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rmance17
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Does anyone know of a contract template for:

(1) Between myself and the race track (venue)

(2) Between myself and the contract photographer(s)

I have been hired by a local race track to photograph the racing every Saturday night. I will be replacing another photographer mid season (starting September 2). I can't commit to every Saturday night so I am "hiring" local photographers to help out. I just need to make sure I have at least one photographer there every week.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

And if you live near Ventura, CA and are interested in shooting PM me. I could use the help!

Robert



Aug 16, 2017 at 02:09 PM
Microdol
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I don't know of a template, but you just need to make sure who retains
the rights to your work.
You can let the track use it for their promotional usage, but beyond that
you may not want to let them do anything else with it, and if they want
ALL rights, simply walk away. They may need you more than you need them.

I photographed at a local track, but I also followed a couple of touring series,
and I retained all the rights to everything, BUT, I was also very good friends with
every promoter at every track - they kinda needed me because I was the only
photog that had the expertise in the area. Not to feed my own ego, but most
every other photographer did not have the equipment or experience, or knew
what they were doing. I let all of them use my stuff for free because I also
wanted the sport to grow.
Now, if THEY wanted to sell my stuff, that was a NO, but I was allowed to sell
everything I shot. It worked out well for all of us.

I also see Ventura is a dirt track, so be careful about getting dust in your stuff.
I never shot digital simply because of that, and I quit in 2005 when I just got
tired of it after 20 years of doing it.
PM me if you want more details.



Sep 10, 2017 at 10:32 PM
rmance17
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Thank you so much Microdol ... I so appreciate the really good advice! I ended up paying a "Attorney and Professional Legal Writer' on a website called fiverr dot com. I have to say she did a really good job. It cost me a little over 300 dollars but I think it was well worth it. Luckily all the points you discussed were covered in the contract. We have photographed a couple of races now and things are going extremely well and the track is super happy with our work. They can use the images for anything as long as there is no monetary value, and of course they can't give them away to anyone.

Thanks again and have an awesome day!



Sep 11, 2017 at 09:09 AM





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