- Tell everyone you know (and strangers) that you're a videographer.
- Have a few excellent samples of your work (you may need to do these for lower cost to acquire your first clients since they are taking a gamble on you).
- Do work for non-profits to have footage for an online reel
- Know what your market can bear for pricing. A pro videographer in Southwest Montana said that $50/hour is on the low side for video production.
- Sell yourself. Use Facebook, a website, and LinkedIn to promote your work and help potential clients discover you. Blog and post to Facebook regularly.
- Get back to potential clients in the same business day or within 24 hours. People often want video right away and responsiveness will show potential clients that you are serious and interested.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
How to Get Hired as a Videographer
Some of the most important keys to getting hired as a videographer
Friday, September 5, 2014
How to Price Wedding Videography
Determine your pricing by the hourly rate you want to earn. If you're just starting, you'll probably have to charge 50-60% of what a full-time professional charges for wedding videography.
Expect to spend about 40-60 hours editing the full-length wedding film, depending on if you provide a 40 minute or 60 minute finished video. Expect to spend one hour per edited minute of video.
If you want to earn $40 per hour, then you need to charge $1,600 minimum for any wedding video.
Sample expenses and profit breakdown for wedding videography:
$2,000 earned for wedding video
- 400 (second videographer)
- 40 (rent an extra wireless mic)
- 50 (rent a 70-200mm zoom lens)
- 30 (purchase of a professional DVD case with cover art)
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$1,480 tentative profit
Also consider:
- Travel costs
- Housing/meal costs if the wedding is more than one hour away
- Batteries (shotgun mics often use 9V batteries, portable audio recorders usually use AA's)
- renting professional zoom lenses for the other videographer(s), depending on what equipment they have.
Expect to spend about 40-60 hours editing the full-length wedding film, depending on if you provide a 40 minute or 60 minute finished video. Expect to spend one hour per edited minute of video.
If you want to earn $40 per hour, then you need to charge $1,600 minimum for any wedding video.
Sample expenses and profit breakdown for wedding videography:
$2,000 earned for wedding video
- 400 (second videographer)
- 40 (rent an extra wireless mic)
- 50 (rent a 70-200mm zoom lens)
- 30 (purchase of a professional DVD case with cover art)
---------------------
$1,480 tentative profit
Also consider:
- Travel costs
- Housing/meal costs if the wedding is more than one hour away
- Batteries (shotgun mics often use 9V batteries, portable audio recorders usually use AA's)
- renting professional zoom lenses for the other videographer(s), depending on what equipment they have.
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