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Originally Posted by Dave
Excellent stuff Gary !!. I always wondered how the process worked.
A few questions if I may.
1) How would you know the worth of a shot ?
2) If you send shots online, how do you know how much you will be paid if used ?
3) If your shot is published, do you get informed or do you need to hunt for it yourself ?
The reason I ask the last point is I saw a documentary where the photo agency used to scour all the papers to identify their shots, so they could expect / request payment.
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#1+#2 The worth of a shot - most newspapers have a set scale of fees for usual news stuff dependent on what page and how big it is used, For instance the shot of Eleasha hamed leaving court with the bouncers, used on page 5 of the Daily mail about 1/8th of a page =£130.00 it was also used in 3 other national papers which will be paying about the same give or take £10-£20. that makes about £500.00 for the mornings work.
If it is a bit more exclusive expect more money, Front page stuff is in the region of £1000.00 - £2000.00 per image.
#3 Yoy don't normally get informed, they will sometimes ring you up to ask for any extra info you may have, normally they just send you a chq or credit your account by bacs transfer once they have your details and send you a self billing invoice.
I usually go out and buy the papers the following day just to see if they have used any and get tear sheets for my ever growing scrap book.
Hope that helps.
