Advice please

[BobR]

I have just picked up a phone message from a large hotel chain who have asked to use some of my pictures for advertising on their website.

I sent a shot I had taken to a mate who is one of the staff and he showed it to the boss.

Am I right to ask for a small fee or should I just ask for recognition in the form of pics by BobR etc. They do a fair bit of corporate functions like off road stuff, shooting and the like. I was thinking of using it as an in to that and offering to do some event photography at a flat fee.

Any thoughts folks or should i be grateful they want to use them and send them a couple.

Regards,

Bob

 

[RobbieW]

Never having done it before myself, I would be tempted to ask for a fee and some recognition - they can always negotiate

 

[CT]

Find out exactly how many shots they want to use and take it from there. It's a strictly business thing from their point of view, so you should negotiate a fee ... recognition too.

Whatever you charge them will be cheap compared to them commissioning someone to do the job. Keep it reasonable and who knows where it may lead, but don't let them get away with too much.

 

[mho]

Try to get a face to face meeting with whoever you need to deal with, you can then see what they want to do with the pic and sort out a fee, you will probably want to get a small contract for it and make sure if they want to use your pic elsewhere from the website that it is negotiated under a new contract.

Plus meeting them will let you push / show / explain any ideas you have with them etc.

 

[pandabighead]

i think you should ask for a samll fee and a credit with the option for you to leave some business cards in their lobby if thats the business you are trying to get into.

 

[BobR]

Thanks for the words folks. I will give them a ring tommorow and see what transpires.