Photo for the tabloids

[groovemaster]

I recently took a few pics of an event involving the police that was going on at the end of my street and as it happened I was more or less the only person around and definitely the only one with a camera.

The police were fine with me taking pictures and I wondered if its any good sending them in to my local paper in Rotherham? It was pretty serious and definitely going to be in the papers next week but obviously any pictures they use will be from afterwards and not there as it happened.

Thanks

 

[shanlea]

good idea, i would.

 

[mani]

worth a try - whats the worst that could happen?

 

[phil8139]

Best bet would be to call the PICTURE editor, advise them of what you have and would they like to BUY the rights to use them. It's a quick call and will give you the answer you need.

 

[desantnik]

Yup, call them, call them quick and see if they want it.

Arm yourself with the NUJ rates to enable yourself to make a reasonable demand for money too :

http://www.londonfreelance.org/fees...K&section=Photography&subsect=All&subsubs=All

 

[n2desilv]

How did it go?

 

[carlosftw]

Let us know if you do it.