Magazine wants to publish my photo

[SkyNevada]

Hello,

I'd like some advice please...if anybody can help. I got an email today and am wondering if anybody has any thoughts as to what I should do. I really don't mind but nobody has ever asked me about publishing one of my photos in their magazine.

Re: Photo http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5835906

Dear Mr. Campbell,
Congratulations for you wonderful picture. I am the chief editor of a magazine called Cleared and edited by the Italian Air Navigation Service Provider (ENAV). I was wondering if you allow me to publish your photograph in our magazine by writing (by courtesy of Mr. Brad Campbell - in Italian of course) Unfortunately, our company policy does not allow me to buy any kind of material for the publication.
Should you accept it will be by pleasure to send you copies at your address of choice.
Thank you for your attention and I look forward at reading from you as soon as possible.
(Name Deleted)
ENAV SpA
Editorial Director
Via Salaria 716
Rome 00138

[Star Alliance]

Personally, and judging from responces that I have read in the past, I would let him go ahead and do it, and request a copy of the publication. Any exposure is good exposure, no?
I'd wait for someone who this has happened to at least once to do anything, though
Cheers!
A.M.

[RingwaySam]

Congratulations, Brad!

I've recently just had one of my shots published in a magazine. All I asked for was a copy of the magzine as it was my first one in a magazine.

You should go ahead with it though, let your name get recognised then start selling them on.

Good luck!

[Greg Wilson]

http://www.enav.it/english/news/iniziative.html

[SkyNevada]

Hi all,

Thanks so much for all your help...I was really unsure what to do. I've had one other photo used for a report by an individual for his company but this is my first magazine photo. I'm really excited now! Thanks again...!

[YYZPICS]

Dont ever believe when they say that there is no budget for this and that, especially if it is a magzine, what a joke.

[Tanner_J]

They do have a budget for photography, well wait...they don't need one because they can come here and get people to give them to them for free.

It's great that you were asked, but giving them the photo just because its the first shot you've gotten in a magazine is hurting the industry. I know it's a hobby and you're not in it to make money, but others are. Everytime someone gives away a photo for free a photographer looking to make money loses hundreds.

Anyways there's my rant, but congratulations on them wanting your shot.

[Airbus_A320]

They do have a budget for photography, well wait...they don't need one because they can come here and get people to give them to them for free.

It's great that you were asked, but giving them the photo just because its the first shot you've gotten in a magazine is hurting the industry. I know it's a hobby and you're not in it to make money, but others are. Everytime someone gives away a photo for free a photographer looking to make money loses hundreds.

Anyways there's my rant, but congratulations on them wanting your shot.

Yeah, I agree with you 100%. One time a magazine e-mailed me about using a photo. I responded with an e-mail regarding payment before sending them the photo. Then didn't get a response back... e-mailed again, asked what was going on. Turns out they had gotten a photo already. Some tool sent it to them for free. Then another time a company that does engine mods for DHC-3's wanted to use my a photo on their site for free. I don't think I even bothered responding to that one.

If they are running a magazine, they certianly have enough money to pay you. Don't give it away.

[Tanner_J]

I mean seriously, the photo you gave them would have cost them hundreds, if not over a thousand. Photographers aren't cheap. Ever had portraits taken of yourself or your family? They're not cheap. There's a reason hourly fees for most photographers are no less then $150 per hour and that only includes time.

[LX-A343]

I have been paied by other aviation service providers, because they all have a budget. If she says "Unfortunately, our company policy does not allow me to buy any kind of material for the publication", then that's another thing. This just means "we have all a good live at this office, but we don't want to pay you a dime for your work". As for any exposure is good exposure .... how much more photos would you sell by beeing published in this mentioned magazine?

My advices:
#1: reply them thanking for their kind request and quoting, what needs to be quoted.
#2: if you copy a private mail into a forum, delete the sender's names

Gerardo

[seahawk]

AFAIk they are not really commerical. Cleared is the internal magazine of the ENAV. It is not uncommon for such magazines to have a restriction on buying material for their use. I also have request from them and I am leaning to giving them the pic.

Here is a link to the first cleared mag.

http://www.enav.it/news/cleared/cle..._2004_72dpi.pdf

and there you can see all cleared issiuses

http://www.enav.it/news/Elenco_Cleared.html

As you can see it is for free.

And they donīt want the rights to your pic, they just want to use ut for their magazine, so you can still sell it to others as well.

[exmanx]

If it is an internal magazine, then I doubt they DO have a budget for pictures, at least, not a big one.

However, if it is a commercial magazine they can certainly pay you for the use and you should respond and ask how much they are willing to pay. Take if from there and see if they will negotiate and give you a reasonable price.

Well done anyway, and good luck.

Andy

[LX-A343]

Just, because it is an internal magazine, means, they don't have to pay for photos? In other words, they don't pay the print shop either for printing it? The Desktop publisher does his work for free as well? The logistic provider? and so on ....

Gerardo

[seahawk]

We have an internal magazine at work as well and they do not pay for photos either. Layouter and printing shop are available within anyway, and it is distributed with the normal office post. And as they do print some offical publications anyway, that could be the case for them as well.
And without any doubt they are open about it and asking before hadn, while many commercail mags do like to use pictures without asking.

[brianw999]

If it had been "Flight International", "Flyer" or "Pilot" magazines, to name just three commercial publications, then I would most certainly be asking for a financial remuneration.

"Cleared" is a different kettle of fish. It's a free internal house magazine which probably really doesn't have a photograph budget. All the ambulance services that I have worked have had internal staff mags, indeed I assisted in the production of one of them. The magazine production costs were covered by advertising income from local companies but this never gave a large enough income for us to go out and purchase photographs. We relied on the goodwill of the photographer concerned and, of course gave a name credit.

In this case I would say go ahead and use your pic on the understanding that you retain the sole copyright for future sales. A free copy of the magazine, preferably in English if you don't read Italian, would be recompense enough in this instance and you never know what other offers may be forthcoming in the future.

Just as an example, I once designed an Agusta A109 in the colours of CareFlight, Australia (real life pic here....http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=393012) for use in Microsoft Flight Simulator. I uploaded it to a free use website where anyone can download helicopters for use in MSFS.
Shortly after, I received an email from the Medical Director of Careflight. To cut a long story short I now have an open invitation to go and spend a day flying with them. OK, so I'm a paramedic and that probably swung their decision to make the offer but its not often you get such an offer. My wife and I go to Oz every 2 or 3 years so that's an offer I'll be taking up soon.