I shoot for my friends who are in a band. they are starting to do really well, they landed some big gigs this summer and put out their first studio album. They are playing NorthEast Kingdom Music Fest and Camp Bisco V this august. When I do their photos, I don't charge them now because they are my friends, and when they can pay me significantly they will, I don't want their $20 here and there.
Because of them, I have shot a lot of other bands that they play with or open for. Some of them are Seth Yacavone, New Mastersounds, Page McConell, Dave Grippo, Spam Allstars etc...
My question is how to make money from this. I know some of the bands are smaller and can't pay and just want to use some photos for websites and I get a credit. Fine.
Other bands are signed and ask for photos while Im shooting and hand off their business cards.
What is the proper way to sell photos to these people? I never know what they plan to do with them because they don't even know. The photos could end up on websites, used for posters, album art, sent to magazines.
Any insight would be great. Demand kind of came out of nowhere and Im getting emails requesting photos from recent shows, especially when people like Page or Mike Gordon show up out of nowhere.
Need advice quickly. Thank you. |
