RE: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 25. januar 2007 21:32 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited On 25/1/07, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed: Silly question: What's tear sheets? Handkerchiefs. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

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2007-01-25 Thread Patrick Genovese
It sounds like a solicitation for work for hire. Does the client retain rights to ALL of the images from the shoot or just the 50 or so images submitted? Effectively that's what it is but the rights are to the 50 submitted images only although i'm not sure where I stand if I shoot very similar

RE: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Øsleby
Silly question: What's tear sheets? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 24. januar 2007 18:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

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2007-01-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tear+Sheets : tear sheet n. A page cut or torn from a periodical and used chiefly to provide evidence to an advertiser of the publication of an advertisement. On Jan 25, 2007, at 7:54 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Silly question: What's tear sheets? -- PDML

Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread graywolf
One question you should ask are the asking for exclusive rights? Exclusive rights means that they are the only one that can use the photos. If they are then you can not sell even out takes. But being a historical organization they my only want unrestricted rights which means that they can do

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2007-01-25 Thread graywolf
18:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Tear sheets should be a demand that goes with any sale. Tear sheets are better than portfolio shots because they have obviously been paid for and published. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

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2007-01-25 Thread pnstenquist
: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Tear sheets should be a demand that goes with any sale. Tear sheets are better than portfolio shots because they have obviously been paid for and published. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:21:07 AM Pacific

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2007-01-25 Thread Cotty
On 25/1/07, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed: Silly question: What's tear sheets? Handkerchiefs. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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2007-01-25 Thread Mark Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find that only lower echelon pros include tear sheets in portfolios. The top guys let their work speak for them, and it's understood that they're widely published. As far as PDFs are concerned, PDFs, printed on photo paper, are nice because you get a much more

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2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese It sounds like a solicitation for work for hire. Does the client retain rights to ALL of the images from the shoot or just the 50 or so images submitted? Effectively that's what it is but the rights are to the 50 submitted images only although i'm not sure where I

RE: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Øsleby Silly question: What's tear sheets? Tim Literally, the pages from the publication where the images appear. Often you'll get courtesy copies of the publication and have to tear the sheets out yourself. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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2007-01-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese It sounds like a solicitation for work for hire. Does the client retain rights to ALL of the images from the shoot or just the 50 or so images submitted? Effectively that's what it is but the rights are to the 50 submitted images only although i'm not sure where I

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2007-01-25 Thread graywolf
] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 24. januar 2007 18:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Tear sheets should be a demand that goes with any sale. Tear sheets are better than portfolio shots because they have obviously been paid for and published

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2007-01-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Tear sheets should be a demand that goes with any sale. Tear sheets are better than portfolio shots because they have obviously been paid for and published. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:21:07 AM Pacific Standard Time

Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited

2007-01-24 Thread Patrick Genovese
Hi everyone, I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots for any other purpose. 2. I have to supply a selection of 50 images from which the customer will make his own

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2007-01-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:21:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Regards Patrick Genovese I am not a professional photographer but I'd have real problems with not being able to show at least one photo/image in my portfolio. I think you should insist on

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2007-01-24 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Patrick Genovese Subject: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Hi everyone, I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots

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2007-01-24 Thread pnstenquist
I charge $1500 a day plus expenses for that kind of work in the U.S. That seems to be about the going rate for a part-time workmanlike photographer. Top commercial pros charge as much as $30,000 a day, but that buys the client a crew as well as the photographer. Paul -- Original

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2007-01-24 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:42:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Generally, the photographer can't resell the photos from a commercial shoot nor can he use them editorially. But in almost all instances, he can include them in his own portfolio. Paul = Curious,

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2007-01-24 Thread pnstenquist
Message - From: Patrick Genovese Subject: Opportunity or Rip Off ? Advice Solicited Hi everyone, I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots for any

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2007-01-24 Thread pnstenquist
I've never seen it spelled out. Generally, it's just assumed that the photographer will show them in the portfolio if he or she chooses to do so. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:42:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,

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2007-01-24 Thread Joseph Tainter
I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots for any other purpose. - Serious question: In such a situation, what would prevent you from taking two identical

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2007-01-24 Thread pnstenquist
I would guess that what this client is saying is that he wants to purchase exclusive rights to that particular visual. You can always keep a copy of the image -- without having to shoot more frames -- although I can't imagine shooting only one frame on any job. But regardless of how many frames

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2007-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Joseph Tainter wrote: Serious question: In such a situation, what would prevent you from taking two identical digital frames of each shot, providing one to the client and keeping the second for yourself? If there was ever a question, the exif information would show that the image you supplied

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2007-01-24 Thread graywolf
Tear sheets should be a demand that goes with any sale. Tear sheets are better than portfolio shots because they have obviously been paid for and published. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/24/2007 7:21:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Regards Patrick

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2007-01-24 Thread pnstenquist
Nowadays most pubs send you a PDF of the page layout. Other clients should be willing to do the same. The PDF is even better than a tear sheet because you can print it on good photo paper. Paul -- Original message -- From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tear sheets

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2007-01-24 Thread Patrick Genovese
Hi everyone, Thank you for your advice... Your input is very apreceated. My thoughts on the matter are a bit clearer now Regards Patrick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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2007-01-24 Thread John Sessoms
From: Patrick Genovese Hi everyone, I've been asked to do a shoot of some historical sites but there is a catch. 1. The client wants full ownership rights to the images. Ie I won't be able to use the shots for any other purpose. 2. I have to supply a selection of 50 images from which