A pretty well-known dog magazine is running an article about my research project (www.k9behavioralgenetics.com). They want to use one of my photos, and initially asked to use it for free, but given that they are a money-making enterprise I told them it’s against my policy to give my work away for free. They now want to know what I think a fair price is, and the truth is, I don’t know. What is a fair price for one-time use rights in a widely-circulated mainstream magazine? This is not a boutique publication or a newsletter.

The photo isn’t interchangeable with another dog photo since it is a photo of a dog that is mentioned in the article; it isn’t a snapshot either. I also took another more journalistic photo that they will be running with the same story (event coverage) and they offered to pay me $100 for that one. I basically saved them from having to hire two photographers, one for the event I was at, and the other who would have had to take a portrait of my dog.

Thanks, Melanie