Southpole Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My Local newspaper has started a camera club and you can send in photos and if your lucky you may see them in the newspaper social media or on there website for free of course. Thet are getting 100's of photos daily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My local papers have only used free pics for at least five years, which is why I don't bother with Live News any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, Southpole said: My Local newspaper has started a camera club and you can send in photos and if your lucky you may see them in the newspaper social media or on there website for free of course. Thet are getting 100's of photos daily We had a thread about that last year- Bradford Telegraph and Argus iirc. They shut their FB group down after a few well-directed posts from contributors here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My local paper pays per image which means I'm a regular contributor. Indeed, I've a newspaper job today - photographing a yoga lady and her studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 BBC Weatherwatchers does this every single day. I wince every time I see a photo on the local news that could have earned money. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 not wanting to sound oblique, but there is more than one way to make money from weather photos.... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 12 hours ago, Inchiquin said: BBC Weatherwatchers does this every single day. I wince every time I see a photo on the local news that could have earned money. Alan Fortunately the weatherwatchers pics on our local news are flat and boring. Not seen a good one yet. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 17 hours ago, RedSnapper said: not wanting to sound oblique, but there is more than one way to make money from weather photos.... km You failed. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Have to keep some things back for my workshops..... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lewis Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Hi All Please Please check the submission guidelines for local papers as if your not careful they grab copyright or unlimited use etc etc. Regards Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'd have thought all local newspapers do this, mine certainly does and have done for years, you even see them pinch stuff off facebook, or google if there is a local fire or something, just like the weather pics, they don't pay you, but too many people want to see there name and photo on the TV or in the paper for nothing, i'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, ChrisC said: too many people want to see there name and photo on the TV or in the paper for nothing, i'm afraid. Not even that, lots use pseudonyms. Unlike Allan, I've seen some very good pics by weather watchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Funnily enough, a couple of years ago I had an image license through another - small - agency, for use in a local, small-town newspaper. The image was of the town-twinning sign on the edge of town - about 1/2 mile from the newspaper offices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I posted on Fb a pic which had been used by a UK newspaper and a Fb friend asked how I had got it on there, and I said, I sold it via Alamy. This person regularly has half-page photos in a national newspaper, which he supplies for free. Anyway, he said he'd applied a while back to Alamy and was rejected for his camera (I didn't press whether that was when they had a list or more recent, but for sure he uses an all-in-one, not a dSLR). Anyway, when he found out what I earned for the pic, he said he couldn't understand why I berate him from time to time for supplying the paper for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Another friend only last week had a national magazine approach her and ask for a photo she'd posted on Fb. I said, "I hope you said, "Yes, at your usual fee" as they'd approached me about a Flickr pic a couple of years back and I got £50, exactly the same as they'd paid to Alamy for each of another two from the series, except I kept the lot. (I hadn't put the Flickr one on Alamy because although it was arguably the most interesting of the set, I didn't think the IQ would pass, as it was a photo of a night festival, and there was probably too much subject-movement-blur to be acceptable.) She hadn't, but she also said, "But if I had, I'd just have had a hassle having to report it for tax, as I don't have self-employed earnings, then they'd likely have sent me a tax form for life." ... and then there's Alamy only taking iPhone pics. People I know aren't about to buy a more expensive iPhone rather than e.g. a Galaxy (which I have) on the offchance of making the extra from Alamy stock (other agencies do accept e.g. Samsung (other brands are available) pics, but we're in the Alamy forum). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 10 minutes ago, Cryptoprocta said: She hadn't, but she also said, "But if I had, I'd just have had a hassle having to report it for tax, as I don't have self-employed earnings, then they'd likely have sent me a tax form for life." She doesn’t know, then, that you can earn £1000 annually from a hobby/business without it attracting tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 6 hours ago, geogphotos said: Hmmm....aren't we all getting £3 sales from Britain's biggest selling newspaper. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 7 hours ago, Sally said: She doesn’t know, then, that you can earn £1000 annually from a hobby/business without it attracting tax. No, she's never had to think about it until now, and I had no idea either. Thanks for the info! I've heard the 'tax thing' being quoted before and now I can quote that. An y idea how long that's been the case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 1 hour ago, losdemas said: No. Hmmm. I opted out of UKNS sales for about a year a few years back, but all that happened was I got fewer sales (though I did get some reuses of previously bought files). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Not all local papers are the same that's for sure. I've had some success ( paid for ) with a local paper, who is owned by one of the "big" players. There were some issues with license agreements, which basically I refused to sign as they were. This led to a constructive conference call with 4 people from head office in London, including a director, and opportunities may well arise. For sure don't do free stuff, I think editors appreciate quality images, even the local paper that says it has no budget. I periodically send them what I think is a decent picture ( to buy ) on the off-chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 8 hours ago, geogphotos said: Hmmm....aren't we all getting £3 sales from Britain's biggest selling newspaper. Not at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 2 hours ago, Cryptoprocta said: No, she's never had to think about it until now, and I had no idea either. Thanks for the info! I've heard the 'tax thing' being quoted before and now I can quote that. An y idea how long that's been the case? It’s new, since April 2017 I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 22:48, Cryptoprocta said: Not even that, lots use pseudonyms. Unlike Allan, I've seen some very good pics by weather watchers. Yeah I've seen loads of good ones too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWheal Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I will not name her but the amount of times I see a certain weatherwatcher from Twickenham credited with her photos I scream at the TV. It cracks my wife up. Her photos must be used at least 4 out of 7 days per week. For god sake woman, do not give your photos away for nothing!!!. She is obviously a keen photographer for the amount of photos she sends in That's my rant for the day Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickfly Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 12:10, spacecadet said: We had a thread about that last year- Bradford Telegraph and Argus iirc. They shut their FB group down after a few well-directed posts from contributors here Yes, that was my (then) local paper, part of Newsquest who were offering a split of £9,000 to the paper who could get the most free content in a year! It wasn't closed, but all dissenting commenters were banned from the group LOL. I originally blogged about it here... https://blog.mickflynnimages.com/2017/04/love-to-see-your-pictures-in-print-so.html Then got banned...https://blog.mickflynnimages.com/2017/05/banned-from-my-local-newspaper.html During the winter weather a few weeks back they used a picture of mine (it was from 2015) and credited it as being mine... from the Facebook camera club. The editor agreed to pay me, but hasn't yet, so I will be going to the small claims court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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