How much would it cost me to hire you?

Since every job has its own peculiarities and requirements, in order to know exactly the price you may have to answer a few questions beforehand. I’ll then send you a written quotation in one business day. I never quote on the phone but only in writing.

What are your rates and fees?

I believe rates and fees are not usually self-explanatory, that’s why I prefer not to provide this information directly. Nevertheless, if you think this could help you, I’m available to email them to you upon request.

Why is that big photo studios charge people $2,000 for a quick shoot and some enlargements? Can you do better than that?

That’s mainly because maintaining a studio is utterly expensive. I chose not to have a studio and I prefer to work from home. Whenever I need one I simply hire it on an hourly basis. Due to this reason, I can generally offer more competitive prices.

Why does a commercial client, going through an agency, have to pay upwards of $20,000 for one photo? Can you do better that that?

Agencies are less and less affordable these days. They need to include huge overhead costs of the whole organisation: offices, employees, IT infrastructure and so forth. A freelance photographer doesn’t have all that. You can still ask an agency to deal with your marketing campaign and social media if you like but still hire a freelance for the photography and save some good money.

Do you have discounted rates for young people?

I do offer a 50% discount on portraiture to students, for personal/private use only, under 21 years of age (parents/legal guardians will be asked to sign a release if children being photographed are minor).

How flexible are you?

I understand that often running a business means to deal with tight schedules and frantic weeks. If necessary I can work outside normal hours (9am-5pm), i.e. evenings and weekends. Don’t be afraid to ask. I can help.

What if I want to keep my portraits private and prevent them from being shared online or shown publicly?

I do understand and take your privacy very seriously especially when people are involved. That’s why I offer the option not to use any of the commissioned images online. This comes at a higher price though because I’m waiving the right to promote my work.

What does it mean buying a photo and what is licensing anyway?

The license is an agreement between the photographer and the client as to the usage rights that have been granted for a given project. It might help if you think of the license as a lease and the usage rights as the terms of that lease. When a photographer creates a commercial image, or any image for that matter, the photographer as the creator is always the copyright holder. When a photographer gives your images to a commercial client, they are not selling their images to them, but rather, renting. Sure the client pays the photographer for their time to create the vision and that is what their creative fee covers. However, because each client is so unique and has such varying demands for our images, we can’t possibly rely on our fixed rate creative fee to cover all these variable possibilities. Issuing clients a license allows us to “rent” our images for their specific needs: better for you and better for me. If you want to know more, please refer to the following article: http://www.copyright4clients.com.au/faqs.html

Should I expect to see any differences between what invoiced and what previously quoted?

I will always stick to the agreed quote unless something has changed in your requirements; could that be more time, more images, a different use (see licensing above) or unpredicted expenses again due to varied conditions. Conditions and requirements are clearly written down in every quotation so you know in advance the final price at those given conditions and, of course, I’m always here to answer all your possible questions and to help you to express your needs.