Price isn't everything
- after all, money 'saved' either by doing the photography in-house
or by dealing with a general purpose photographer who doesn't have
the training, background or resources to produce top-quality selling
images isn't money saved at all. It's money wasted!
Not that we're
expensive anyway - our price structure is extremely competitive, and
costs are kept down further by efficient management of our resources
and by our ongoing capital investment in the latest technology.
We charge by the
day or the half day (our minimum booking period), and we're happy
to work to a firm quote, to ensure that costs are under your full
control.
How
much do we charge per shot?
We
don't price on a cost-per-shot basis because this system would work
against your interests.
The reason for this is that the shots will only work for you if they
sell your products or services. Some shots take only a few minutes
to set up and others are more complex and take far longer.
So, to make sure that we get shots that really work for you, we take
infinite care to get every shot right, and the end result will earn
you far more than the cost!
So, working on a cost-per-shot basis would make it easier to work
out the cost, but harder for you to sell your products. Our method,
charging on the basis of the actual amount of time taken, produces
individual and creative selling shots - and it can often be much cheaper
too!
Additional
costs
Another
price benefit of dealing with us is that we will only charge you for
our time, plus of course any materials and other disbursements such
as models. We don't charge anything at all for the use of our studio
or equipment, consultation or liaison with other professionals.
We make a modest charge of just 50p per mile for travel to location
shoots, and your photographs can be used for any commercial purpose,
without any restrictions, time limits or extra payment.
And,
unusually, we won't charge you for the first cancellation on weather-dependent
shoots provided that the weather forecast is accurate. We do however
have to pass on any model agency charges for aborted shoots.
But
price, fair trading and good value for money are only secondary reasons
for dealing with us. The primary reason is that we will produce far
better photos than you expect!
All
prices are plus V.A.T