Zeeps wrote:What are standard rates?
Most newspapers have a standard rate for standard photographs... often it is as low as $40-$75 for an image used. Newspapers are not big spenders when it comes to aquiring photographs and if possible they will use an image for free.
It also depends a lot on the news value of your image. Simplest way to measure this is to determine how valuable the same image will be in one years time. The more significant the image the more it is likely to be remembered and reused over time and therefore the more valuable it is. A photograph of an ordinary accident might have low value, even if you were the only one on the scene. If the image is of a celeb or politician getting busted or an aircraft flying into a building then you are in a far better position to negotiate.... just don' take all day to do it!
On the odd occasion I have supplied spec news to newspapers ( ones that I was not working for at the time) and one of the main secrects is to let them know you have the image and get it to them within an hour or two so they have time to get it into production.
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:14 am