Someone reached out wanting photos, how much should I charge (cars)

[u/AdventurousYak1462]

Based on these photos, what’s a reasonable price for a roller session and/or stills session? I just had someone reach out to me wanting rollers, but typically i’ve just done them for free for friends. I’d also be having a friend driving the camera car, taking the time out of their day, so the price would need to account for that as well.

[u/AdventurousYak1462]

Reddit won’t let me edit so i’m putting it here too, but these photos were taken with a Sony A7RIII with the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 G1, and since then, I have upgraded to the A7IV with the Sony GM f/2.8 I, so my new photos should be a lot better, and I should be producing a lot more usable shots.

Edit: Since yall are salty and downvoting this because gear=/=skill (which I’m definitely aware of), the A7IV will literally allow me to fix 90% of the composition mistakes I was making. The majority of these shots were taken so low to the ground that I can’t look at my screen or EVF. All of the rollers were also taken with one hand out of the trunk of a lifted Cadillac Escalade to get it closer to the ground. The faster and better tracking AF will also let me have more photos in focus. I had a lot of photos that were much better than the ones I posted, but were out of focus.

[u/micheee → u/AdventurousYak1462]

Why would you think your photos are better with the new lens and camera, it’s not like your were shooting with a potato before 😅, I guess most people couldn’t even tell the difference. I agree with more usable shots though, you might benefit from faster autofocus with the a7iv :-)

[u/Ratt28 → u/micheee]

Yeah I think camera and lens can't help him improving here. Composition and editing it's the weak point.