Pricing smaller company commercial use

[Stray Cat]

I am no serious photog, but I'm training up to weddings this fall. I typically shoot for fun or small groups of friends.

I am a cyclist and I recently started bringing out my camera to the races. After I finished doing my race, I photographed the others in hope to sell some prints and cover my day of racing and some gas. (Which I did and a little then some :) )


I did a race on Saturday and took photos again. Lighting was tricky and my ai servo dropped the ball. (Going into canon :( )

Posted them up Sunday and had a couple thousand photos viewed.

Woke up this morning to an email,

HI Zack,

I'm interested in buying a couple of images from you. A guy named David Bradfield and I own Arundel, a small accessory company known locally for bottle cages. I would want the rights to the photos in case we wanted to post them on our website or use them in the future for anything. Would you make us a package deal?

Thanks,

Chris Watson

I have ZERO clue of what to charge. I don't want to sell myself short but I also don't want to scare them off. (everyones problem right?) I don't even know where to start on price. I looked at a couple of links posted here in the sticky. I don't think they could afford or have payed anywhere close to $300 for a single photo. (calculator) They are relatively a small company but sell some nice high end products. I figure if I hit way too high initially, I can bargain in some products. I would also love this contact in the future.


All of the photos I took: www.PhotosOfTheRace.com

The companies website: www.arundelbike.com



An example photo




Thank you in advance for any help you can post!


-Zack

[Stray Cat]

I'm going to need some model release forms right? Going to be fun tracking them all down.

[zepp]

Originally Posted by Stray Cat

I'm going to need some model release forms right? Going to be fun tracking them all down.

Yes you will. Commercial use, identifiable subject in image, and no release from subject don't mix.