Photo editing Freelancing, charge by hour or job?

[ballmode]

So my fiance is going to start working on the side as a freelancer in photo editing/graphic design. She will be editing a few hundred photos a week, some resizing, some touchups.

Should she charge per photo, or per hour?

if whatever, how much should she charge?

 

[Bignate603]

If she can get the stuff done quickly then by job. If it takes a while, then charge by the hour. 😉

Honestly, I'm only half joking. If she can plow through tons very quickly then she could do quite well charging by the job.

 

[ballmode]

price range?

 

[Freshgeardude]

hmm this is an interesting question id like to see answered

 

[Bignate603]

price range?

I don't know enough about her industry or skills to say for sure. Is she just doing this as a side job? Is she getting paid under the table?

 

[ioni]

By job. A freelancer could easily stretch the time it takes to do a job. I'd never hire a freelancer that charged by the hour.

 

[Sukhoi]

Depends on the clients but I would expect by the job would sell better. People don't want to estimate how long their job is going to take and then multiply by the hourly rate - they just want a price.

 

[ballmode]

The work that is going to be done is editing about 300-400 photos a week of homes.

The person wants all the lighting done, resized, and add scenic backgrounds through the windows.

 

[Paladin3]

Per image is the only fair way to do it. A lot of companies offering this kind of work like to pay by the hour, and then demand a ridiculous number of images edited per hour. And don't forget that as an independent contractor you have to pay all your own taxes and expenses.

Also make sure her equipment is calibrated to the client's specs and that of their print shop, and get it in writing. Someone I worked with did similar jobs on the side. She had an asshole refuse to pay her after she followed his verbal editing instructions to the letter, but the images didn't print well at the lab he used.

 

[Paladin3]

The work that is going to be done is editing about 300-400 photos a week of homes.

The person wants all the lighting done, resized, and add scenic backgrounds through the windows.

LOL! Scenic backgrounds through the windows?

I wouldn't touch a job like that with a stick. Sounds like someone with a point and shoot wants Photoshop Magic done for pennies an image. Tell them to hire a real photographer and do it right.