portraits on location...?

12 years 7 months ago #151219 by CD DVD
If you shoot portraits on location....who chooses the location, photographer or client?
If the photographer chooses the location, should there still be a traveling fee?


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12 years 7 months ago #151226 by b0caj
It doesn't matter in the end who chooses the location. Some photographers allow the client to choose their favorite location, which would allow the client to become comfortable in their surroundings. Sometimes the client has no idea where to shoot, so the photographer will choose a location. Either way the client should pay for traveling expenses (which would be included in the session fee).


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12 years 7 months ago #151234 by butterflygirl921
The client should choose the location and it's up to you if you charge a traveling fee. I would also depend the traveling fee on how far you have to travel. If it's five minutes down the road you don't need to charge but if its a half hour drive then charge them the gas.


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12 years 7 months ago #151419 by Janos
Who ever has the best spot in mind. If the client has a spot they want, then done deal. If I'm the one with the spot, then we go there.


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12 years 7 months ago #151602 by Henry Peach
Sometimes the clients choose the location, sometimes I do. Most of the time we both have input on the decision.

Come up with a travel policy. Mine is that I charge a travel fee based on mileage for locations more than 20 miles from my home.
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12 years 7 months ago #151615 by Singa

Janos wrote: Who ever has the best spot in mind. If the client has a spot they want, then done deal. If I'm the one with the spot, then we go there.


But if you choose the spot, do you charge the client a traveling expense?


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