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Thanks you both for your responses. I ended up telling them $300, and was told "okay we will have to get back to you". I think thats pretty reasonable, but its no longer up to me.

Thanks for the reply. I am in the US. I did check a few free calculators and they gave me a low of 150ish and a high of 600ish. The photo will be 1/2 page at most, probably on the inside.

Was wondering if anyone on here may be able to give me some quick help with

a pricing question. Have a company interested in buying one or two of my

shots for a brochure. Brochure going out to 7,000 people nationwide with a

2x3 photo(s). I was thinking $200 or so.

 

Does that seem reasonable, or should I go higher/lower?

 

Thanks in advance.

Hey Natasha - I posted this in the other thread - hope it helps

 

First off, congrats - of sorts. Thats a pretty big deal, now you have to get paid. I recomend two things - pick up a copy of PhotoQuote to calculate what you are owed. http://www.fotoquote.com/Pages/TryIt.html then tell him how much it is.

 

If he is reluctant to pay you then threaten to get a lawyer. You may want to consult with a copyright lawyer anyway. You have a serious chunk of change coming your way.

 

Good luck.

 

-Matt

Hey Natasha,

 

Just saw your post on here. First off, congrats - of sorts. Thats a pretty big deal, now you have to get paid. I recomend two things - pick up a copy of PhotoQuote to calculate what you are owed. http://www.fotoquote.com/Pages/TryIt.html then tell him how much it is.

 

If he is reluctant to pay you then threaten to get a lawyer. You may want to consult with a copyright lawyer anyway. You have a serious chunk of change coming your way.

 

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

 

-Matt

Thank you both for your help. It looks like I will just charge a reasonable flat fee and write up some stipulations on usage and such.

 

If any one else wants to chime in, please do. It is all very helpful.

Just searched the archives and didn't really see this answered, its

kind of broad.

 

Anyway, a person I know works for a record label and recently asked

me for some rates for shots. They would be used for promo

cards/press releases.

 

Assuming he wants the files so that he can use them on his own (again

just for promotional purposes not merchandise) how would I charge for

that? Would this then get into a copyright issue? Can I write up a

contract that the images are 'to be used for promotional purposes abc

and for xyz years'? Should I not even offer that as an option?

Should I just charge him for a sitting fee and then charge for the

file size and number of images or a flat fee per burned CD?

 

Some considerations. It is a small label (ie low budget), I am not a

working pro, this could lead to other work for me.

 

Thanks for any help, this pricing thing is still difficult for me to

grasp.

Thanks you again to all who have replied. So far it just looks like I will be using these for editorial purposes. I hope to be attending another event at which point I will bring releases, as most of the same atheletes will be there.

Okay good to know. This is my first time (possibly) working with releases. I would prefer to do it by the book.

Wow, thanks for all the quick replies.

 

The problem with getting the releases at this point is that most of these atheletes flew in for the event, and they are now many miles away. I am also getting ahead of myself a bit becuase I have yet to see my slides (pick them up today). So I don't know who came out and how well they came out.

 

I do have the email addresses of some of the athletes so I will probably start there.

 

Again, thanks for the replies.

I recently shot a sporting event, sort of an underground sport. I

took a lot of rolls with the intent of using the pics for editorial

purposes so bringing releases didnt even cross my mind. It wasnt

until I got there and talked to some of the atheletes that I realized

their sponsors may be interested in some pics for advertising

purposes.

 

I guess my question is, if I were to contact their sponsors and tell

them I had some good pics of their riders, would I still need a

release even though these guys are sponsored by this particular

company? I assume I would. Which leads to my topic question. Is it

cool to get a release after the fact? Meaning, can I mail the

athelete a release, have them sign it, mail it back, and then contact

their sponsors? That would probably be the safest route legally.

I travelled through there last August. I begged for hand inspection, both times. I had all my film in a clear plastic bag and everything. It was all 100 and 400 film. I took it out and asked the guys working there to hand inspect. They politely refused. There are signs all over saying their machines are certified by Kodak to be safe for film up to 3200asa.

 

On the way home I made sure I had some 3200film. They made me find the rolls of 3200 and take them out and then put the remainder on the belt for scanning. I pleaded again for them to reconsider but they refused. They then had a manager hand inspect the two rolls of 3200 film.

 

I didn't notice any fogging on any of my film, it was scanned twice at Heathrow and once in Poland.

 

Good luck.

The coast, the coast, the coast. Simply put, the Maine coast is amazing. The southern Maine coast (York, Ogunquit, Wells) has the nice sandy beaches, and the cool little beach towns, that will be a little less touristy in October (most of the tourists will be in the mountains checking out the foliage). Once you get up past Cape Elizabeth you hit the rocky Maine coast. Lots of cool harbors and fishing towns.

 

For specifics: Southern Maine: Ogunquit, Kennebunkport are cool, albeit a bit touristy. York Beach is a cool little town as well.

 

Further North: Bath Maine, Reid State Park, Popham Beach (think it is also a state park), Rockland, Camden. The Islands are good for a daytrip, take the ferry (1.5 hours) from Rockland to Vinalhaven or North Haven, they leave several times a day. I enjoy just driving up Route 1 and stopping whenever I feel like it, plenty of cool little towns.

Not exactly an answer, but I did want to keep this thread going, because I am facing a similair dilema, and wanted to hear other folks ideas. I am doing a backpacking trip for a couple weeks in central europe. I have a Canon A2, 80-200 2.8, 28-70 zoom, 50mm, filters etc etc.

 

Was thinking of the LowePro mini, but what do I do when I am wearing my big pack and heading off to another location? Might be difficult to wear both bags, and I doubt I could safely squeeze all that gear into my big pack.

 

I really like the fast zoom, but its sooo heavy that I was thinking of just bringing the body and regular zoom. I am trying to think of bag combinations and think I am going to do the following. Bring an old beat up backpack, try to line it with some cushioning. Keep the body and lens in there along with other carry around type things. When I am travelling to another location I can fold the old backpack up and fit most of the stuff in my big pack.

 

My other option is a bike messanger type shoulder bag. It can hold quite a bit of stuff, and folds down to nothing.

 

Still trying to figure this out.