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Professionals: How Do You Ask for a Raise?????
Per Paul:
I've been an amateur/semi-pro digital photographer for many years now, and have gotten good at the art of photography. I do one Christmas party for a largish corporation, for $100. It ends up being about 4 hours of my time, with me downloading all the images into their laptop. I've don't the gig 4 times now, and was thinking of raising my rate. What would be a reasonable raise, and how should I ask for it? I have no clue, but would offer up this: My grandson is getting married next November and they just hired the wedding photographer for $2,500. And that was the cheap one.... the guy that every talks about wanted $5,000. -- Pete Cresswell |
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Professionals: How Do You Ask for a Raise?????
On 12/22/2014 08:35 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Paul: I've been an amateur/semi-pro digital photographer for many years now, and have gotten good at the art of photography. I do one Christmas party for a largish corporation, for $100. It ends up being about 4 hours of my time, with me downloading all the images into their laptop. I've don't the gig 4 times now, and was thinking of raising my rate. What would be a reasonable raise, and how should I ask for it? I have no clue, but would offer up this: My grandson is getting married next November and they just hired the wedding photographer for $2,500. And that was the cheap one.... the guy that every talks about wanted $5,000. One wedding I went to was pretty much ruined by a professional photographer. After the ceremony, we all had to wait over an hour for the dinner and reception. He had to get every possible combination of "standard pose" photos of all the folks in the wedding party. Some of the best wedding photos I've seen were just good candid shots taken by a guest who just happened to know how to use a camera. Although it was way too funny to have ruined things, I still recall my own wedding. As I anxiously watched my wife walking down the isle, the photographer stepped into the isle to photographer her. I got to see his butt and did not get to see her smiling face until I got the photo. |
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Professionals: How Do You Ask for a Raise?????
In article , philoƯ
wrote: Some of the best wedding photos I've seen were just good candid shots taken by a guest who just happened to know how to use a camera. i've been to events where there were disposable film cameras on each table and the guests took photos of whatever they wanted. the cameras were collected and *those* photos were the ones that captured the event with cherished memories, far more than any paid professional and their boring canned poses. it's also dirt cheap in comparison. |
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Professionals: How Do You Ask for a Raise?????
In article , nospam
writes: Some of the best wedding photos I've seen were just good candid shots taken by a guest who just happened to know how to use a camera. Reminds me of the fact that the iconic Ché Guevara portrait was a spur-of-the-moment snapshot. i've been to events where there were disposable film cameras on each table and the guests took photos of whatever they wanted. the cameras were collected and *those* photos were the ones that captured the event with cherished memories, far more than any paid professional and their boring canned poses. One of the most iconic images in film is the "dance of death" at the end of Bergman's THE SEVENTH SEAL. The interesting thing is that this wasn't in the manuscript. The film had been finished and was literally in the can and most of the actors had gone home. Bergman saw a wonderful sky and wanted to include a scene against it in the film. So some of the crew got into the actors' costumes and the scene was shot on the spur of the moment, in one take, with no rehearsal, with people who were not even actors. Of course, Bergman's genius was to seize the moment. As Pasteur said, luck favours the well prepared. Bergman and Kubrick were both known for the composition, for their use of light etc. Kubrick sometimes shot scenes several hundred times. Bergman usually once or twice. The end results are comparable, but Bergman remained on speaking terms with his actors (and on other terms as well with his actresses, having been romantically involved with almost all, married to most, and fathered children for most). |
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Professionals: How Do You Ask for a Raise?????
On 12/22/2014 12:48 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
snip One of the most iconic images in film is the "dance of death" at the end of Bergman's THE SEVENTH SEAL. The interesting thing is that this wasn't in the manuscript. The film had been finished and was literally in the can and most of the actors had gone home. Bergman saw a wonderful sky and wanted to include a scene against it in the film. So some of the crew got into the actors' costumes and the scene was shot on the spur of the moment, in one take, with no rehearsal, with people who were not even actors. Of course, Bergman's genius was to seize the moment. As Pasteur said, luck favours the well prepared. Bergman and Kubrick were both known for the composition, for their use of light etc. Kubrick sometimes shot scenes several hundred times. Bergman usually once or twice. The end results are comparable, but Bergman remained on speaking terms with his actors (and on other terms as well with his actresses, having been romantically involved with almost all, married to most, and fathered children for most). Wow thanks for the info . I am going to look for that film. Speaking of films...last year I saw Dr. Strangelove on the big screen. It stood the test of time better than ever. Later I read-up on it and learned that Kubric was known to trick actors in order to get what he wanted. Apparently he asked George C Scott to do the scene where he was bragging about his pilots....completely "over the top" and off camera...just for fun. Of course the camera was rolling and we got a wonderful movie. |
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