Time to stop screwing around tim

The game was not of high profile as such i was the only photographer there. The game was a boring blowout, i got some cool action photos but if they (the paper) wanted those they would have sent their own photographer. But sometimes your the only person around to capture the most rare of moments, such as the image shown here. A team just got thier butts kicked, and they manage to come together on the football field.

And although it "shouldnt" be an issue, anyone who watched the game saw the cultural differences. The inner city all black team, a middle of nowhere nearly all white team...i dont think it's wrong to recgonize how cool this is.

Today i read the story and as you would imagine there was no photo to this game, but they very much made note of the actions after the game.

So why didnt i send it? I dont know how, the paper is probably printed rather quickly after the game, which ended at about 10:30. I'm gonna send the paper an email with this picture and my dilema, but they have their own staffers so...

Really what i'm asking, what is the best way to get the photos to them (which i'm sure is something they can help me) but also how much should i expect to get paid? What should i ask for? What should i expect? How does this typically work in general.

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Just last night, I was thinking to myself about how to go about getting pictures published in a newspaper as a freelance photographer. Obviously pictures of this sort would need to get to them rather quickly so they can meet their printing deadline, but I too am curious what a newspapers process is for publishing photos... something to get my name out there and so I could say I was 'published' Let me know what your newspaper says... perhaps I iwll proposition my local paper if I can think of a good story idea

Tim,

Can you give some EXIF info on these - curious what your settings were. I have been experiemting with my daughter's vollyball games in a gym with poor light and can't seem to get it right. Thanks.

Hey Tim,

I get paid $50CDN per photo -- usually all posed portraits, etc -- for editorial use. The pro's in the area charge anywhere between $80CDN - $100CDN. The only reason I get paid less is because I am counted as a student photographer.

That prices buys them the right to publish in their magazine as much as they want, but not outside the academic community. Also, they give me assignments, so it is kinda like I am part-time there. The only difference is I get paid per photo.

If I was selling exclusive rights to the photo I would certainly charge more. However, I think small editorial shots like this are within the range mentioned above.

Cheers,

Thanks for the feedback vfilby, thats about what i was expecting.

It has been brought to my attention that there are spelling errors in the letter i posted but iw anted to clearify that i spell checked it after i posted here and before i sent it to them .

THat was shot at ISO 800 f/1.8 for 1/50.

thanks, Tim. Two more - what lens? what kind of settings for the action shots?

Thanks, agin!!

the 1.8 shots are with my 50mm

Most of the action shots were with my 70-200 f/2.8 1/200-1/250 ISO 800+ with 550EX on ETTL

Glad you found it useful. I would love to hear other's opinions though, share 'em if you got 'em.

Cheers,

I actually just got an interesting email from one of the photographers for our teeny paper. She said "i have a question please call me". So, i'll have to do that tomorrow.

timmyquest wrote:
I actually just got an interesting email from one of the photographers for our teeny paper. She said "i have a question please call me". So, i'll have to do that tomorrow.

Cool, keep us posted!

Speak to the sports editor at the newspaper concerned.

All my first contacts with my local papers were either face to face or on the phone - e-mail is so easy these days that editors can become swamped with submissions and associated 'reading matter'. By all means follow up your call with an e-mail showing some examples of your work - but at least they'll be expecting it then.

Building relationships is the key to success in what we all know is a very, very competitive business - even more so in this digital age.

Be proactive, pick your events ahead of time and let the paper know where you're going to be shooting (making sure you're not going to tread on any toes) and offer to sumbit some pictures. Don't worry about a few knock-backs, you'll get there in the end. Make sure you hit any deadlines you're given, sumbit the pics in the required formats with good captions, keep the quality high and they'll use you again and again.

Editors are busy people and they'll frequently remind you of the fact! In fact, if I send my editor more than 5-6 shots from an everyday sports shoot, it's not long before I get a roasting!

The best of luck!

Ok, so not quiet what i was hoping for, but close.

Now i have another dilema on my hand as this is the school asking for the photos. Obviously they'd pay me for the costs of the prints but...then what