An old friend of mine (elementary school guidance counselor) wants to contract me to take a shot of him to be the cover of his upcoming book. The shot will be him with one of the local waterfalls in the area. We're going to shoot two separate ones on two consecutive mornings and I'm estimating it'll be about 8 hours work all said and done.

2-3 hours of driving around and 4-5 hours of hiking and shooting. Should actually be a lot of fun.

Any idea what in the hell to charge for this? I'd like to cut him a bit of a deal since he's been a pretty influential person in my life (hell, I'd do it for lunch and gas money) but I also need to get paid for my work. Keep in mind, it's not a large scale book, but a book nonetheless. I'll receive photo credits and a couple copies in with the deal, obviously. Another shot of mine may also be used as the back cover.

Please just throw out a number, I don't have any idea.

No idea.

tree fiddy?

I'm thinking right now...

8 hours of work @ $25/hr (expenses like gas included) = $200
Then, to publish the shot, another $100-200.

So, I'm at around $300-400 right now.

Yeah, but it will be a small run, I'm fairly sure of that. But maybe I should get in touch with the editors or something. Thanks, James.

Will do. Thanks. I've never messed with this side of photography.

Originally Posted by Stime187

I'm thinking right now...

8 hours of work @ $25/hr (expenses like gas included) = $200
Then, to publish the shot, another $100-200.

So, I'm at around $300-400 right now.

See, tree fitty fits right in there.

Exactly.

Would've been better if you were like:

"So I'm at around $349-351 right now."