Look around. Sports shooting for money is just about dead. I don\'t know where y\'all are shooting but nobody around here is paying diddly squat for sports photographers. Gameface is one of very few companies in the country that pays anything outside of spec for sports photographers.
They are having trouble now so let\'s be sure to crucify them instead of wishing them well and hoping they recover to the point that they can pay photographers to shoot sports. If there\'s anything some people love more than kicking someone when they\'re down I don\'t know what it is.
You know who else went bankrupt, or nearly bankrupt, and came back? Kodak. Apple. Marvel Entertainment. Six Flags. Texaco. American Airlines. Delta, United and Air Canada to name a few. Not that Gameface is even considering bankruptcy. I don\'t know.
But, with that being said, let the stoning continue. Good luck getting your foot in the door with anybody who actually pays you to shoot sports. If you can get USA Today to speak to you they will pay you $125.00 per event plus spec on the photos you submit. You\'re looking at 4-6 hours to cover an event for them, including processing, captioning and transmitting photos. That\'s around $25.00 per hour plus some royalties trickling if your photos sell. Gameface rates are what? $50.00 per hour? And you hand them the photos on a card and go home? Yeah, let\'s put an end to that asap.
Personally, I\'d like to see this thread shut down. It has gone way past informative into the land of bashing and wild speculation.
Marty
Dec 16, 2016 at 01:22 PM
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