I have been contacted by an author who wants to use one of my pictures in a sports book he is writing. He seems like a legit published author. Of course, he has not offered any compensation other than credit. From what I\'ve read here, it is always best to ask for some kind of monetary compensation, especially from someone who will (or might) profit from that image.
This is the second time someone has asked me for permission to use one of my photos. The first time was for the cover of the brochure for the Florida Museum Association\'s Annual Conference, and I let them use it for for credit, because I was (and still am) just an amateur, not even thinking I could make any money at this. So I was like \"okay, yeah, sure, why not.\" Plus they were not selling the brochure, so they weren\'t making any money on it. But, in this instance, he will (or at least should) be making money on a book that would include my image. I can\'t even begin to know how much to charge for that.
But there is another problem: it is a photo of star professional athlete, out of uniform in public life. Nothing incriminating as far as I can tell, so I\'m not worried about him using the picture for that. But, of course I don\'t have a model release, and don\'t anticipate getting one. I\'m pretty sure I would need a release to let this guy use the photo, but he mentioned nothing about needing a release. Being a published author with other sports books with pictures, you would think that he would be familiar with this. By the way, the author is in Canada. I\'m in the USA. Maybe Canada is different about photo releases. Oh, and there are other people in the photo too, but they are pretty blurred. Might have to blur them a little more to be safe though.
It would be kind of neat to have my picture in a book, but I shouldn\'t let him use it for nothing but credit, right? Plus there\'s the release problem.
I have been contacted by an author who wants to use one of my pictures in a sports book he is writing. He seems like a legit published author. Of course, he has not offered any compensation other than credit. From what I\'ve read here, it is always best to ask for some kind of monetary compensation, especially from someone who will (or might) profit from that image.
This is the second time someone has asked me for permission to use one of my photos. The first time was for the cover of the brochure for the Florida Museum Association\'s Annual Conference, and I let them use it for for credit, because I was (and still am) just an amateur, not even thinking I could make any money at this. So I was like \"okay, yeah, sure, why not.\" Plus they were not selling the brochure, so they weren\'t making any money on it. But, in this instance, he will (or at least should) be making money on a book that would include my image. I can\'t even begin to know how much to charge for that.
But there is another problem: it is a photo of star professional athlete, out of uniform in public life. Nothing incriminating as far as I can tell, so I\'m not worried about him using the picture for that. But, of course I don\'t have a photo release, and don\'t anticipate getting one. I\'m pretty sure I would need a release to let this guy use the photo, but he mentioned nothing about needing a release. Being a published author with other sports books with pictures, you would think that he would be familiar with this. By the way, the author is in Canada. I\'m in the USA. Maybe Canada is different about photo releases. Oh, and there are other people in the photo too, but they are pretty blurred. Might have to blur them a little more to be safe though.
It would be kind of neat to have my picture in a book, but I shouldn\'t let him use it for nothing but credit, right? Plus there\'s the release problem.
Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you,
Mark
Jan 23, 2012 at 01:57 AM
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