CKY
Veteran
Location: Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada
| Without being a commercial photographer it is hard to price point AP work. All I know most are underpricing.
The absolute uniqueness of aerial sphericals is worth a great deal to the right clients. For your neighbor- 20 bucks, for a large real estate developement or resort, less than $2K they will blow you off as being too cheap.
Talk to the OWNERS, not the agents of whatever you are trying to shoot. Practice, practice, practice. Once you can walk in and assess the job and KNOW you can deliver you will not accept less than 500-1000 for ANY job, photo or pano.
$100 an hour is the starting point. You can always give deals and discounts, but it is hard to RAISE your price.
If you do it well, find the clients that will pay, there is no set scale. Do it for free before you do it for cheap. Check client's websites. That will give an indication of how deep their pockets are, how much they are willing to spend AND if you can really give them something unique.
Bed and Breakfasts, resorts, summer rental properties, any tourist based business, go to your local visitor center and pick up a handfull of brochures. Then make personal phone calls to book personal meetings.
NO ONE, I repeat, NO ONE answers or even looks at emails. Do you have any idea how much spam a business gets?? Drive around, see what YOU would like to shoot and cold call. Drive up, give them a cell phone call and say you can be there in 5 minutes.
It works,
Chris
My rates are doubling...tripling??? |
