jessie_rivera1

<p>I understand what you are all saying, but the contract is with the magazine, not the author. So, according to the contract now, the magazine could sell these portraits back to the author for use in the author's books, promotional materials etc. This is what seems kind of wrong to me.</p>

<p>Hello!<br> <br />So, I have been offered an assignment shooting an author of a cookbook for a nutrition magazine. I am pretty new to this, so I am trying to figure out how to navigate this situation. Basically this man that I'd be photographing is being featured in the magazine, and the magazine wants me to shoot some portraits of him to use in the spread.<br> <br />However, they just sent the contract and it is a dreaded work for hire one - they are asking me to sign over copyright to the images. I probably wouldn't care as much if the person I was shooting was just a random shmo, but as he has multiple cookbooks being published, I am thinking that then I am possibly losing money that I could have by selling the photos for use in his books etc. On the other hand, the photos aren't worth very much to me outside of that. It's not like I can really reuse them in any other way.<br> Just for detail, they are offering me $800 for the shoot. It seems reasonable if the photo were just to be in their printed and online magazine, but for all rights to the photo I'm not sure. I have a feeling I will lose the gig if I ask for higher pay or stricter terms, but I also don't want to be a pushover. Are all magazine just work for hire now? It seems like they are trying to get the best of both worlds here, as I'm a contractor and don't work for them full time as a salaried employee (obviously).<br> Any advice would be great!</p>