good morning guys!! (jeesh...i just went to bed! this place is truly the Land of the Sleepless!)

anyway, i'm excited because i've been asked to do shoot another band...a group of young men...two of whom are our crewmates at the restaurant.

they have a couple of gigs a week, but i'm gonna start out by shooting them at one of their practice sessions before actually shooting them at one of their gigs.

they practice at an old abandoned bourbon warehouse, and the prospect of shooting that place is almost more exciting than shooting the band!

anyway, i think kemal and i need to get the ground work laid for establishing ourselves as a freelance photographer-team-for-hire.

if we're gonna start getting offers to shoot, we need to think about the business end of this (yuck!) it might be a bit premature though. dunno.

i was just thinking, we paid for my new cam in Jan. That's a huge expense. if i've already got 2 freelance gigs lined up for us, seems we should be able to claim our cam as an expense come tax time next year even though we will be doing both these pro-bono. (we're not gonna charge this 2nd band either; all we will ask is that they give us referrals as payment.)

i guess i need to check into what kind of business licenses we might need and give our little husband/wife- team-for-hire a name. (any suggestions, guys?) and i guess we're gonna need to start recording mileage and other expenses.

i want to go ahead and get the groundwork laid and out of the way because i'm thinking positive that we will make some great shots and start getting some referrals and more clients.

I have absolutely no idea how to go about setting fees. obviously since we are NOT established as professional photographers, our fees will not be nearly as high.

So let's assume we do a great job and get some referrals. What then? i just have no idea how much we should charge.

i guess we're gonna need to make a portfolio also to show our work.

anybody have any ideas or suggestions? we could use some advice. thanks guys!!!!

Message edited on: 02/15/2005 07:00