RE: [APML] Payment for astrophotos

["Loke Tan" <tan@cox.net>]

Hi,

 The price of astrophotos has nothing to do with how much effort or how much
time it takes for us to obtain them. It only has to do with the photographer
who is most willing to let publishers have it for the least amount given the
same approximate quality.

Loke



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]On
> Behalf Of Anders Bolin
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:59 AM
> To: astro-photo@seds.org
> Subject: Re: [APML] Payment for astrophotos
>
>
> 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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