Sarah Anderson Photography
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Cost of doing business

Price List for Sarah Anderson Photography

This is a general indication of prices. Please contact to receive a specific quote for your brief.

With a love of visual stories, Sarah’s experience spans across food & beverage, interiors and architecture.

A practical problem solver, Sarah helps clients bring their work to life - always aiming to understand and capture the story beyond the shot. She empowers clients to feel confident that their projects can speak for themselves - that their end product can connect and visually delight.

Sarah’s passion for eco businesses filters through her work. From capturing the story of start-ups and small family-run businesses to working closely with sustainable architecture and design, she is always wanting to support ethical businesses.

Returning back to her home city of Geelong after many years in Melbourne, Sarah continues her experience working around Geelong, the Bellarine Peninsula and Surfcoast.

Calculating the cost of doing business and what you need to charge

Work out how many hours it takes to do the average job

Phone calls/ pre production

Gear prep

Travel

Photoshoot

Previews

Post Production/ Editing/ billing

Work out how much time you have to work each week

Schedule in other commitments/ study/ work/ family/ exercise/ sleep etc/ book keeping/ admin/ education/ marketing/ getting work/ whats left?

How many weeks you want to work per year

What holidays do you want?

When is it not possible to work?

How many jobs can you do each week/ each year

Work out your business costs

Rent/ Gear/ Insurance/ Subscriptions such as software / Power bills

Phone/ Internet/ Car/ Fuel/ Service/ Marketing/ Website/ courses and education/

Assistants/ retouching/ accountant/ accounting software/ computers/ maintenance

Work out your personal costs

Rent or Mortgage/ groceries/ medical/ Insurance/ Childcare/ Home maintenance/ Gym/ haircuts/ clothes/ pets/

eating out/ entertainment/ saving/ investments

Work out the salary you want to make plus expenses for business and divide by the number of jobs you can do in a year

Another way to work it out is to work out the weekly cost of doing nothing and never charge less than that