photo licesing for article material
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- vaxorcist0
firstly, thanks for actually asking the question, rather than just assuming all photos are free.... we all need to make a living....
1. where did you find these photos/videos?
2. is there a byline there? is there a photo editor or art director listed on the masthead or about page there? If you google the name of the photographer/videographer, what shows up? (or is the name generic, like john smith?)
3. what's your aimed publication list like? Some pubs want exclusives, so if the image is already published, they may want to find new images, other pubs don't pay shit... it's all over the place unfortunuately....
4. Some images are licensed by publication circulation, i,e, if it's a large-circulation magazine, it's a higher price.... photoquote has info on this.... also size of page....
5. video is licensed differently from photos, often bookended with ads and sometimes free, sometimes expensive, or only allowing a few seconds excerpt... youtube has exploded this too....