janetlee Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Hi, I've gotten a request to purchase a high quality digital file of one of my photos from a woman who's getting married and wants to use it as her wedding stamp...not sure what that really means, but... She saw this photo in my betterphoto.com gallery. I don't really know how to handle this as in what to charge....Any advice would be great! Thanks, Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybynum Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 1. get a release if it's a 3rd party sale 2. sell only the rights to use the photo for a specific purpose 3. charge her something reasonable but done give it away. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former P.N Member Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 She may be referring to 'photo stamps' available at <a href="http://photo.stamps.com">http://photo.stamps.com</a>. <p> You could confirm that with her and if that's the case you could make arrangements for her to do it through you (with the appropriate mark-up on your part of course). <p>I did it for someone who wanted them for invitations for a birthday party and they came out pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Ponder that once a customer has "paid for their photo" they will bring it to a print shop' email/ftp to a printer on the internet and want reprints. Most will consider they bought the image for any reason; and they "own it". Thus we as a print shop get a testy mad customer if we doubt what can be done with the image; shot by their "Uncle Bob". The general public can crop out watermarks; burn a new CD/DVD; change file names; strip off the header info. Its very rare that a print shop really gets any real info or boilerplate on grey area images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybee Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 I agree with Dick, she's probably talking about photo.stamps.com. If so, it doesn't have to be a large, high-quality file to order stamps from them. If she tried to order reprints from the file, I'm not sure that she's be happy with the quality. Joel Berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetlee Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Thanks so much for your answers! That photo stamp site is cool! :- ) I emailed her and asked if that was what she wanted to use it for and said I could do it for her and have the stamps sent to her. That way, I wouldn't be giving her access to my file.... So, what would you all charge for the use of your photo in this case? Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinblack Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Let's say she wants under 1,000 stamps. I would price the license at $350 plus cost of stamps. Your idea to supply the stamps yourself is a good one. Just make sure you get paid up front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetlee Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 She needs 100 stamps. Is the number of stamps really relevant to what I charge her for the use of my photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_violet1 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I would say yes in a way, a few hundred dollars for rights to use the photo would be fair. besides the fact that you can use this as a chance to get your name out and plug for more work. i would still get all this in writing, however like before if you do it yourself youll have all the control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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