Originally Posted by
junqbox
I do the product photography (shoes) for the company I work for and through their tightfistedness, they only popped for the work lights on yellow stands from bunnings. What a waste of time having to colour correct for every shot, etc. Also, they don't ptrovide anywhere enough light, especially if you've something with dark colours and need to bring the detail out. Eventually convinced them to buy a chinese 3 head kit, much better now thank you.
I've had people phone me and offer shots done, deep etched for $40 each. Honestly, they have to be working out of their parents garage to be able to charge that much. Just add up these- your time @$X ph to set-up shoot and PP each shot, equipment, etc., as per above.
As LongShots said above, it's not really fair on your client for you to do your training on their time, the least you can do is be ready to shoot with something close to actual settings (may not take long depending on product). We prepare all of our images for print, although most only end up on the web. The quality process is the same.
Don't know enough about your existing equipment to comment, other than 'are you able to use a remote release? use external flash set-ups? etc. I can only imagine how much of PITA it would be to use the 2sec timer for every single shot.
Hope this helps