Sold Two Images

Fantastic Gordon!!

Now will you come to the Merritt session?? You have plenty of $$$$ now....

Seriously, congratulations. :!:

Frank

 

Gordon,

Thats wonderful. Congrats.

(i would have a difficult time if someone said I couldn't do something :<(( )

Cheers and maybe one day you'll come see us.

Gale

 

That's awesome, Gordon. Did you sell them one time use priviledges, or the copyright? And did you make enough for a new UV filter for the 300 f/2.8?

 

WTG, Gordon!

Nice getting paid for what we love doing once in a while, isn't it? Hope they send some more work your way.

 

Great news

Gordon that is great nice to make a few $$$ of what we love..... hopefully more work will come your way

 

Congratulations Gordon. I'm glad that you made $$$ from your fine work.

My respect.

 

Gordon, congratulations! You said that the two photos are nothing special. Let me tell you, those are the kind of photos that sell well in the real estate market and it is worth developing an "eye" for those type of shots to make some extra cash. Same as shooting an event, get some extra shots of action with a sponsor logo in the background. Unusual angles work for extra shots and sometimes surprise me. I did a shoot last summer of a new swimming pool for an inn where the photos were sent to corporate headquaters in France. I shot that pool in all directions. One of the last pick up shots I did was shooting the pool between two lounge chairs with a small table between them. Couple of magazines and a little flower arrangement on the table. Not much of the pool was even showing. Turned out to be one of their prized picks. I can only shake my head.

 

Woo Hoo... Now, if I could only make some sales!

Hey Larry, I love your avatar. My daugher thinks you're Santa on vacation.

 

Hi Gordon,
Great about your sale. Your pictures are perfect and know the buyers will come back for more.

Tell us about it..what's the 'one time use' and the copywrite option that you and Uncle Frank wrote about. Is that a contract you made when you sold them. I'm curious so had to ask.

Congratulation and keep up the good work! (and save up so you we can meet somewhere between here and there at a 'photo shoot' someday)

Gaye

 

Gaye,

I'm sure that they will answer you. If you sell a photo by copyright, you no longer own the photo and should be paid the big bucks. Like in the mega K range. One time use is for a specific job/publication. I'm butting in here because there are other terms to know. Most times I will do an informal contract by email but have gone the more formal in print route too. I always specify non-exclusive use in the wording so that there is no mistake that the client agency understands that the same photo may show up elsewhere. I have photos that I have sold many times. Exclusive Use means I still own the photo but I can't resell use. Cuts the price between non-exclusive use and copyright sales. No reputable agency or client has ever griped about non-exclusive use since they favor the lower cost.

A gated community agency called me two weeks ago asking if I had a specific photo for them to use on their web site. I do and I told the lady that I had the shot because an ad agency in North Carolina that represented this same caller (new person) purchased the use of the photo a couple of years ago. The lady thought that she had seen the photo in something but couldn't find a file copy of it. That told me something important and I told her it was because the ad agency held the photo as it was a one time use that was paid for. As you can guess, the lady caller does not know much about photo use and sales so I'm grateful to the ad agency for their honesty. The lady ended up buying 8 photos non-exclusive for their web site. I, on my own, added in the email contract I wrote, no time limit on use. Someday they will want to update the photos anyway.

I see by email notification that someone has probably answered your question while I'm typing but I'll let this fly anyway.

Guess I better modify one thing after reading Gordon'd note. I suppose that Exclusive Use and Copyright Sale could be the same thing. Either way, that would be nice to see those big bucks!!

 

Excellent Gordon! Especially good that you had the cojones to walk up to them and promote your work! You will be rolling in it soon, and the golf course shot is a wow shot.

 

Hi Gordon,

That's a great help and I understand it... Very helpful and who knows, perhaps in the future I'll sell something :lol: .

I assume you get it in writing or it would be hard to enforce.
I'm sure this has been helpful to others also.

Thanks very much!

Gaye

 

Hi Gordon,

Congrats. Hmm, I wonder when I can get some payments;-)

 

Hi Larry,
That's such a good help to me. I appreciate that you took the time to write. Thanks very much..

I haven't sold anything yet but have let people use my pictures from time to time and that's why I'm beginning to be curious about how to do it professionally.

My home is in a golf course subdivision in Florida and I'd like to approach the manager about pictures. But I'd take the pictures first before talking with him.

Thanks a lot for your input :!:

Gaye