I was wondering how much to charge for photography. I Am 13 and I currently shoot on a canon t5 with manual settings. My current lenses are the one it comes with, a macro attachment, a 75-300mm lens, some uv filters, and a cpl filter. I was also wondering if I should charge by the hour or by photo.
Forget all the people saying you can’t charge anything — lots of teens do work for money. You can’t charge as much as a professional but that’s fine, you could at least charge as much as you’d earn working at a fast food restaurant or babysitting!
I freelanced since I was 14 years old, and it gave me invaluable experience in working with clients, negotiating, delivering on what I promised, and handling money.
And I got shafted by clients, like everyone does, which was good in a way because I learned a lot from it when stakes were very low and mostly it just hurt my feelings.
Yes you should use as much time as you can learning and trying lots of things — for cheap or free — because that’ll give you insight into what you do and don’t love, that’ll help you as you grow up and have to make adult decisions about college and career.
But there’s no reason you can’t earn some money while you’re doing it!