Ray Sachs
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- Location
- Not too far from Philly
- Name
- you should be able to figure it out...
First off, I'm not sure if the Watering Hole is the place to raise this question, but I didn't see a more appropriate place - so if this isn't the place and there's a better one, any moderator should please feel free to move this to the apporpriate location...
So a friend of mine who runs our County's farmland preservation program really seems to like my photographs. I've done a bunch of shooting in one of our farmland preserves (because it's near my town and a beautiful place to walk) that he's seen and he's interested in commissioning me to shoot a LOT of the farms that they've bought up development rights on as part of the preservation effort. I think the use would be for their website, maybe an annual calendar, fundraising material, etc, etc. I'd love to do it - I'd be happy to get access to a lot of these farms to shoot even if I wasn't getting paid. And if I can get the County to pay my expenses (mileage on the car mostly) and a modest amount for the photography, so much the better.
But I have no idea how much to ask. Is something like this generally done on a per-photo basis (and, if so, what would be reasonable to ask per photo?) or is it usually done as a flat fee for an overall project, with rights to use up to X number of photos? Would I retain the rights to the photos if I wanted to also sell a few independently (I'd imagine the visibility could lead to a few requests to buy prints) or would they own the work outright?
I've never done anything like this before and don't have a clue how to go about it. I'm not looking to make a lot and I'm quite sure they're not looking to spend a lot, but there would be a fair amount of time involved and I would like to get paid for it.
ANY insight from those of you who have done anything like this would be really helpful. I've really resisted doing any paid work up until now but this would be kind of a labor of love that would be used in my local community and I'd like to do it.
Thanks for any of your thoughts,
-Ray
So a friend of mine who runs our County's farmland preservation program really seems to like my photographs. I've done a bunch of shooting in one of our farmland preserves (because it's near my town and a beautiful place to walk) that he's seen and he's interested in commissioning me to shoot a LOT of the farms that they've bought up development rights on as part of the preservation effort. I think the use would be for their website, maybe an annual calendar, fundraising material, etc, etc. I'd love to do it - I'd be happy to get access to a lot of these farms to shoot even if I wasn't getting paid. And if I can get the County to pay my expenses (mileage on the car mostly) and a modest amount for the photography, so much the better.
But I have no idea how much to ask. Is something like this generally done on a per-photo basis (and, if so, what would be reasonable to ask per photo?) or is it usually done as a flat fee for an overall project, with rights to use up to X number of photos? Would I retain the rights to the photos if I wanted to also sell a few independently (I'd imagine the visibility could lead to a few requests to buy prints) or would they own the work outright?
I've never done anything like this before and don't have a clue how to go about it. I'm not looking to make a lot and I'm quite sure they're not looking to spend a lot, but there would be a fair amount of time involved and I would like to get paid for it.
ANY insight from those of you who have done anything like this would be really helpful. I've really resisted doing any paid work up until now but this would be kind of a labor of love that would be used in my local community and I'd like to do it.
Thanks for any of your thoughts,
-Ray