Re: [APML] Payment for astrophotos

["Anders Bolin" <Anders@bolin.nu>]

Hi Chris, i think that your price are correct and really not to steep, i
have been in contact with the swedish photographers org. and that's what ANY
photo will cost. the persons who thaught you would give them away have most
likely got the same price every else they have asked, did you tell them how
many hours the picture took to make?(total) .I think that giving the picture
away is a stab in the back for all those other comersial
photographs....unless it'a a good cause ofcourse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris & Jennifer Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:32 PM
Subject: [APML] Payment for astrophotos


> 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
>
>
> ==================
> Chris Cook
> Astronomical Photography
> www.abmedia.com/astro
>
>
>
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