Commercial Photography Rates

 
 

Full-Day Creative Session

$2,200 / studio light
/ natural light

  • 30 minute creative call and pre-production virtual meeting & 30 minute followup

  • 10 hour photoshoot day including setup and teardown

  • Online proofs delivery for image selection

  • Licensing in perpetuity for web usege for up to 75 selects; additional images - $25/per photo - small businesses only

  • Post-processing of images of your choice (cropping, color correction, exposure & contrast adjustment)

  • Equipment: camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit), 2 strobe lights + softboxes and on-camera flash ($2,200 creative fee)

    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS BONUS:

  • 3 hours of high-end retouching at no additional cost

 

Start-up Creative Session I

$999 / studio light
$700 / natural light

  • 30 minute creative call and pre-production virtual meeting & 20 minute followup

  • 3.5 hour photoshoot day including setup and teardown

  • Online proofs delivery for image selection

  • Licensing in perpetuity for web usege for up to 25 selects; additional images - $25/per photo - small businesses only

  • Post-processing of images of your choice (cropping, color correction, exposure & contrast adjustment)

  • Equipment: camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit), 2 strobe lights + softboxes and on-camera flash ($999 creative fee) OR camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit) and on-camera flash only ($700 creative fee)

    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS BONUS:

  • 1 hour of high-end retouching at no additional cost

Half-Day Creative Session

$1,650 / studio light
$1,200 / natural light

  • 30 minute creative call and pre-production virtual meeting & 30 minute followup

  • 6 hour photoshoot day including setup and teardown

  • Online proofs delivery for image selection

  • Licensing in perpetuity for web usege for up to 50 selects; additional images - $25/per photo - small businesses only

  • Post-processing of images of your choice (cropping, color correction, exposure & contrast adjustment)

  • Equipment: camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit), 2 strobe lights + softboxes and on-camera flash ($1,650 creative fee) OR camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit) and on-camera flash only ($1,200 creative fee)

    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS BONUS:

  • 2 hour of high-end retouching at no additional cost

 

Start-up Creative Session II

$300 / natural light
/ studio light

  • 20 minute creative call and pre-production virtual meeting

  • 1.5 hour photoshoot day including setup and teardown

  • Online proofs delivery for image selection

  • Licensing in perpetuity for web usege for up to 15 selects; additional images - $25/per photo - small businesses only

  • Post-processing of images of your choice (cropping, color correction, exposure & contrast adjustment)

  • Equipment: camera, backup camera, lenses (wide angle, telephoto, + macro kit) and on-camera flash only ($300 creative fee)


    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS BONUS:

  • 30 minutes of high-end retouching at no additional cost

 

Usage License

Small local businesses are granted a non-exclusive, non-third party transferrable website and social media usage license within the creative fee. An estimate for print, advertising or an exclusive usage license will be provided upon request. Fees vary based on the usage type and duration.

Brands with national and international presence will be provided industry-standard usage licensing fees based on usage type, geographic region and duration in addition to the creative fee.

SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOSESSION

SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTOSESSION

OPTION 1

2hr photoshoot
social media usage license for
up to 25 selects / additional images $15/per photo

$600

OPTION 2

3hr photoshoot
social media usage license for
up to 38 selects / additional images $15/per photo

$750

OPTION 3

4hr photoshoot
social media usage license for
up to 25 selects / additional images $15/per photo

$1,000

Crew

Photography projects can involve just the photographer and client, or a crew of many wearing all sorts of hats! The type of crew that’s right for the job is determined on the level of production required for the project and the budget available. Does your project require a larger production? We can hire a team to collaborate with us.

 

Beyond hiring a photographer you might consider hiring:

  • PRODUCER

  • ART DIRECTOR

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

  • LOCATION SCOUT

  • PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT

  • DIGI-TECH

  • FOOD STYLIST

  • PROP STYLIST

  • RETOUCHER

How to go about hiring a crew:

  • Get in touch with agencies such as

    • Judy Inc

    • Fuze Reps

    • Plutino Group

    • or..

  • Have Joanna be in charge of hiring a team

ADDITIONAL SERVICES & OVERTIME DETAILS

  • Assistance with prep for the shoot day such as shot list creation, booking locations, model scouting, prop sourcing, food prep is available upon request.

  • Retouching beyond processing through CaptureOne, Lightroom and photoshop that was achieved during the shoot duration (ie. additional adjustments, or rebuilding, removing or adding image components, compositing, cutting out objects from background or blending more than one image together), as well as color correction or major blemish removal during processing, is available on clients request.

    $850/day or $125/hr + HST

  • Rates will be provided based on the studio requirements for the session.

  • Some projects require special gear. For example, sometimes more than 2 artificial light sources (such as large products), or speciality equipment is needed. Estimates for additional equipment costs will be provided if the project requires additional lighting, or tools.

  • Travel time is billed by the hour at $75 and milage at .60 cents per km to account for travel time + expenses.

  • Photography overtime after 10 hours including setup and teardown: $300/hr + HST

 

 Do you need a combination of the services above? Additional crew on set or specific requests such as location scouting, photographers assistant, food stylist, prop stylist etc? Custom quotes available upon specific project requirements. Get in touch with details of your project for more information.