Free Nonprofit Banquet Events

Not like “free beer tomorrow”, but free.

I’ve been shooting lots of nonprofit events over the past couple years and I don’t believe I’ve ever charged for one.  So, I wanted to make it official by saying, “I shoot nonprofit benefits for free”.

I do have a handful of stipulations:

• The event’s PRIMARY purpose should be to raise money for a nonprofit (not networking or education that happens to have a charitable side-note)
• The recipient nonprofit should be a registered 501(c)3
• Event should have 50+ attendees
• kapchur.us photography should be the official photographers (if others will be required they should coordinate through kapchur.us)
• Maximum event shoot time of 3 hours ($100/hr overtime fee)
• Public recognition should be given for the donation of the photography services (using logo if possible)
• Food/drink should be provided to the photographer(s) & assistant(s) (if applicable)
• Although I can’t think of any off the top of my head, I reserve the right to turn down organizations for personal reasons

• One or more professionally dressed and professionally acting photographers (sometimes with assistants for larger events)
• Arrival 1 hour prior to event start time (the 3 hour limit starts at the start time of the event)
• Original digital photos with watermark will be provided shortly after the event (usually within 48 hours) (2000 pixel longest edge, medium sized)
• A blog post here about your event with some of the photos
• A link to a Facebook album where your guests can view photos and tag themselves and friends, a post of the same link on your organization’s Facebook page (linking back to the kapchur.us Facebook album)
• A link to a SmugMug gallery where guests can purchase photos (without watermark)

Of course any event I would do would be “schedule permitting”.  If you contact me about an event and we draw up an expectations list and we agree on the list and the date/time, you have locked me in to that date.