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Photography Services and Rates


Matt Leidecker Photography offers a wide range of services to fit both individual and business needs. The links to the left of this page provide more detailed information. You will find a list of photo rates and services below.

Digital photography offers comparable quality to color slide or print films while providing additional speed and flexibility toward the final product. All digital photography is shot with a professional Canon 20D SLR camera body (8.3 megapixels) and lenses.

Traditional (film) photography is shot with a professional Canon A2E SLR body and lenses. Additional costs including film, processing, and scanning may be included.


Digital Photography Rates
$85/hr
$350/day
Includes a brief consultation with client to identify their photographic needs, travel to location, all equipment, and photography.
Photo Consultation
$25/hr A 15 min. consultation is included with the hourly/daily photo rates. Additional consultation about the photographic goals of individual projects will be billed at this rate.
Output to CD/DVD
$20/disc This covers the time to import, re-name, and export the un-edited photo shoot to a CD or DVD
Photo Editing
$25/hr Rough or detailed edit of photo shoot, conversion of Canon RAW files (if needed), renaming and organization of digital images, creation of a "web ready" photo gallery, and burned images to CD or DVD. (1 hr. minimum)
Online Gallery Creation
$25/hr Resizing of image files, re-naming and organization of digital images, upload to a password secure online gallery. Ordering and online purchase of photos and photo gifts is optional.
Conventional Photo Rates (film/transparencies)
$85/hours
$350/day
Same as digital photo services
Film Cost
$6-15 per roll This covers the cost of each roll of film with little or no markup by the photographer. Clients may provide their own film.
Processing Cost
$10-20 per roll This covers the cost of processing each roll of film with little or no markup by the photographer. The client may choose to receive un-processed film and take care of this step on their own.
Film Scanning (low resolution)
$15 per roll This is done at the photo lab before they cut apart the negative strip. The scan quality is low, and it is not recommened to make prints from the scanned files. This is a relatively inexpensive way to get your images digitized for upload to an online gallery or used with email applications.
Film Scanning (high resolution)
$25/hr High resolution scanning of selected images is performed with a Nikon Coolscan V ED slide and film scannera. The resulting digital files are print ready for any digital printing application. Files will be burned to a CD or DVD.
Online Gallery Creation
$25/hr Same as above.
Photo Consultation
$25/hr Same as above.