Re: Nothing Glamorous - Just Money

**Larry Maupin larrymaupin@sbcglobal.net>**

on 8/3/02 7:22 AM, Gene Bush at genebush@otherside.com wrote:

> Hello,
> I recently had a company contact me wanting to use a slide of a plant I
> have on my web site. They will be making a color plant label from the slide.
> Send a slide, they scan and use however they please, return the slide with a
> check. Nothing glamorous, but does place a check in the bank account.
> Curious. Can  anyone say what the rate would "normally" be for a transaction
> of this type? Is there any such animal?
> Gene E. Bush
> Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> www.munchkinnursery.com
> genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
> 
Gene -
My "day job" is for a horticultural printing company that licenses the use
of photos for plant tags, catalogs and the like. It very well may be the
same company you are dealing with, though there are several who make plant
tags. The rates requested by photographers for licensing use on plant tags
varies from $50 up to around $125 for 35mm slides, and up to $150 for 4x5
transparencies. The average price paid by my company for 35mm slide usage is
around $75. Another factor is the rarity of the subject and how unique the
image is.

The photographer sets the rate, and the company can negotiate, accept or
decline. If your image is tack sharp, well exposed, shows a healthy specimen
in a landscape setting, and it is the only slide submitted for a particular
subject, you can command the higher range of price.

These rates are very low compared to editorial use in the larger magazines,
books, etc. But if you have lots of them over a period of time, it can be a
plus. As you said, it's nothing glamorous, but it's money.

I hope this helps.
-- 
Larry Maupin
Maupin Photography
Freelance Garden Writer/Photographer
Member, Garden Writers Assoc. of America
Dallas, TX 75238   214/341-3933

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