{"id":3225,"date":"2025-02-26T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=3225"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:00:54","slug":"timeline-of-booking-a-photographer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/departments\/photography\/timeline-of-booking-a-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Booking a Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Client to provide full details minimum of<strong> 2 weeks<\/strong> prior to event. Details required:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date<\/li>\n<li>Start\/end times for photographer<\/li>\n<li>Exact location (address + room number, if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>Onsite contact name and mobile number<\/li>\n<li>Delivery deadline if needed less than 1 week following event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parking pass required from client prior to event<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Editorial:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initial discussion\/intake <strong>1-1.5 months<\/strong> prior to goal photo shoot dates<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-1.5<\/strong> months prior to photos\/proofs needed &#8211; Creative kickoff<br \/>\n<strong>1 month<\/strong> prior to photos\/proofs needed &#8211; Photo direction confirmed, estimate approved<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Marketing Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Larger projects (e.g., websites, photo libraries, etc.) require more lead time to develop<\/p>\n<p>Initial discussion\/intake <strong>3-5 months<\/strong> prior to goal photo shoot dates, <strong>5-7 months<\/strong> prior to final photos needed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At<strong> 3-5 months<\/strong> &#8211; Evaluate photo needs, develop suggested plan\/schedule, develop and confirm budget<\/li>\n<li>At<strong> 2 months<\/strong> &#8211; Confirm with client, subjects<\/li>\n<li>At<strong> 1 month<\/strong> &#8211; Final scheduling, photographer confirmation; outreach for photography extras, if applicable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Events: Client to provide full details minimum of 2 weeks prior to event. Details required: Date Start\/end times for photographer Exact location (address + room number, if applicable) Onsite contact name and mobile number Delivery deadline if needed less than 1 week following event Parking pass required from client prior to event Editorial: Initial discussion\/intake [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19844,"featured_media":0,"parent":204,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3225"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3225\/revisions\/3809"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}