431 Last week I photographed the activities of large charity organization; things went swimmingly, pictures were fine, looks like I'll be doing some more work with the foundation. Trouble is, they've just asked to use some pictures for "our own publicity." I know the way this normally goes, and that the photographer, just as anyone else doing work for the foundation, needs to get paid. Non-profit doesn't mean no money, etc. Bottom line, they'll pay for some pictures or they won't get them. Problem is, in the past, when I've tried to talk about this delicate topic with nonprofits, the entire conversation exploded and I was cut off from taking any more pictures. I learned from one such experience not to show the pictures to the organization until the photography is done and the pictures are published. Didn't show any this time, and of course, the question came up again. What's the best way to talk about image licensing and payment with the charity without things turning ugly? I'll be talking with the local outpost's media relations person (again, this is a huge foundation with 50+ employees just in the local branch). Add to the difficulty of this, the organization's a Chinese one, so the organization's interpretations of copyright, licensing, picture buying, usage, etc., may be much different from what I know. When the subject comes up, I think that immediately going into "What's your budget?" could backfire. A slightly better tack, I think, would be to say "Sure, give me the phone number of the organization's photo buyer..." But that doesn't give me much room for softening up the idea that photos aren't free and then bada bing bada boom, suddenly I'm no longer welcome to follow along as the charity does its good work. Anybody with experience in these sorts of delicate conversations have some tips? 13 2007-12-02T13:54:29Z 0 2008-03-12T12:56:47Z true 18700 false 22502 2007-12-03T19:03:37Z Nanjing true false what-to-do-when-a-charity-wants-my-images 1 2008-03-12T12:56:47Z 1965