I still remember that time I was sitting there with a DP who turned to me during a meeting and said, “Free is usually never free. And most of the time it ends up costing you more in the end then if you had decided to pay for it up front.” And boy was he right. Now in this day and age of endless “self producing” and so many people creating original content left and right, I’m sure you’ve heard one (or all) of your friends casually mention during pre-production, “Yeah, we have this guy with a camera who’s willing…