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R.Morrison · 01/21/07, 03:25 PM

I'm a freelance journalist. A writer first, a photographer second. I write for magazines and newspapers that have long lead-times, (yes, [i]some[i]newspaper articles can have long lead-times) therefore I don't need to go digital. The photos illustrate my articles. The payment received is usualy based on some version of the per column-inch formula therefore payment for the photographic portion of the article is dictated by the size the publication has decided to make your pictures. This means that you can be paid peanuts for a great photo and meaningful bucks for a mediocre shot. You can temper this somewhat by just getting good at it, then the publications can't resist giving space to your photos. The OTTAWA CITIZEN has twice surprised me by, once devoting a third of a page to the front page of one of their sections, and another time, when I gave them a selection of photos of which I believed they might use one, they devoted an entire colour page to all of them!

Keep plugging away,
Robert Morrison, M4-P, etc.

01/21/07, 03:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
R.Morrison Benutzer Join Date: 09/04/06 Location: Iqaluit Posts: 97	Re: How many of us sell our pictures ? I'm a freelance journalist. A writer first, a photographer second. I write for magazines and newspapers that have long lead-times, (yes, [i]some[i]newspaper articles can have long lead-times) therefore I don't need to go digital. The photos illustrate my articles. The payment received is usualy based on some version of the per column-inch formula therefore payment for the photographic portion of the article is dictated by the size the publication has decided to make your pictures. This means that you can be paid peanuts for a great photo and meaningful bucks for a mediocre shot. You can temper this somewhat by just getting good at it, then the publications can't resist giving space to your photos. The OTTAWA CITIZEN has twice surprised me by, once devoting a third of a page to the front page of one of their sections, and another time, when I gave them a selection of photos of which I believed they might use one, they devoted an entire colour page to all of them! Keep plugging away, Robert Morrison, M4-P, etc.