--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, Deb Booth <debs_b_@...> wrote:
> I consider myself a serious photographer, and I regularly donate items and images to groups I support.>
Everybody donates work for one reason or another.
My response was specifically regarding public parks, which have advertising budgets.
I assure you the printers, graphic designers, ad agencies, publications, etc. are not waiving their fees in lieu of karma points.
I personally have done thousands of dollars of business with state and national parks, and have also made thousands of dollars licensing photographs that I took inside public parks.
When I license a park photograph that , let's say, illustrates a magazine article, that particular park ( and to a lesser degree public parks in general) receives thousands of dollars of free advertising, and I make a few hundred dollars. I would argue that it is a win-win situation and not the one-sided affair that Mr. Cochran describes.
Even if you display a framed print and title it "Acadia National Park" you are advertising for that park.
So, if you are serious about profiting from your photography, examine your philanthropy guidelines very carefully.
Alex Demyan
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