Rate to pay apprentice photographer

8 years 9 months ago #448309 by ThatNikonGuy
What's a fair rate to pay an apprentice photographer with 2 years experience for wedding work? On the fence and need some help here.


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8 years 9 months ago #448365 by Stealthy Ninja
$500 per hour
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8 years 9 months ago #448372 by effron
What are your concerns? What does the apprentice expect? Without a little background info you'll just get more stabs in the dark.....:unsure:

Why so serious?
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8 years 9 months ago #448477 by Tony Imaging
$25-$50 per hour.  Depends on their experience.  Seeing that most will not have much experience, the value they are getting is experience from you. 


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8 years 9 months ago #448517 by garyrhook
:agree:  That sounds about right, assuming they know how to use a camera. And that they're good at lugging equipment around.


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8 years 9 months ago #448544 by icepics
If you're doing work as a photographer get information from professional photographers organizations like http://asmp.org or PPA or maybe NPPA (geared more to media). Or try looking up sites for pro wedding photographers.

Sharon
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8 years 9 months ago #448660 by Uplander
Love the tips on this board, good advice, thanks for sharing.


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8 years 8 months ago #448944 by Don Fischer
$25?  to $50 an hour? That's sounds awful high to me. Your gonna pay someone that much money to learn from you how to do it in the first place? I would think $10 maybe $15 an hour should be more than enough. It's not like your getting skilled help. You think they are worth more you can easily give them more but if you start at $25 hr and find out their not worth it, it's hard to cut them back. 


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8 years 8 months ago #448959 by garyrhook
It depends upon their skill level and what kind of work they're going to be doing. If they are going to tote equipment, setup/teardown, etc, then less. If they're going to shoot and produce keepable images, then $25 - $50 is not unreasonable.


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8 years 8 months ago #449069 by EOS Man
Yeah, +1 on the experience remarks 

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