Ava, your questions are good, don't worry, I am new and I want to hear everything
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Originally Posted by AaronM
Honestly, it really depends on the client. Most people in this business understand overhead and profit margins for producers. When it comes to self shot content, all of that goes out the window and the clients usually know this. If the overhead is lower then they may expect the cost to be lower as well.
Although I am a producer, I also hire models to do self shot stuff though not as large of a package as you are referring to. That being said, at the current rate that I pay models to do self shot stuff, the total for a package like the one you mention would be around $2,500.00. Again, not accounting for price fluctuation based on bulk.
Yes, you will find people that will pay considerably more than that but I can't imagine they would offer anywhere near the suggested $15k.
"Does it really sell that much worse to be worth only 25%"
Well...Yes, it does. But it does seem to be growing in popularity so supply and demand could significantly impact that. This is EXACTLY why I have been stock piling this sort of content over the last year or so. I highly doubt my cost on it will go down but it could certainly go up.
The other thing to consider is the time to produce it. Time costs money. It takes A LOT less time for you to shoot a package like that then it would take a producer. You could bang something like that out in half the time if you wanted to. IMHO, $2.5k for 3 days of self shot solo content is not a bad paycheck. I know cam girls who spend a lot more time than that online each week to pull in less.
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Thanks for answering. I didn't realize this type of content was worth so much less. I really appreciate the info on both styles (photographer paying model and model producing), as well as the prices you gave for day rates, set rates, etc. Gives me a good foundation.
I just wanted to say though that I don't think it takes way less time, in fact it takes more. It takes a LOT of time to do these shoots and they are much more tiring than working with a photographer. You have noone directing you and you have to come up with everything, every idea yourself. Plus unless you want the remote in the photo you can't just take picture after picture. You have to use the continuous mode, snap it with the remote, hide the remote, then do poses for a couple photos and start over. Or, if you don't have a remote you have to get up over and over to get the camera going. It actually takes much longer to get 50 usable photos than with a photographer who can snap without stopping.
Maybe if you are counting set up time etc of the photographer I could agree that doing one set is quicker for the girl doing it on her own but as far as 8 hours of shooting goes once his assistants are there and everything is ready to go, I think the photographer can get twice as much content than the self-shot girl.
Not to say that should influence the cost, as that has nothing to do with how well it will or will not sell, just wanted to comment though because I've done both (worked with photographers and worked on my own) and it is NOT easier to do it myself. Maybe for one set, but there is no way I could do 50 sets in 3 days on my own, or even a week.