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Re: [APML] Payment for astrophotos
Chris,
I get email requests all the time from folks who want to use my images for free. In general I require payment. I typically only give away images if I believe in the cause (e.g. IDA, RASC). Each request is an opportunity to educate the requester about the work required to do AP. I suggest that every astrophotographer with a web site write a page that describes how much effort, skill and luck are involved. Requesters can be directed to such a page. Perhaps if there are a few more folks who appreciate our work, then perhaps our images would fetch more.
Matt
At 02:32 PM 11/1/2002 -0500, Chris & Jennifer Cook wrote:
>This topic has been discussed here before but I just thought I'd share some
>recent experiences.
>Two different people have emailed me over the past two months wanting to use
>some of my images in a text book and regular book. One being on the cover.
>I emailed both of these people back with a price and never heard from them
>again. Both were very interested and indicated they really wanted to use
>the image, specified in their original email, but once I gave them a price,
>which was in the hundreds of dollars range, they vanished. Not even a
>"that's too much, can you accept this" reply. Nothing. I based my price on
>the following licensing calculator:
>http://photographersindex.com/price-ed-calc.htm I even came in on the low
>side.
>
>I refuse to give my images away for free. My guess is that's what they were
>expecting...... Too much time and effort goes into them.
>
>Chris
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