saying no

I thought I had an interesting project come up- and indeed it was interesting but offered very little as a payment point (less than half that I usually work for), which seemed a little off as they seemed to be the biggest venue to have offered me work. I turned it down, or rather told them how much I usually work for (and they not so much declined as didn't respond- maybe they are in the process of sorting it out and maybe one day they will get back to me).

Talking to a friend who works for the AOI she said that what I already work for on average is still on the cheap side, though it is ok to consider that whilst different places can offer different prices there should always be a minimum amount.

Pricing work is horrifying  hard and it's quite understandable that people take on cheap / free jobs (but it's bad!!). If a place is big enough to be good enough for exposure then they're also big enough to pay you.