Luciano bailey
I think the potential use reuse is the issue if your looking for a cheaper model have a friend post up and shoot some shots of you. I myself prefer to sell a disc usually at $100 includes multiple pics kind of a racer catalog. Winning races also will get you better pics. 2 cents
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:28:13 -0800
> From: shane@wickedar.com
> To: frark4ta@gmail.com
> CC: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Why are event photos so expensive ?
>
>
> Marc,
>
> It's sort of a "chicken and egg" problem. Event photographers often
> don't get paid for their work. Sometimes the event producer will pay a
> small amount - to be able to use (some of) the photographers work.
> Other times, the agreement is just to allow the photographer access to
> take shots. Then, the photographer can sell them for how ever much they
> want.
>
> The problem is - very few participants are willing to pay for images
> from the photographer - so the photographer often feels they have to
> charge a reasonably higher rate to be able to make a return on their
> time and equipment investment.
>
> The chicken and egg problem ... if they don't charge much - they don't
> make much money. But by not charging much; will they get more volume in
> sales? The answer has typically been a resounding "NO". So they charge
> more. But by charging more; are they limiting volume of sales?
> Probably. Where's the line they draw in the sales price of the digital
> image?
>
> One last issue they face - digital photographs are easily used/reused in
> lots of places and various instances that borders on commercial use -
> shouldn't they be paid fairly for their work if it's used in a
> commercial related capacity? For example - a lot of online blogs and
> ezines that publish race reports and include shots from athlete provided
> phots (which originally might have come from the professional
> photographer)...
>
> At least ... this has been my experience as an event producer, working
> with event photographers.
>
> v/r
> Shane
>
>
> Marc Fortier wrote:
> > OK I will start by saying I'm ignorant of the whole event photography
> > business model, but from a consumer standpoint, I don't see why a
> > digital photo costs so much. For example, to get a full resolution
> > digital copy of the photo of myself from the Echo race will set me
> > back $40 (for a photo that's not even exposed very well - although I
> > will mention that many of the photos from the race look spectacular).
> > Now if these cost me say $5 apiece, I probably would have spent
> > hundreds of dollars in the last few years, but as it is I've spent
> > about zero dollars. Couldn't there be a cheaper purchase option for
> > downloading hi-res digital photos 'for personal use only' (no
> > reselling, etc) ?
> >
> > I always feel bad I'm not funneling $$ towards these photographers who
> > spend their time running around the course taking cool shots of
> > everybody, but I really can't justify the expense at the current rates.
>
>
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