Why do I get myself into these things.....

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Okay chaps, I'm after some advice from you worldly-wise people!

I've been asked to attend a children's party for a set of 1 year old twins (it's all part of the parents wanting to document their growth etc).

I have a few issues which have come up in my head...

One is, how on earth I charge/present photo's. It's only the parents of the twins so far who have been in contact. So, do I charge for my time (it's two hours) and then they buy whichever pictures they're interested in, or do I charge a flat fee for my time plus a CD with x amount of photo's included? I suppose it might be a personal preference thing, but I thought I'd ask your opinion....

Secondly, this sounds like a dodgy area to me... I might just be being over-sensitive, but I can't help thinking how hard it is going to be for me to ensure that I only get the two twins in the photo's and no other children? Or do I need to get individual permission from every parent at the event?

People must do this sort of thing all the time, so I assume there must be ways - I just wonder if it's more trouble than it's worth!

Thank you muchly in advance :)
 
I can't help too much, but I believe that it will make a significant difference as to whether the party is in a private place, or in public.

I suspect, that if it is in private, that if the only people who you will be providing prints for are those that are close friends of the parents (I know you haven't had any other requests yet), that the permission would be taken as being implicit, so long as the other parents know that it is going to happen before hand.

That said, if the parents do know before-hand, they have the choice of whether to be there or not.
Do we take it from the style of the question that you are not a professional (i.e. this isn't your main source of income).

I suspect that if you were to look at this as being a favour, and no money changing hands, then you would consider that this is possibly being over cautious (assuming you are not a proffessional)
 
the permissions should be un-nessercery as the only poeple likely to by photos of a particular child are the family members of that child.

if you have been asked to do photos at the party its the person who asked you job to get permissions. as you are unlikely to use the photos.

cheers Steve
 
I took some of my Grandaughters birthday this year and only one parent asked my Daughter in law not to have a picture of her baby done. Personaly I think the Mother was embarrassed cos it was Ginger and ugly :lol:
 
u8myufo said:
I took some of my Grandaughters birthday this year and only one parent asked my Daughter in law not to have a picture of her baby done. Personaly I think the Mother was embarrassed cos it was Ginger and ugly :lol:
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No need for a comment like - not even in jest
 
Maybe one day you'll learn not to make assumptions too
 
Thank you everyone - you're right, I'm not a professional by any means and it's not my main source of income, but they will be paying me (I'll be traveling a long way and it's on a weekend ;-) )

I'd like to use some of the photo's on my website (if they were any good), but if that causes problems with permissions etc, I just won't do that.

It's not going to be paying me much and so I don't want to make a huge deal out of it, I just don't want to get stung somewhere along the line!
 
I have done holy communions and nursery shoots and they are a lot of work to do properly most of it after the event also the pricing is tricky to get right.
Anyway good luck
 
u8myufo said:
I was referring to myself with that comment Jim ;)
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Sorry - my "assumption" was based on your avatar. You've got as much hair as me! :)
 
Are you thinking a bit too deep with this? I'd guess as you are travelling a long way and you are not a pro advertising your services locally the commission has come from friends or family? Are they not already under the impression they may be just paying you some petrol and a few quid on top? If not, seems a bit odd you get the commission already without some clarity on what is involved and what you will produce for the money?

If they are friends/family I'd be tempted if you want to use some pictures to do a few for them on CD 'all in' (limited resolution), plus agree to get a few printed up if they like them (and charge a nominal sum on top) especially if you can get a few for your website. You could either then let them take a few orders from other parents if you have their kids in shots with permission, or perhaps set up something like Photobox/Clikpic so they can download their own at cost. If you have particularly good ones of other kids, maybe a nice print at low cost or even goodwill may get permission to use on a website.

If this is a purely commercial venture then of course you have to charge the full rate but I don't think you would be asking these things if you were a pro. if you were doing these things commercially more frequently then perhaps you should look at event photographers who generally can print there and then but i'd guess the party numbers would make this uneconomical to do.
 
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