copy of images

dreamcometrue

Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had suggestions of how to price a disk of images from the weddings you shoot. I am just starting out but I don't want to under price my images I put on a disk for the client. Do you guys have a set price, or do you rate it by amount of images. I am at a loss of how to price this item. Thank in advance for any suggestions

tenoverthenose

My best advice to you would be to determine how long it takes to create the disk (including all image post and prep) and material cost. Then figure out how much you want to make for your time.

When I started out I simply charged a flat rate for wedding photography and a disc of images. I made good money at it because I had very little time invested, but I do not spend much time in post on my images. Now that I am trying to sell prints and albums, I spend more time in post and charge more for a disc of images to reflect my work.

Darren Troy C

I'm a bit confused....not difficult to do mind you ...but are you wanting to give a disk of your past work to just "a client" as an example? Or are you giving a disk of images to the bride and groom for whom you shot the wedding? I would assume the price you get paid to shoot the wedding in general would have had this clause built in.....no? In other words, why would you be pricing a seperate disk altogether aside from what you first agreed upon? Unless they (Bride & Groom) are wanting more images. Clear things up for me.

dreamcometrue

Idlewild wrote:

I'm a bit confused....not difficult to do mind you ...but are you wanting to give a disk of your past work to just "a client" as an example? Or are you giving a disk of images to the bride and groom for whom you shot the wedding? I would assume the price you get paid to shoot the wedding in general would have had this clause built in.....no? In other words, why would you be pricing a seperate disk altogether aside from what you first agreed upon? Unless they (Bride & Groom) are wanting more images. Clear things up for me.

Sorry for the confusion. The disk is for the bride and groom of the second wedding I shot. I did not include the disk in the initial cost of the wedding (which I will do from now on). So, now I am unsure how to price the disk.. what I did include in the price, was proofs of the wedding, not disk.

Qarik

dreamcometrue wrote:

Hi all! I was wondering if anyone had suggestions of how to price a disk of images from the weddings you shoot. I am just starting out but I don't want to under price my images I put on a disk for the client. Do you guys have a set price, or do you rate it by amount of images. I am at a loss of how to price this item. Thank in advance for any suggestions

It's all part of the initial package price in my model. If you want to include it as an "adder", and all your images are already edited and you just need to burn it..some where in the $100-200 range in my eyes.

heatherfeather

Me, I am an ala carte' girl.

They purchase a wedding package which includes basic processing on all (brightness, contrast, color and conversions- LR Stuff) and deep processing on 30 (skin touchups, cloning, eyes, teeth etc) password protected gallery, schedules, guest cards, assistant, all based on how much coverage they need.

Then if they want prints its additional... if they want the disc its additional... if they want albums its additional. But I just do a flat rate for the disc no matter how many photos are on it.

On the disc I include the photos printing resolution, email resolution and an adobe reader pdf of the copyright release. My discs are also not just silver discs with hand sharpie'd names on it. They are custom designed with the wedding photos on all 4 cover spaces, and the disc itself is printed with photos to match. I need to get a photo of that set up at some point.

I charge around 40% of the package total for the additional fee for the disc.

marikris

heatherfeather wrote:

I need to get a photo of that set up at some point.

Would love to see that

dreamcometrue

thank you all for the helpful feedback!! Heatherfeather, I was wondering how many disks you end up with (roughly) with offering so many different formats?

heatherfeather

dreamcometrue wrote:

Heatherfeather, I was wondering how many disks you end up with (roughly) with offering so many different formats?

Not sure what you are asking... (?) They almost always buy the discs.

zoomer

It would depend on what you already charge for the other wedding photography services, it would need to be in line with that.
I agree it would probably be in 100 to 150 range assuming you are not charging over $500. for your other wedding services.

For some higher priced photographers the price for disc of pictures may be several thousand dollars.

We always include the disc with full resolution photos as part of a wedding package.

dreamcometrue

heatherfeather wrote:

Not sure what you are asking... (?) They almost always buy the discs.

I meant how many disks per wedding

heatherfeather

dreamcometrue wrote:

I meant how many disks per wedding

One disc per wedding, but there are 4 different designs... front cover, back cover, behind the disc, the disc and the inside front. Does that make any better sense?