epp_b
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As some of you may know from past threads, I've been shooting on the track for a local car club's annual racing event. For this, I have not been compensated anything beyond $100 for the use of a photo from the previous year, for printing on t-shirts and/or posters.
The dilemma I have is this: on one hand, I do really enjoy doing it. On the other hand, it's probably 25-30 hours of hard work, including prep, shooting and post, so I feel disappointed to be just giving away so much time and effort.
What I would like to do is offer to shoot in a more official (and paid) capacity. Of course, there is the matter of asking them to pay for something they've previously received for free. This is where I would offer them rights to and copies of all of the photos for club-related uses. Sort of a work-for-hire kind of deal.
Additionally, $100 compensation for a photo to be used on 400 t-shirts isn't exactly satisfactory. I would sure like to get something more reasonable than that.
However, there is the delicate balance of my desire to get on the track again (it's the only opportunity I get to shoot this type of thing) and the club rejecting my offer. Letting me on the track is, afterall, their prerogative, even if it doesn't cost them anything.
Have I screwed myself into being stuck with the past arrangement? Might I be opening a can of worms here that I'm expected to be a full time pro to be paid this way? Personally, I think I've proven myself in being able to produce results to a professional standard of artistic and technical quality, and isn't that all that really matters?
And, yes, Blank, you are free to snicker and say "I told you so" ...
The dilemma I have is this: on one hand, I do really enjoy doing it. On the other hand, it's probably 25-30 hours of hard work, including prep, shooting and post, so I feel disappointed to be just giving away so much time and effort.
What I would like to do is offer to shoot in a more official (and paid) capacity. Of course, there is the matter of asking them to pay for something they've previously received for free. This is where I would offer them rights to and copies of all of the photos for club-related uses. Sort of a work-for-hire kind of deal.
Additionally, $100 compensation for a photo to be used on 400 t-shirts isn't exactly satisfactory. I would sure like to get something more reasonable than that.
However, there is the delicate balance of my desire to get on the track again (it's the only opportunity I get to shoot this type of thing) and the club rejecting my offer. Letting me on the track is, afterall, their prerogative, even if it doesn't cost them anything.
Have I screwed myself into being stuck with the past arrangement? Might I be opening a can of worms here that I'm expected to be a full time pro to be paid this way? Personally, I think I've proven myself in being able to produce results to a professional standard of artistic and technical quality, and isn't that all that really matters?
And, yes, Blank, you are free to snicker and say "I told you so" ...
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