photographerabuse:

Photography is one of the few professions requiring a certain degree of Vivian Maierism to succeed. It would be great if the photography alone were sufficient. Having to not only create beautiful photos, but beautiful back-stories as well is photographer abuse. What’s up with artist statements? Aren’t the photos the statement? So galleries, and photo buyers, please don’t get hung up on the back-story, or on a photographer’s looks, quirky personality, unusual name, diversity, or whatnot – just appreciate the talent, nurture it, support it, and remember that Photographers Are People Too!

£500 per 1 page (2012)

Portrait Assignment work

Photographer retains copyright

Expenses Not covered

Speed of payment - 1 month

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Easy Living closes print edition

Condé Nast women’s magazine to go online-only after eight years, putting 30 jobs at risk

$800 day rate and meal expenses. $200 extra if images are used on TV

Assignment work - News coverage (2013)

CNN keeps exclusive rights for 6 months.

Expenses covered

“Great client to work with!”

Speed of payment - 1 month

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Awesome things about freelancing

1. As mentioned above, there is an optimum amount of pajama time.

2. Are you dicking around on social media? That’s called marketing, my friend!

3. Everyone is a better editor after they have three beers, duh. (but seriously, don’t drink and photo).

4. More time to pursue those bullshit personal projects we’re all so fond of.

5. Freedom to create a niche for the kind of work you want to do, which is seriously the best. You want to specialize in baby animal photography, then you fucking specialize in baby animal photography.

Not-so-awesome things about freelancing

1. The entire month of fucking January

2. The slight sense of panic you feel every time a new photographer moves to your city, even it’s a friend of yours. (“Oh, you’re thinking of moving to Chicago? I heard that Boise, Idaho is where it’s at these days for freelance work. Maybe you should move there).

3. You are your own editor, and your own worst enemy.

4. What is this ‘accounting’ thing of which you speak? What are ‘taxes’?

5. You might spend 20% of your time actually taking pictures, if that. The rest of the time is dedicated to emailing, accounting, designing, editing, etc.

Basically, being a freelance photographer is like giving your phone number to that hot girl at the bar. You put yourself out there, and you hope to god that someone calls you back. But is it worth it?

YOU BET YOUR SWEET ASS IT IS.

Anonymous asked: Editorial Televisa delay their payments and don't answer emails about inquiries regarding their payment. We negotiated a deal for 1 photo for €400 and an 8 page (12image) run of my choosing for portfolio items. They ran the photo but have not honoured the other part of the deal, including sending me copies of the magazine, paying me or running my portfolio section. Now sending my 5th reminder with late fees.

Thanks for sharing. For interested readers, Editorial Televisa is in #Mexico

“Are you an aspiring photographer? Come take pictures of us all day at Warped Tour! We will provide you with the access, and experience you need. We will also take your pictures and put them on our Instagram page, and give you full credit for it. This is a great package for anyone who loves taking pictures, whether its for a hobby or professionally.”

It’s sparse when it comes to details, leaving out some very important information like what happens to the images when you’re done. Do you own them? Is it a predatory rights grab that leaves them with ownership of your photos? It’s unclear. And trying to add the experience to your cart actually throws an error, so it’s hard to tell.

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2013/06/band-charges-150-to-be-their-photographer-day

photographerabuse:

How did the 1/2 day photo fee ever get started in the first place? Did it evolve out of jealously on the part of an over-worked photo editor who decided that a particular shoot was too easy or took too little time? Was it just another way to chip away at the fee? Was it a case of lets run this crap up the flagpole and see if we can make photographers salute? There’s no way to know for sure, at PAPT!our guess is that it was a combination of all of the above.

The rational for a 1/2 day photo fee from the POV of a buyer is that if a shoot requires less time, the photographer can do more than one shoot per day, and getting paid a full fee would amount to double-dipping. Photographers know this analysis is bull, and so do photo buyers (if they’re being honest).

First-off, there’s no guarantee the photographer will get two 1/2 days shoots on the same day. Second, we have rarely if ever seen a shoot that could be done in 1/2 day when commuting, equipment prep, image processing, delivery, job discussion, and billing were factored in. There simply is no such thing as a 1/2 day shoot. Third, even if there was, the fact that a shoot took a 1/2 day doesn’t mean it has 1/2 the value to the buyer. How about you pay for a half day you literally get 1/2 a photo?  If our local auto mechanic fixes a flat in half the time we still pay full price. And guess what, we can’t tell the mechanic how much to charge. Would photo buyers apply the 1/2 day concept to their own salaries? Suppose they had less to do on a given day, couldn’t they find some freelance, sell Amway cleaning products or Avon cosmetics to make up the shortfall on their paychecks?

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£25 per image (2013)

News Singles

Photographer retains copyright

Standard contracts specifying usage, payment, etc per sale aren’t offered. Virtual agreements via email only.

Payment in up to 3 months

$80 for publication (2012)

Personal photo essay - 16 images

No copyright loss

“Freedom to propose final edit “

Payment in 2 weeks or less

£150 + credit (2010)

Assignment work - Online gallery of 15 images

Copyright retained.

No expenses covered.

“Initial offer was £100 to take around 15 images of the backstage world of London Fashion Week for an online gallery on Vogue Italia’s website. The brief was pretty broad - I could shoot at whatever shows I wanted and pick the theme myself. After a big of haggling they upped the offer to £150 including a credit on the gallery, but was told this is the most they pay. Who knows if this was the truth…”

Speed of payment - 6 months

Previously, Teen Vogue:

http://whopaysphotogs.tumblr.com/post/47997359604/teen-vogue-website-usa

Why is being a photographer a bad business model? Primarily it’s because photographers cannot set their own prices for the services they deliver. They can’t do this because in the case of editorial photography, the client sets the price. And the price is arbitrarily low for no other reason than they don’t want to pay much. It has nothing to do with whether or not the client is making money or not. As evidence, photo editors will agree to production costs such as studio rental, props, fancy lunch, or whatever, but not to increasing the photo fee or usage fees.  Go to a store and tell them you will give them 30 percent of an item’s price because you don’t want to pay much and see how they react.   The fee photographers are paid bears no relation whatsoever to the value of the photographs they provide. Don’t agree? Well take a scissor and cut out every photo in a magazine and see what you’re left with. Or look up the magazine’s page rate for advertisers. 

Photographers are People Too — Well worth following

£350 / day - Portrait work, 1 page used

Magazine owns the copyright for the first three months since publication

Expenses not covered

Speed of payment - up to 3 months

$400 for cover, $25 additional image use (2013)

Photographers retain rights

Expenses and travel covered

Paid a week or two after publication is published

$50-100 per assignment (2012)

“Photographer keeps copyright. There is a three month embargo on other publishing. Private sales of the photos to individuals was allowed regardless of the embargo.”

“Most assignments were in the $50 range with the rare $75-100 assignment. It doesn’t seem like Patch.com has a huge budget for freelancers. It all depends on the editors you work with. I’ve shot in New Jersey for Bridgewater, Warren and Hillsborough. In Pennsylvania it was many of the Lehigh Valley sites.”

No expenses, no mileage covered.

Speed of payment varied based on the local website’s editor. It could be as fast as within 1-2 weeks or several months as was the case with one editor.

Anonymous asked: fee's for Chicago tribune are not correct.Up to $1,000 for a cover of the magazine + minimal expenses . If you make a stink you can get assigned and give one time rights only for Features. You have to ask, and say you won't contribute otherwise. They will cave

Thanks for the input.