Pricing Photography: The Complete Guide to Assignment and Stock Prices

by Michal Heron, David MacTavish

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Book Review
Written by successful freelance photographers, this classic trade reference tool provides photographers with a wealth of time-tested information on everything from estimating prices, identifying pricing factors, and negotiating fair deals. Topics discussed include practical information on the economics of photography, cutting-edge negotiation techniques, pricing guidance for photography buyers, how to structure prices to fit any type of market and usage, how to define prices in a way that guarantees long-term profitability, and the specifics of pricing electronic media. A must-have addition to every photographer’s bookshelf.

Review
“An excellent and comprehensive guide to pricing photography. . . . From a survey of pros and stock agencies across the country, it offers a comprehensive listing of stock prices for uses ranging from a magazine ad to a mug, and just about everything in between.” — Photo District News

“This valuable book not only provides guides to what other photographers may be doing, it explains, in detail, how you should be pricing your own stock photos and developing you own assignment fees. After all, we’re in business to make money, not to be starving old artists. . . . This is an excellent tutorial, for newbies and established professionals, to developing fee structures, stock prices, and negotiating strategies.” — Thom Bourgois, photography writer.

“Heron teaches photographers how to systematically build the exciting, cutting-edge portfolio that advertising, corporate and editorial buyers are looking for.” — Photographic

About the Author
Michal Heron has been a freelance photographer for more than thirty years. She currently works on assignment for a variety of publishing and corporate clients as well as stock photo agencies. She lives in New York City.

David MacTavish is a freelance photographer. He is actively involved in both assignment and stock photography, and has served as an officer of the American Society of Media Photographers. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.