LiquidVDO
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Hello,
I know many VDO graphers here on Koh Tao and there are many different companys. They sell the dvd's from 1700 per disc untill 2500,- baht a disc.
Some companys make it cheaper when several people buy the disc.
The fate of a vdographer is that you can make nice money one month and hardly any the next. Nowadays I think some of the companys also have a pool system where they split whatever they make between the vdographers.
Greetz
This it true, prices vary from company to company and there are also differences in the DVDs from just your movie to a fully interactive DVD with lots of extras. The Dive shops are usually taking 20% with instructors also getting commission, taking this into consideration with the cost of Underwater video equipment, a full day of work, office & work permit, legal overheads and the ever more expensive cost of living, the price for the DVDs is an absolute bargain.
Also there was a previous post about a videographer getting paid 500 baht per DVD, there is a company on the the island paying that rate to "interns" or trainees and again that rate varies, we pay more, but working Videographers could expect to earn more than a Divemaster and yes work less and during high season earn more than a lot of instructors. I have also had Underwater video interns, earn more than half their course fee back in two weeks and like everything in life depends on the persons abilities and how they apply themselves.
Koh Tao is becoming a very popular place for underwater video courses, we have had a lot of our past trainees continue working and eventually start their own business in other destinations or pursue their passion and go to University to undertake film studies.