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[quote=Anonymous]You might consider having this moved to Jobs and Careers, because you may get more responses there.

I have found, both personally and in talking to other creative professionals, that this discomfort around charging friends/family for your work correlates heavily with a more general discomfort with charging what you're worth to any client.  As professionals, it's so important that we value our work properly, and that we charge based on that value rather than some diminished amount that undervalues us.  If someone doesn't want to pay an appropriate rate for your work, then they are not your customer no matter how much they may want to be.

As for friends and family, think about the work you're considering giving away for free as a gift.  If you were not a creative professional, would you give that person a gift of the same value as your work for this particular occasion?  If yes, go ahead and do it for free.  If not, then say you will do it for a fee.  Your friend or family is asking you to do it because they know your work has value, and because it's something they can't readily do themselves (at least not to your level).  If they balk at that idea of paying you for that work, know that it's not because it's inappropriate for you to charge them, it's because they take you and/or your work for granted and don't value it appropriately.  Don't give your work away to people who don't appreciate it.[/quote]

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