Price for publication in e-magazine

fraser (e2 Member)

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8 Feb 2012 - 8:32 AM

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I have been contacted by a design company in Germany asking if they can use a couple of my photographs of the riverside museum in Glasgow. They would credit the photographs and have offered my a Flickr Pro account as payment. I am unlikey to use a Pro account as I hardly use my current ordinary account - I am also aware that the offer seems a bit mean. However, at this stage I am more keen to promote my photography than to earn a huge amount from such commissions and this seems like a good oppportunity for promotion.

I'd like to know your thoughts on the matter and what, under normal circumstances, would be a reasonable offer for the use of the photographs.

Thanks in advance

Fraser

fraser (e2 Member)

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8 Feb 2012 - 8:51 AM

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Ta very for your response. I must admit I tend to agree with you. Although this magazine is commissioned by a big furniture design company who seem to have quite a few high profile projects and are not short of a penny or two I take your point about free images; the value of the credits on the magazine may well be worth more than anything they would offer to pay. Now, what would be a useable alternative to a Flickr Pro account (I already have my owne website)?

JackAllTog (e2 Member)

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8 Feb 2012 - 9:56 AM

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If the Mag is only published in Germany - will it help you being credited?
If the credit now seems less of little value to you I'd initially ask for them to paypal email you 50-100 Euro's for each image on the basis that if you don't ask you don't get, and the flickr account will expire in a year forcing you to pay to see your own images if you have used it.

fraser (e2 Member)

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8 Feb 2012 - 2:24 PM

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Jack, thanks for your suggestion. I have made the offer to the mag. I'll let you know how I get on.

losbarbados

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9 Feb 2012 - 9:01 AM

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I see you have come to a satisfactory conclusion, but I wouldn't have discounted the flickr pro account quite so readily.
It would have given you a secure back up of your high res images, and if you have a bespoke site you will have an area to store the images that you link to in your gallery.

I know it's probably teaching grandmothers to suck eggs, but if someone is just starting out it is worth pointing out the benefits of these on-line repositories.