was $12,000.00. Aug 24 13 11:52 am Link My own runs between $500 to $2,800. Average seems to be about $850. Movie set rental day-rate, lodging, meals, MUAH person, and model run up the tab. I'll try and get as much investment out of a full day's shoot as possible (multi-jobs). Aug 24 13 11:59 am Link Ken Marcus Studios wrote: Before or after markup? Aug 24 13 12:16 pm Link $200 paid to models at 3 recent shoots. I've seen some high numbers thrown around here, and I'm guessing that all or most of the shoots mentioned were commercial with a profit earned after expenses. What is the most paid for a non-commerical/hobby shoot? Aug 24 13 12:30 pm Link I got twelve dollars worth of pool floaties at Kmart on Tuesday. Model got to keep them, but I ate her pizza and drank her beer, so I think we both broke even. This shit gets really expensive. Aug 24 13 01:42 pm Link Giacomo Cirrincioni wrote: No markup . . . that was about what it cost to do an average model test shoot. Aug 24 13 01:47 pm Link Ken Marcus Studios wrote: That sounds high for a model test - but maybe you weren't shooting 35mm either. Aug 24 13 02:03 pm Link Honestly, even doing all TFP one of my biggest expense is gas. Seems my 4WD takes about $80 every time I go out to Joshua Tree to shoot. Park entrance fee is managed by buying the yearly pass for $80. Of course, now that's I'm OLD I got the life time pass for $10. First benefit of getting old I've found. LOL! Water and drinks and snacks to carry with us is usually about $10 per person. Food on the way home ranges from $8-20 per person depending on were we eat. So figure an average desert shoot for me is about $120 and up. Aug 24 13 02:03 pm Link $0 my clients pay for everything. Aug 24 13 02:09 pm Link In MM world this gets pretty pricey since photogs are expected to pay for everything and respect people's rates: Model: £275 MUA: £250 Hair: £250 Stylist: £350 (if you are lucky) Studio (if applicable): £250 at the bottom end, location fees can run to more Total: £1375 for a full day shoot for your portfolio. Makes your D800 look cheap. Last one was £200 with various agreements with trade/part paid. Aug 24 13 02:49 pm Link rp_photo wrote: That's what mine was for. Purely a recreational photo session. Aug 24 13 04:02 pm Link liddellphoto wrote: That's a lot of money for a hobby? And that's not including the D800. Is that what you are paying now? Aug 24 13 04:17 pm Link I just got 500rnds of Lake City 7.62x51 for $395.00 delivered, so about $.79 a shot!:-)) Aug 24 13 04:20 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: I've never ever paid that but figures are based off going rates from people on here (London), it is more an illustration of what you will pay if you just accept MM people's rates. I try to work trade or at very least part paid and I won't use stylists (I do my own). Aug 24 13 04:24 pm Link the $500 i mentioned was for a hobby shoot (plus i drove the model an hour each way). although the way i looked at it i could have spent just as much or more going to a workshop but this way i got to work with an experienced model for a half-day. i'm not spending like that anymore. it was a one-time bootstrapping kind of thing. and i have now been bootstrapped. i do miss the traveling models, though. rp_photo wrote: Aug 24 13 04:25 pm Link About $150. I bought one outfit, hotel room and ordered a pizza after we shot. Though for me this is still more of hobby then anything. So I'm not trying to spend a ton of money unless I know I can make it back. Aug 24 13 04:30 pm Link oh, an individual shoot. probably about $500 this year has been the priciest.. Aug 24 13 05:44 pm Link usually around $0. Aug 24 13 07:32 pm Link I spend a lot more than some here 300 euros for studio 25 euros for parking approx 10 euros petrol and sundries 50 euros hair doesnt count clothes budget that is often between 300 to 500 euros Aug 25 13 01:50 pm Link Gran Via 536 wrote: My maximum ever was $80. My average shoot is the cost of gas getting there usually $15-$20 round trip and $7 stop at Ronald McDonalds. Aug 25 13 08:41 pm Link Man you guys have Lots of cash. Anyone ever heard of a thrift shop & local models lol. Max i have spent was about $200 on props. If i ever need luxury furniture, i will buy & return from stores like TJ-Max. Without the experience of doing High commercial shoots, if any of my clients need a list of items for a media shoot, its always an expense to the client. Aug 25 13 08:55 pm Link Per day? Per project? My catalog shoots can be as many as 10 days. They cost the client $5-10,000/day with the biggest fluctuation being number of models and model fees. This would include: my fees my crew (digi tech, photo assistant, make up artist) travel: air, hotel and meals model fees (1-3 models from agencies) retouching backgrounds/sets + misc. expenses Most of the time I am fronting travel, make up fees, assistants. Rarely do I have to front model fees, but it does happen. I have accounts at some agencies in NYC. Clients in other cities establish agency relationships in their area. Other components like set construction/backgrounds or location fees and sometimes retouching can get billed direct to clients. But one of the challenges to taking on bigger projects is paying for them. I generally have to wait 30-45 days for payment, so when I was just starting out it was quite a gamble to complete a larger project and no go broke doing it. Editorial projects have lower budgets, but can take longer to pay. Aug 25 13 09:00 pm Link Gran Via 536 wrote: Gosh, I think the most I ever paid was when I purchased 2 elegant floor length dresses, matching shoes and jewelry for a model as a gift (we did an amazing shoot and her images were actually sold to a private collector for just under $1200), so I turned around and dropped a cool $500 for her as a "thank you/you rock!" gift Aug 25 13 09:19 pm Link Most expensive has been about $2000, but it was for a client. Most expensive for my own purposes was $883. Aug 25 13 09:21 pm Link Gas and sometimes model's rates Aug 25 13 09:32 pm Link studio 209 wrote: The real question is who was paying the freight? You or a client.... Aug 25 13 09:53 pm Link |
It was a TF shoot so she got something out of it besides pics 
