Originally Posted by kisskatlyn

If I am to hire a photographer to take one set of 30 photos of myself and deliver them edited (tattoo removal) what would be a fair price? That is I am paying him to take photos of me which he can not use nor watermark and the price should include editing.

Now, what is a fair price for the raw photos without editing?

Keeping in mind I'm talking about competent photographers with proper lighting, etc.

The reason I am asking is because I have the most wonderful friend. He is a professional fashion photographer (ie that is his job) and he has worked on really high level campaigns in Italy, etc. He has just returned to North America. He wants to do my photos for free as we are friends however I know things can happen and I don't want problems later, especially if my the photos make a lot of money, so I want to pay him the going rate to avoid any complications later and keep our friendship good.