Photography for CD/vinyl artwork - Water/Coast based

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I'm hoping that some folks here might be able to help. I'm try to source a photographer or some images that I can use in some band artwork.

The band don't have any money for images but will credit photographers in the artwork and can sort out a CD or Vinyl copy of the album to the photographer by means of payment for images used.

So, is anyone here coast based or have some really moody pictures of the coast they could link me to?

I have an exact idea of the sort of shots that I'm after, very similar in composition and tone to the shots used in this video:


Thanks in advance.
 
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The problem you have is a professional tog (anyone charging money for their services) will by-enlarge not want to give things away for free for credit. It devalues an already devalued industry. The best hope is either a very generous sympathy soul (gauge the replies so far ;)) or a hobbyist who is just happy for credit.

I fully appreciate this, if I had money to pay someone then I would. I'm hoping a generous person might be able to help in some way.
 
Why should the photographer give their image away for free to be put on an album cover that another creative group are making money from?

If the band don't have any money then I'd be perfectly willing to provide an image(s) for free in return for say 10% of any profits made on the sale of anything with the image on?

If a percentage based calculation was used, there would need to be an agreement every year or so with said photographer to tell how many copies had sold and pay agreed sum. Knowing what I know about the industry, however you look at wanting to make money from this, we're talking about small figures here. Maybe a couple of quid every year. Seriously.

You'd probably be better off taking a vinyl and selling it on.
 
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If they can afford to own guitars, instruments, amps, to be able to afford to rent a sound studio, and then pay to get CDs produced they can damn well afford to pay a fellow artist the going rate.

If the band is any good then they can play in some bars and get a few hundred quid to pay for a cover photo.

On the contrary if they own guitars, instruments, amps, pay to rent a studio then they're probably skint. ;)

What would you say the current going rate is per photo?
 
You use your kit I would assume, for business.

The band is not a business, it is not the members primary source of income and likely never will be. It is an artistic venture not a monetary one.

I was asking for a generous artistic contribution if anyone felt inclined.
 
I don't know the ins and outs of what they'd be paid for a gig. I doubt it's much, niche market. A busy night in London might be playing to 100 people. They'd see little of the entry fee, maybe £20 between them.

Technically it wasn't nothing (free copy), but yeah, admittedly, it's not a lot.

Wording has never been a strong point of mine, and this isn't an area of the forum I visit often so didn't realise how many people it would irk. I didn't mean to enrage the pros with my wording, I'd never expect anyone who expects to be paid corporate day rates to go miles out of their way to do anything for so little.
 
The pros are entitled to their opinions, and I definitely don't blame them for standing up for their profession. I don't take their criticism personally. As someone said, if you don't ask you don't get.
 
I think the issue is that it's assumed that the band are going to make enough money off the back of record sales so they they should be able to pay a photographer. I don't know the ins and outs of this but I know that they won't be making much (if any) profit, they play because they enjoy it, it's not their career choice.
 
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