selling your photos?!?

DoubleT

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hey guys,

whats the deal with selling your work?

its easy to a put a price on a print, but what about the file?

would you sell your file?

or is it something that shouldnt be sold to the public?

cheers

:wave:
 
I think it depends on the shot and the use. I sell files for certain rights usage such as bands who want the shots for their website, flyers, etc. If it's a portrait type shoot I'll also sell the files at £10 each because I know there's limited re-sale.

As for pricing up, again it depends on the use but as a rough guide estimate the max. possible sales (for the usage required) it could generate and use a percentage of that. Of course for some shots it's just not possible to do as you don't know what the future value might be.

Hmm, clear as mud that lot :(
 
we delivered a wedding album to a client today. doesnt want any reprints(fine, we can live with that, was a budget package anyway ) , but asked for the files on cd so she could print em herself.
fine says us. £300.
strangely she changed her mind then. she reckons she can scan the album and print em that way. :cuckoo:
squeek when she walks?
if your selling files outright, you,ll prob lose any further income from em, so price accordingly.
 
I'm not digital, but I do receive occasional requests from portrait clients to buy the negatives. I generally say no, but did give in to one client who agreed to $5000 US. ;)

- CJ
 
Depends on what usage you've agreed.

If you've sold them a copy of the file with guidelines on what they can do with it then they've just licensed the image from you for that use - you retain copyright.

If you sell them the file outright you're transfering copyright to them (would have to say as such on your invoice) you could discard it, but if you've got the means to keep a backup it might be worth it just in case they lose their cd........then you can charge them another £50 for a replacement ;)
 
Matt Charlton said:
Depends on what usage you've agreed.

If you've sold them a copy of the file with guidelines on what they can do with it then they've just licensed the image from you for that use - you retain copyright.

If you sell them the file outright you're transfering copyright to them (would have to say as such on your invoice) you could discard it, but if you've got the means to keep a backup it might be worth it just in case they lose their cd........then you can charge them another £50 for a replacement ;)
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Matt - As author of the image you ALWAYS own the copyright. What you're doing in selling the image is setting the terms of usage and what royalties (if any) you'd expect to receive. That's licensing.... in fact, the license is the defined use of your copyrighted image. Defined as in contractually. You, by default, own that copyright for 50(?) years unless you've contractually waived or transferred it.

Whatever happens to the image you, and you alone, retain the copyright.

£50? Don't be daft... they lost it... £5000 - teach 'em a lesson in tidiness! :naughty:
 
Thanks Barry, thats kind of what I meant with selling the file to them outright - transferring the copyright to them :)

We'll have to have a catch up some time, its been aaaaaaages!
 
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