Would you do your job for free?

ISO FOTO Studios offer services. Photography, Web Design, Videography. These services cost money to make. Here is the break down of and 1-2 hour photo shoot.

 

 

Days before the shoot. (1-3 hours of my time)

-Emails, phone calls to organize the shoot (cost of internet, and cell phone)

-Driving around to find location (gas, insurance, car maintenance)

-Charging batteries, cleaning gear (cost of batteries and the gear)

 

 

Day of shoot (1-3 hours of our time)

-Travel to shoot location (gas, insurance, car maintenance)

-Photo Time! (cost of the wear and tar on all my photography gear)

 

 

Photo shoot done (2-6 hours of my time)

-Drive back to my home office (gas, insurance, car maintenance)

-Upload photos (Computer, card reader, Hard drives, software ect.)

-Selecting the best ones (Computer, card reader, Hard drives, software ect.)

-Editing (Computer, card reader, Hard drives, software ect.)

-Online viewing/ordering (web software, online storage, website)

-Deliver Digital ( Cost of disk, or online storage to download from)

-print deliver 9cost of prints, postage or vehicle expense)

 

Everything done backup to office site location or archive (Computer and software of site storage cost)

 

if I were to have non of the equipment to do what I do and was asked to produce a photo shoot to pay for everything I would need to produce just one professional photo it would cost thousands  of dollars to do so.

 

So next time you ask someone that is doing a service to work for you, stop and think I wonder home much it cost for them to give me the service I am asking for.

 

I didn’t get everything I own for free I worked hard to have the things to do the job I do. If My service did not cost me anything to produce then it would not cost you anything to receive.

 

Just take a second and think to your self what if I was asked to do the job I do everyday for free or little money, Would you still do it?  I don’t think you would so why should I or anyone else.

 

My time and tallent start at $100 a hour, prints start at $40, and finally digital rights start at $200 or single images at $60 each. My pricing is fair.

To write this Blog it just cost me money. My computer, My web hosting, software, interent, and electricity.

I have been in the industry for over 9 years now. I don’t need to take a photo for my portfolio I have 142634 photos on my hard drive right now and that is not including any of the photos that are archived off my computer from prior years.

Cody