JTVal
3rd of February 2008 (Sun), 14:22
I have read a few thread in here but I still have a question.
On average, I write 2 articles per year for the Parachutist magazine. Its an in-house mag by which I mean it only goes out to people who are members of the United states Parachutist association. I get paid for those article/picture. (not a lot but I do get paid)
Recently, I have either had photos printed or written article (w/ photos) for small magazines. The attached file is the latest instance.
Obviously, I was in agreement with the editor about payment prior to sending them the article since I had my own use for it afterward but here's where my question comes in.
I did not receive any payment for any of these articles. I did use them for advertising purposes.
Should I have been firm in expected some sort of payment?
Before answering let me explain:
I've had two articles printed in two diff magazines that are FREE at many casinos/hotels in the Mesquite, Nv area. The First article was the premeire issue of that magazine. I didn't write that atricle but I gave them some pictures to use for print.
The most recent is the 2nd issue of a competing magazine. They both said they dont have a budget yet to pay but would love to add skydiving to their issues,which I agreed with and allowed them to use my images for the sake of advertising. I will be moving to a different city in 30 days and I knew this going into the agreement.
Would you have refused to write the articlce since you didnt get paid with cash but rather in advertising? As a photog, have I set a bad precidence? At the moment I am the ONLY local skydive photog that does anything with vid and stills other than to hand them to freinds and customers. I have made a few Extra $$ for selling video to a few famous people who were documenting their experience etc. but this issue seems that I got what I wanted from the magazines but I dont know how PROFESSIONAL photogs would feel.
I'll get to the NEWSPAPER article a little later in the story. I dont wanna have to many issues in one thread. it'll get confusing. (sorry if I confused you with this post, I was interuppted multiple times)
Below are some articles.
For the local newspaper
http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=162&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2549&hn=mesquitelocalnews&he=.com
Recently I have submitted article to small local mags. Such as http://www.mesquitelifestyle.com/ (Here's a bad display of the poster I hun gon the wall at the Drop Zone.) I did not write THIS article but here's an examplehttp://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8df23b3127cceb3416b22f08300000076100BZt2rdu1bse
On average, I write 2 articles per year for the Parachutist magazine. Its an in-house mag by which I mean it only goes out to people who are members of the United states Parachutist association. I get paid for those article/picture. (not a lot but I do get paid)
Recently, I have either had photos printed or written article (w/ photos) for small magazines. The attached file is the latest instance.
Obviously, I was in agreement with the editor about payment prior to sending them the article since I had my own use for it afterward but here's where my question comes in.
I did not receive any payment for any of these articles. I did use them for advertising purposes.
Should I have been firm in expected some sort of payment?
Before answering let me explain:
I've had two articles printed in two diff magazines that are FREE at many casinos/hotels in the Mesquite, Nv area. The First article was the premeire issue of that magazine. I didn't write that atricle but I gave them some pictures to use for print.
The most recent is the 2nd issue of a competing magazine. They both said they dont have a budget yet to pay but would love to add skydiving to their issues,which I agreed with and allowed them to use my images for the sake of advertising. I will be moving to a different city in 30 days and I knew this going into the agreement.
Would you have refused to write the articlce since you didnt get paid with cash but rather in advertising? As a photog, have I set a bad precidence? At the moment I am the ONLY local skydive photog that does anything with vid and stills other than to hand them to freinds and customers. I have made a few Extra $$ for selling video to a few famous people who were documenting their experience etc. but this issue seems that I got what I wanted from the magazines but I dont know how PROFESSIONAL photogs would feel.
I'll get to the NEWSPAPER article a little later in the story. I dont wanna have to many issues in one thread. it'll get confusing. (sorry if I confused you with this post, I was interuppted multiple times)
Below are some articles.
For the local newspaper
http://www.mesquitelocalnews.com/default.asp?sourceid=&smenu=1&twindow=&mad=&sdetail=162&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=&ccat=&ccatm=&restate=&restatus=&reoption=&retype=&repmin=&repmax=&rebed=&rebath=&subname=&pform=&sc=2549&hn=mesquitelocalnews&he=.com
Recently I have submitted article to small local mags. Such as http://www.mesquitelifestyle.com/ (Here's a bad display of the poster I hun gon the wall at the Drop Zone.) I did not write THIS article but here's an examplehttp://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8df23b3127cceb3416b22f08300000076100BZt2rdu1bse