First off, thank you so much for considering me for this massive project. I’ve been a Capital District resident for most of my life and love this idea. With so many struggling right now, a lot of whom I’ve worked with before, offering them just a little something is super appreciated I’m sure. As far as being able to cover all of these businesses, I don’t see it as a problem as long as there is a little flexibility with scheduling.

My proposal for a project of this size would be as just the photographer and to work more on a tier level. Based on past experience this seems to be the best option. I also agree with this being more of an “as we go” project. Could maybe do features on 5-10 businesses per month? We can discuss this further to figure out a lot of the details below.

What you’d be getting with this would be these shots:

• 1 Vertical close up of business owner(s) inside business

• 1 Vertical wide shot of business owner(s) inside business

• 1 Horizontal close of up business owner(s) inside business

• 1 Horizontal wide shot of business owner(s) inside business

• 1 Vertical shot of business interior without owner

• 1 Horizontal shot of business interior without owner

• 1 Vertical photo of business owner(s) in front of business name (where applicable)

• 1 Horizontal photo of business owner(s) in front of business name (where applicable)

All eight images of each establishment would be delivered by no later than 10pm on the specified date based on duration. These unbranded images would be fully edited, uncompressed jpegs that are individually labeled with specific business names and uploaded to a folder that Troy BID (or myself) will provide. Troy BID will have ownership over these photos which will allow you to:

• reproduce the photograph;

• prepare derivative works based upon the photograph;

• distribute copies of the photograph to the businesses by transfer of ownership, or by lending;

• display the photograph publicly;

These could be used for such things as social media, graphics, marketing materials, etc. What this won’t allow you to do is sell, lease, or rent the photos for your own personal profit.

Other than what is stated above, this pricing covers:

• Creative fee

• Time spent scheduling all shoots

• Travel to and from businesses

• Post-production editing time

• Usage fees

For a project of this size with this estimated time frame, the tiered pricing would go as follows:

$200 per business for the first 50 businesses, $175pb for the next 50, and then $150pb for anything after that.

What I can expect from you for this project:

• Google Spreadsheet with contact info (phone and email), availability, business address and hours

• A 25% non-refundable deposit each month with the rest due 3 days prior to delivery. (this will be dependent on how the project ends up taking shape)

Listed below are examples of what you can expect for this project. Each image was edited and styled to go with each particular business.

Thanks so much for your consideration and looking forward to hearing from you!