06/16/10 01:25PM
Rohn Engh
Welcome!
On the upper right . . we have a
"Kracker Barrel QuickLook"
Here are answers to most-oft questions about: Model Releases, Property Releases, Scanners, CopyRight, Pricing.
--Roh
08/26/09 03:47PM
BrianYarvin
Pandreas:
Sorry, but the only battle I know about raged in internet discussion groups. All these ways of pricing photos seem to be alive and well around here. I strongly suggest that when you deal
03/05/09 09:58AM
JOHNVYEBBA
You should check out PRICING PHOTOGRAPHY. By Michal Heron and David MacTavis.
how will the photo be used.
Artist Refernce.
Art Rendering.
Presentation/Layout.
If you can't find the book.e-mail me
01/10/09 01:48PM
BrianYarvin
Seafavorites:
Lucky for you, most photographers trying to sell their work offer no customer service at all. Indeed, many spend fortunes on automated pricing and downloading systems that do nothing
01/07/09 06:29PM
HAPPYJOHN
have you look into the book ( PRICING PHOTOGRAPHY) by Michal Heron and David
MacTavis.I have a copy. e-mail me at JOHNYEBBA@HOTMAIL.COM
12/03/08 06:53PM
memphishooter
The book for this is called "Pricing Photography" by Heron and McTavish, and it is probably available at your local library. It is publshed by Allworth Press. I have a second edition which I bought se
11/11/08 01:42PM
BrianYarvin
Dennis:
When you mention things like how many children you have as a factor in pricing, it opens the possibility that it will be the reason given when a client asks why you charge what you do. If y
11/11/08 07:52AM
BrianYarvin
Dennis:
My home life isn't my business!
A photographer with 3 children has a higher cost of living than one with no children, but not a higher cost of doing business.
However, I have noticed
08/20/08 06:13PM
Mike Karlsson
Great to hear Steve, good job!
08/20/08 05:41PM
Steve_C
Some good news, they came to the party and paid the requested fee!
Steve
08/12/08 11:18AM
Mike Karlsson
I second James' post. If more of us did that instead of accepting whatever peanuts some of these publishers offer, we all would be in a far better place financially.
I do a lot of work with McGraw-
07/31/08 10:27AM
James Cook
> I have stuck to my guns, they have said no. I'd
> rather be on the beach than working for peanuts.
My hat is off to you for that!
If more among us had the same courage, better - and fairer -
07/28/08 05:09AM
Steve_C
Thnaks Mike,
Nice to know I'm in the ballpark. In fact I first quoted them for this image 2 1/2 years ago, since then they increased the print run from 100,000 to 1,000,000.
I have stuck to my
07/27/08 08:19PM
Mike Karlsson
Steve:
Stand by your quote. It seems perfectly reasonable to me, especially if it's a really hard to find subject. But, if you do this you must - naturally - be prepared for the fact that they migh
07/23/08 05:29AM
Steve_C
Hi all,
I have been approached by McGraw Hill to provide an image for a textbook with the following specs
Non exclusive
Chapter opener full page
1 million copies
English/Spanish language
Nor
06/05/08 10:40AM
Rohn Engh
For pricing for "Rights Managaged" photos, you might want to look into Matt Brading's pricing calculator. Matt owns a stock agency (in Australia) and has world-wide members. He's producing a work-in-p
05/10/08 04:54PM
pandreas
I used to have one of those 'pricing calculators' years ago. The problemn with it was the inventor always made the fees so high that he priced the photographer out of the running.
This is a good id
05/06/08 08:10AM
Mike Karlsson
This is a very good initiative that gan grow to be a tremendously valuable resource for independent stock photographers no matter what your speciality is. I urge everyone to check this out and partici
05/06/08 07:46AM
MattBrading
Hi All,
We've recently launched an new photography pricing calculator website that might be of interest ...
http://www.StockPhotoPriceCalculator.com/
It's been set up so anyone using it c
03/29/08 09:28PM
Mike Karlsson
Beverly:
One way is to sign up for PayPal and integrate your site with that. They're pretty helpful and it's easy to implement shopping carts, pricing etc. I work with a few federal government agen
03/27/08 07:33PM
A good resource for the photographer wishing to get into the Rights-Managed field is http://www.sethresnick.com/price/annualreportprice.html
Hope this helps.
Sam
03/27/08 07:27PM
Rights Managed pricing varies widely from project to project and photographer to photographer. In the 80’s and 90’s the new photographers on the block tended to underprice the established pros.
02/26/08 04:38PM
Mike Karlsson
Lon:
Depending on how your web site is set up, a generic calculator - where you can plug in the specifics - shouldn't be hard to find on-line. Keep it as simple as possible and make sure you use a
02/22/08 03:24PM
Lon Britton
I'm having a personal website constructed to sell my photos. Where can I find a pricing calculator that can be used by photobuyers within the site to calculate the price for a given photo based on the
02/09/08 07:30PM
BrianYarvin
You can usually get a good idea of what a magazine pays by looking in Writer's Market, the sister publication of Photographer's Market.
My experience is that I almost never regret not including a
02/09/08 07:25PM
Rohn Engh
Glad to hear you are reading the basic marketing books. Even in the digital era we live in, they still hold basic marketing principles.
First off, it’s best to request an “editorial calendar” from t
02/09/08 06:19PM
Dieselrider
I have read Sell Photos.com and I am currently reading Sell and Resell Your Photos. In Sell Photos.com Rohn mentions selling magazine articles that include photos as you can offer everything as a pack
02/09/08 04:40PM
decox
While I don't presume to know how the sale of Getty will affect the market going forward, I do know their past existence has had profound consequences. Essentially they have played a leading role in d
12/05/07 07:00AM
Mike Karlsson
Photo Mechanic from Camera Bits is very hard to beat for keywording. They have a free download so you can try before you buy.
Fotoquote is a good choice for pricing. Also check out Photo Price Guid
12/04/07 10:39PM
sbellphoto
Could you recomend a good software for Keywording and for pricing stock photos. I am looking at KC Lite for Keywording and fotoquoto for pricing. Any comments.
