Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Would you

pay $329 for a royalty-free image from Getty Images for the cover of your chapbook?

I don't think I would. I don't have that much money, for starters.

I would for my book. But that isn't to say I value the chapbook less than the book.

Crap.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

What kind of image are you looking for? Robert Thomas used one of my husband (John Martin)'s images for his first book--and John's done his portraits as well. John's been a professional photographer for umpteen years and probably has some he'd let you use for a lot less than $329.

Email if interested

Paul said...

Thanks, Diane. It's an underwater, deep-sea image.

Matthew Thorburn said...

Paul, you might want to check out this site which (as I understand it) offers stock photography either for free or at least for less than Getty:

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

I've looked into it a bit for other purposes, but haven't actually used them... though it looks promising.

cK said...

You might also look to http://pdphoto.org. The guy who hosts that posts his images free for use. (He just asks that you tell him what you're doing with them.) I used to tap his site when I needed environmental stock images for my engineering magazine.

He's got a search box to help narrow things. (For example, type WATER in the box. Easy peasy.)

Probably not what you need, but a useful resource for some.
-cK

Paul said...

Thanks. Will check these out.

I'm thinking I'll end up having to rethink the cover.

cK said...

HOW COULD I FORGET!?

One more resource from the publishing industry:

http://www.istockphoto.com

There is a fee associated with their library, but it is affordable. Like $3 affordable. We bought plentifully from iStock.

Type "underwater" in the home page search box: 3303 matches. It even tells you how many people have bought a particular image. Happy hunting.
-cK

Melanie said...

Uh, I can give you photos of banana trees? No, I wouldn't pay that for a chapbook.

I can recommend you (or recommend them) to a couple of good photographers. I bet they'd work cheap.

Anonymous said...

Hi Paul,

It's Julia in Tennessee. There's a guy that we've been working with to redesign our website, Robert Baggett. He's very talented, and he gets it - he asked all the right questions about you. I asked him for suggestions...if you're still in need.

Paul said...

Hey Julia. Thanks. I may very well still be in need.

Of web design.

Ahem.