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How do you charge business events in comparison to weddings? (alien.top)
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I am a professional wedding photographer for a few years and only last year I got some inquiries for conferences. I started to regularly work for a university fair (biannual) and I ran some more ads and getting lots of leads. My question is, how do you charge for a conference (multiday, long hours) in comparison to a wedding? I'm not in the US so the actual amount I'm charging for weddings won't help here.

For example, for weddings i always have a second and I offer 10hour packages, I'm on a high pricing range in my area.

Not sure how I should deal with business events (also not sure if I should minimize my editing for those).

Thanks in advance!

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[–] 0000GKP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Business events are the only type of photography where I use an hourly rate. I charge a minimum amount just to show up and provide an initial amount of coverage, then charge by the hour after that initial time has elapsed. If the event takes a full day, then I switch to a day rate. If the event spans multiple days, I still use the day rate but might apply a slight price reduction depending on my sense for what their budget can tolerate. I only do minimal amounts of post production for business events and do not charge extra for it.