Comments on: When Working For Free is a Winner

By: Stop 43 – Why I Cared So Much | Neill Watson

Stop 43 – Why I Cared So Much | Neill Watson — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:23:11 +0000

[...] As a photographer, I make my living from both commissioned work and my back catalogue of images. This archive is a combination of commissioned work where the licence or exclusivity period has ceased and the images may have a value to thers, plus other stock images shot specifically for that market. I’m in the process of overhauling my websites and shortly will be licencing images direct to buyers using photoshelter, more later. Images such as the Stirling Moss and model are continual sellers, especially taking into account his recent accident with the lift shaft…. This income enables me to build a viable business model, in addiction to undertake work at rates that may not normally be viable. See my post on Working For Free for more on this. [...]

By: Neill

Neill — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:21:29 +0000

@p4pictures: Good comment,, p4pictures. For sure, I had an 'end game' in mind when I set out for Norway, perhaps unlike Chase and David's examples. There are other times when I've worked for free, just because I wanted to. However, I hope that this shows photographers just starting out how to make a judgment call on whether someone is taking advantage of your enthusiasm or there really is no budget.

By: p4pictures

p4pictures — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:50:13 +0000

To me this tale is the essence of the work for free approach. I think the strobist’s and chase jarvis’ idea is a bit more altruistic than this, but in essence similar. You got a payback faster for your free work and that’s not a bad thing.