Kathy deWitt Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi folks, I had a query from a young photographer yesterday about how much she should charge for an image she has taken of a singer on a vinyl album cover and half a dozen press release shots. It is being used on an artist's first album by a UK Indie record label. I tried the Alamy calculator but couldn't be as specific as I wanted. Anyone with an idea or two would be welcome. I'd like to help her out. With thanks, Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 If I was in this situation, I'd look at the calculator from a certain other place (a place where sometimes, sometimes, the calculator is actually used to determine licensing price. . . and which does indeed have a pricing option for "audio product covers"), and being minimal with distribution (less than 1,000) and duration (1 year), I'd come up with a price of around 750 GBP. Given that in this case I'm not going to have to pay any commission to any agency, I'd probably ask around 550 GBP, making particular mention in my quote that it would cost them over 750 if they went to xxxx. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy deWitt Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks a lot dd. Really helpful! Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Another piece of advice would be to agree fees before doing the job as she now runs the risk of not being paid at all, assuming she did it on spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy deWitt Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thanks Mark, The situation isn't really like that. The singer is the photographer's flatmate and she photographs her on a regular basis. The record label wants to reproduce some of these images. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdh Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 "Charge the label the full price and divvy up with the flat mate" - sprang instantaneously into my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Record covers don't seem very easy to price on web calculators. I tried the Big G and came up with nearly $2000, for a full page, 10,000 copies for ten years. Alamy seems to offer a maximum of 3 years, for only $545. Maybe the best approach would be to ask the Art Director, or whoever normally licenses images for the company, what kind of budget they have for photos. Then the photographer can decide whether that amount is acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy deWitt Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Thank you fotoDogue: I think this is the approach she will take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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