You can't blame them for trying. Photographers are the cause of this. If photographers always said no or even responded with a bit of a %$#@! tone this kind of stuff would never happen. But plenty of photographers gladly hand over their work to these vultures which encourages them to do it more.

But hey, if one of your friends said you could get free (gas, camera equipment, haircut, etc) by simply telling a business that you'll make sure to give them credit who wouldn't do this? Unfortunately it seems like the only people that fall for this stuff are artists. What other business could you do this kind of thing where they wouldn't look at you like you were crazy?

My most recent one was a designer that was doing (paid) work for their client that was having a swanky private party at some ultra affluent location. After telling me this, he asked if I could email him the full-res original file for a specific image. Normally I try to be diplomatic but it was one of those days where I just wasn't in the mood and couldn't believe the ballsiness.

Sometimes exposure might make sense in trade for work for certain situations but I haven't come across one yet.

Sorry to say this sounds like possibly the only time I would have considered allowing them to use the photos.  It is an article about the photos you've taken rather than using them to promote another product. Could be one of the few types of exposure that doesn't  kill you! It could add to your rep as a go to city scape guy. Of course I understand and respect your response though. It's  what I'd  normally do.

They promote their product which is their magazine. It is not a free magazine (�80 for 13 issues)
They promote camera manufacturers who advertise in it.

Following the same logic, the freelance journalist could also write the article for free, in exchange for credits and exposure, since it is about the articles she writes.

Moreover, their audience is made almost entirely from other photographers, who have no interest in purchasing my photos, but most probably selling theirs.


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Tell them you want 40 big ones, a quarter a dime and a nickel no pennies!

They could buy photos from the worst agency in the business, indeed (iStock & partners). And you might also benefit from it.

I would have suggested getting co-author credit and 30-40% of the fee the magazine was paying for the article. That would go over well I'm sure.

Quote from: Justanotherphotographer on September 19, 2015, 02:40

Sorry to say this sounds like possibly the only time I would have considered allowing them to use the photos.  It is an article about the photos you've taken rather than using them to promote another product. Could be one of the few types of exposure that doesn't  kill you! It could add to your rep as a go to city scape guy. Of course I understand and respect your response though. It's  what I'd  normally do.

They promote their product which is their magazine. It is not a free magazine (�80 for 13 issues)
They promote camera manufacturers who advertise in it.

Following the same logic, the freelance journalist could also write the article for free, in exchange for credits and exposure, since it is about the articles she writes.

Moreover, their audience is made almost entirely from other photographers, who have no interest in purchasing my photos, but most probably selling theirs.


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I probably would have done it ... I mean, even if they got an EL it's not like you see all that much benefit ...

Quote from: Zero Talent on September 19, 2015, 08:43

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Following the same logic, the freelance journalist could also write the article for free, in exchange for credits and exposure, since it is about the articles she writes.
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Nope, not at all. It would be like the journalist allowing their article to be printed for free in an industry magazine as an example of how to write great articles, in a piece about commercial writing. It would look great on their CV.

Maybe you don't realize but we all are constantly published in a lot of newspapers, books, even photography magazines, and these publishers actually buy our photos from stock agencies. A lot of them even give you credits for your work.

Put all these publications on your CV, if you need it. I don't.



 

you may sell to her per image to 0,36 dollar, so you get $0,36 (like so) sale commission on other sites already.