Recently, I was approached by two members of my fraternity with ideas for some work. One member wanted to use me to help with a fundraiser, and another wanted me to put together a proposal for doing the Fraternity's yearly Composite of the members.
The fundraiser idea is a "Girls of..." calendar. I see this as a good opportunity to create some good portfolio shots, but I have no idea how to approach this. I have never set up a photo shoot before, and I know I'm going to need some model releases to use the images and possibly some clothing donated by local stores in order to pull this off. Plus, I've never worked in a situation where I would be using models.
The other opportunity has me very excited since I've tried pushing for this in the past. Over the last couple years, my Fraternity has used the Fraternal Composite Service to produce a composite of every undergraduate brother. If you're not aware of them, Fraternal Composites produces "heirloom quality" setups, but their price is high.
My fraternity want me to come in with a proposal/bid. Who would be the best people to talk to about prices for assembling this? I know there is a store in a nearby town that builds frames and sells glass, so it wouldn't be too hard to get a quote from them, but I don't know how to go about inlaying the pictures into the background.
Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?