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Reply by Anonymous

August 15, 2017

I have been approached by someone that works at historical landmark about using my photos for postcard at the site. Not sure what to charge them per photo to use the photos. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you


Reply by Anonymous

April 21, 2017

I took a series of photos with the same theme. A person would like to paint this series, put them in a gallery and give me 1/3 of the selling price. Who owns what here? Thank you so much.


Reply by Shally

December 15, 2015

Hi, Smithsonian magazine photo contest has a paragraph stating: the entrants give a non-exclusive right royalty-free to the Smithsonian Institute even if they don’t win any prizes. I’m not sure if this is a good idea if I’m trying to get my images contracted to sell and not just be displayed. Is it a good idea to let them be published on their site for publicity purposes for my resume but without getting taken advantage of?


Reply by Andrew Hudson, PhotoSecrets

January 8, 2016

Hi Shally,

Yes, this is a good idea. The legal text supports what the contest is: you choose to submit photos and the Smithsonian can display them (as entrants and winners). The “non-exclusive” part means that you can still sell your images elsewhere. You are not being “taken advantage of”, and getting exposure in the Smithsonian magazine is good for your resume.


Reply by Shally

October 29, 2014

Hi Andrew, if a marina shot has legible names of boats "only" when zoomed in on 100% viewing, does that mean they can never be sold anywhere because of copyright issues? 123Rf rejected my marina shot for this reason, so I wondered if there’s another avenue to take?


Reply by Andrew Hudson, PhotoSecrets

November 3, 2014

Hi Shally,

No, this does not mean the shot can never be sold anywhere. Having identifiable information can raise privacy issues, but is not necessarily a show-stopper.

Microstock agencies can reject images for any reason. 123RF may be worried about privacy issues of the boat owner, or they may want a property release for identifiable property.

You could get the information removed or obscured in Photoshop.

Andrew


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