Comments on: It’s how you see, damn it! http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/07/28/its-how-you-see-damn-it/ Leslie Burns writes on the photo business and marketing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Martha Retallick http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/07/28/its-how-you-see-damn-it/comment-page-1/#comment-40761 Martha Retallick Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:45:34 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/?p=1249#comment-40761 Here's another trend to avoid: Sharing your work with everyone who asks you for a photo. I just got a request from a local event organizer who wanted me to give my photos to her so she could share them with a well-known local non-profit. And, I don't know about you, but I'm running into quite a few non-profits that have more money than any of us can shake a stick at. So, I asked the event organizer if there was any chance of selling one-time licensing rights to the non-profit. Her reply: They had no budget. (Yeah, right. They get quite a chunk of money from Our Fair City, and last I checked, my business doesn't.) But she thought that the visibility would be nice for me. My reply via e-mail: Visibility is all well and good, but I need to keep my bills paid. Her reply was quite gracious, which is good. I want to stay on good terms with her, but also make it clear that I'm not in the business of giving my work away. Especially to organizations with a lot more money than I have. Here’s another trend to avoid: Sharing your work with everyone who asks you for a photo. I just got a request from a local event organizer who wanted me to give my photos to her so she could share them with a well-known local non-profit.

And, I don’t know about you, but I’m running into quite a few non-profits that have more money than any of us can shake a stick at.

So, I asked the event organizer if there was any chance of selling one-time licensing rights to the non-profit. Her reply: They had no budget. (Yeah, right. They get quite a chunk of money from Our Fair City, and last I checked, my business doesn’t.) But she thought that the visibility would be nice for me.

My reply via e-mail: Visibility is all well and good, but I need to keep my bills paid.

Her reply was quite gracious, which is good. I want to stay on good terms with her, but also make it clear that I’m not in the business of giving my work away. Especially to organizations with a lot more money than I have.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/2009/07/28/its-how-you-see-damn-it/comment-page-1/#comment-40751 Jonathan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:13:57 +0000 http://www.burnsautoparts.com/blog/?p=1249#comment-40751 I can only hope you're right. I can only hope you’re right.

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