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Father Of Flame
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 02:54 pm |
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I decided to shift gears for the time being and start with rendering services and keep pushing for the space planning and design projects. I worked on few projects in the past and posted these rendering at my firm's website http://www.hillsarch.com
The question is how much would you pay for a similar rendererings?
You will provide the CAD or PDF file and I will do the rest.
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 03:31 pm |
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On the one hand: when I've had any involvement with outsourcing rendering in firms where I've worked the cost per rendering has been higher than any of the choices in your poll (anywhere from $500 to $1500, with additional fees for publication of the images or for the 3d model files.)
The only times I've seen fees that low were when the firms experimented with outsourcing to India and China - in which cases the fees were MUCH lower - as little as $35 per image.
On the other hand: the renderings on your site, while perfectly competent, are fairly simple and many firms with any 3d capability at all would take on a rendering of that scale and level of complexity themselves in-house. Larger firms usually go with big rendering farm firms when they're too busy to have someone do a complex model and renderings in-house. So you'll really need to target very small firms that don't have any 3d-capable staff (mostly those 1 or 2-person "old guy" firms).
We get so many postcards and emails every week marketing rendering companies. You'll need to identify some ways to make your services stand out from your competition (being faster/cheaper than the others won't usually do it - because if that's the main factor then the firms will outsource overseas.)Last edited on Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 03:34 pm by Phlustered
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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 03:40 pm |
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| We have paid $1,500 for construction of a computer model for an interior rendering & $500 for the rendering.
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JChapinCP
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 07:45 pm |
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I agree with much of what Phulstered has already said. It appears that the majority of renderings that you show on your site are items that can be done in Photoshop or Sketchup. At least thats what I use to create similar quality of renderings.
The question of what to charge is a hard one cause you will want to make money for your services but you also have to be able to make it cheaper or easier than a firm can do it in house. The problem is that pretty much any graduate or intern is going to be savy enough to pull off those renderigns. So as it's been said you need to find your niche.
Good luck and I wish you the best for trying because its more than I have done.
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Father Of Flame
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 10:06 pm |
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JchapinCP, Vance, and Phlustered.
Thank you for your input. I am really trying to be out there one way or another. I know it takes some time to build relations with clients but the good thing is that I have a good Job while Iam building my firm and get some additional work.
I think all the feed back has been constructive and it will help me keep pushing till I get some where. By the way, the website is one of free template websites available for everybody . All I am trying to do at this point is get to know clients and limit the financial damage because so far no work after 3 months of establishing the firm.
I know it might take a year or more to get going but one thing is sure ... I am not ready to give up!
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 02:02 am |
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Invest in a copy of Revit and advertise as such. BIM is the future of architecture...you can go directly from having great model renderings to CDs pretty easily, and you can use the innovative approach to your advantage. Not all firms are using it yet...could be your foot in the door for more saavy clients.
I admire the courage it takes to go out on a wing and a prayer like you have, but, like everyone has said to now, any firm can pull those rendering off in-house. Maybe you can advertise them to local builders or construction management firms...but not architects.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 07:38 pm |
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| I agree with the previous posts. The renderings you have, although they are good, are relatively simple. I work for a small firm and we typically do renderings in house, generally about the same quality as yours. Most of our projects don't require really high quality renderings. If we do need higher quality rendering, pricing I see is typically $800-1500, but the renderings are nearly indistiguishable from photographs. I think there are a lot of opportunities for rendering out there, but the competition is pretty fierce. If you really want to make a business out of renderings, I think you probably need to get more education and practice on the modeling technologies out there to hold up against the competition.
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Posted: Wed Oct 8th, 2008 08:52 pm |
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Google: Architectural Renderings
Then re-phase the post. How much can I pay you to take these off my hands.
Sorry....just one of those days.................
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 03:25 pm |
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| Believe it or not I just made a deal on few renderings. It is very exciting!
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 02:40 pm |
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Way to go. Just goes to show that while it's good to get advice it's also good to follow your heart.
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