At 1:26 AM -0400 8/8/02, Brian Blankenship wrote: >Do any of you guys have a contract I can mooch? I need one fast. Advertising usage contracts are as complex as editorial. Start with the free resources at http://www.editorialphoto.com, then search APA (Advertising Photographers of America) and ASMP sites for advertising help. License fees should be based on projected media buy. I hope you've not yet negotiated the fee. Register the image, as well as a bundle of others, with the Copyright Office today (one big $30 fee for as many jpegs as you can fit on a CD, or as many pages of slides as you wish to include). Please go to editorial photo for all the basic info you need to cover your ass. You never "sell a photo", unless you're selling a single print of a photo in a gallery. You license usage of an image which you hold and retain the complete right to permit copying. Permission to exercise your license is often contingent upon payment in advance. For advertising you would do well to have releases from any people in the image, even not clearly identifiable. Good luck. Do all photographers trying to make a living a favor and don't charge too little. -- Emily L. Ferguson elf@cape.com 508-563-6822 New England landscapes, wooden boats and races, press photography Beetle cats on the web at: http://www.vsu.cape.com/~elf http://www.beetlecat.org/store.html#yrbook
