Thanks, Dave.
After a little more research, I discovered that what you do is generally
the best way to go as far as getting photos on the wire. I also get the
impression that selling to wire services isn't really the wisest thing
to do, since they generally require that you sign over all rights and
offer little in the way of compensation.
So, skroo those guys.
I think I may actually be able to put together a coffee table book out
of the images I've taken this year and sell it to political junkies,
though. I have gotten some images that I believe would be appealing to
fanboys and such. I'm going to have to look into it.
-- Walt
On 11/3/2010 12:57 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
Not sure if this is helpful, but for the local papers around here, i
load up on to a page the photos i think they may want and direct them
to the link. If they had a photographer there, i lose, if not they
will ask me to send photo A etc.
Dave
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Walter Gilbert<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
OK, I'll get the boasting out of the way, first: I found out yesterday that
I've had three more of my submissions accepted, and one declined, for the
Pentax Photo Gallery. I'll take those odds! I still have two of my
original submissions pending, and two new ones uploaded since I got my first
rejection. And, in all honesty, I'm somewhat surprised at my accept/reject
rate. I submitted seven shots originally, and was happy to have one of them
accepted, much less four!
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert
Now, on with the brain-picking.
Over the past few weeks, I've attended a lot of political rallies and
appearances by a fairly high profile US Senate candidate who won last night,
and I've taken a whole gang of photos of the guy. I do know that just about
every media outlet in existence gets its political photos from the wire
services. My question is, how does one go about selling images to the wire
services? Is it even worth trying to do so as an unestablished freelancer,
assuming the photos meet whatever standards they have?
I also have some more "artistic" shots of the candidate and wonder how I
might go about shopping those around. Any help anyone can give me would be
immensely appreciated, as I'm trying to make a little money wherever I can
in hopes of, you know, owning a car again someday.
Thanks in advance for any guidance anyone can give me.
Best,
Walt
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