BluKoo
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Does anyone happen to know what the average hourly rate for a digital photo retoucher would be?
I might have just landed a small job editing images from a fashion shoot, but i'm not sure what to charge.
I'm not a professional, but from the sample piece of work i showed the guy he was very impressed and he seems quite keen to work with me.
Any ideas?
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AndyKent
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For a first job, say £60-70 per hour?
I know some of the professional firms are pushing £150 per hour or more depending on their location/client base etc.
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BluKoo
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Hmmm, that sounds a bit much for the amount of work i'm doing.
The guy knows i'm not a professional, so i don't want to seem cheeky by asking that much.
I think i might suggest £15.
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Scotty_B
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What exactly are you doing?
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BluKoo
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I'll post up an example in a minute...
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BluKoo
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Top- Before
Bottom- After
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by BluKoo]
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micra_pete
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404 on the last image where I think she loses her clothes.
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BluKoo
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eh? what? 
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micra_pete
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The third image isn't loading for me?
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AndyKent
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£15 an hour is rubbish. I'd be asking for at least £50 an hour - besides it might not take long if its simple and you don't want to be walking away with £7.50 do you
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Tommy L
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Why not charge him a fixed fee? As a one off sort of thing. And if he uses you in future charge an hourly rate what professionals would do.
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Matt L
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yeh id go for about 40-50 an hour for now tbh.
more to the point how did you get this work? Id be quite interested in doing it as i have the skin addon thing so that basically does it itself
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by Matt L]
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Scotty_B
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Charge him a flat fee of say £50 then £20 per hour after the 1st hour.
That wouldn't have taken more than 1 hour to sort.
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by micra_pete
The third image isn't loading for me?
Ah, i get ya now
quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
£15 an hour is rubbish. I'd be asking for at least £50 an hour - besides it might not take long if its simple and you don't want to be walking away with £7.50 do you
The images i've been working on are about 4500x3000 px, so they take about an hour each.
I just spoke to him on the phone just now, and he says he might have about 10 shots a week to send me way. If i was even to charge £20, that would be £200 a week he would be paying me. That sounds far too much.
This is difficult. I don't want to sell myself short, but i also don't want to charge too much, and they he decideds to use someone else.
[Edited on 22-05-2009 by BluKoo]
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AndyKent
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If theres guaranteed volume then yeh, you can afford to drop the prices.
Just remember that once you've set a price, you can't really push it upwards later.
If you find lots of work coming your way, you can always afford to push prices down if need be.
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BluKoo
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The guy just sent me a new batch of pictures, and i'm sure one of the models is Reece's sister from Hollyoaks. You know, the one he was humping before he killed her.
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Tommy L
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post it here
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richc
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Get quotes from companies who do this sort of thing (pretend to be a customer)
Then say charge half or maybe less depending what you are happy with 
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
The guy just sent me a new batch of pictures, and i'm sure one of the models is Reece's sister from Hollyoaks. You know, the one he was humping before he killed her.
probably is because she did modelling before getting tv work
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BluKoo
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Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
post it here
Heres one of them...
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Daniel_Corsa
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Thats her!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car  | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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Jay
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Looks like her
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BluKoo
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I can almost see up her skirt in one of the pics
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by *JonnyG*
Theres no point in you looking up. You won't be able to see anything from there.
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