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Well knock me down with a feather! - I'm expecting to pay for images

by KenJ
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I am working on a new project which will require quite a few images of celebs, sports people and other people in the news. So I am expecting to pay for these images as the rights will be monitored closely.
But being a cheap skinflint I do not want to pay over the odds for each one. Has any warrior used these sort of images and what is your source.
Thank you in anticipation of your help

KenJ
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
    Ken, as a first step you might want to contact their agent/manager/publicist and ask if there are any photos available for publicity.

    It might take a little networking, but you should be able to find their representation.
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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by JohnMcCabe View Post

      Ken, as a first step you might want to contact their agent/manager/publicist and ask if there are any photos available for publicity.

      It might take a little networking, but you should be able to find their representation.

      Good idea.

      I recently looked at picking up stock photos on a particular celebrity on a project I was considering. I needed two pictures of the particular celebrity, and I found it was going to cost me $800 an image to get those pictures I wanted!!

      Being the cheapskate that I am, I decided to put that project off until a later date.
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      • Profile picture of the author KenJ
        Originally Posted by tpw View Post

        Good idea.

        I recently looked at picking up stock photos on a particular celebrity on a project I was considering. I needed two pictures of the particular celebrity, and I found it was going to cost me $800 an image to get those pictures I wanted!!

        Being the cheapskate that I am, I decided to put that project off until a later date.
        At $800 an image that would knock the project on the head in a moment. There is such heavy usage of celeb photos online that I find it hard to believe that the websites are all paying out this level of fee.
        Surely the celeb websites are not stealing the images and hoping for the best???
        KenJ

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        • Profile picture of the author tpw
          Originally Posted by KenJ View Post

          At $800 an image that would knock the project on the head in a moment. There is such heavy usage of celeb photos online that I find it hard to believe that the websites are all paying out this level of fee.
          Surely the celeb websites are not stealing the images and hoping for the best???
          KenJ

          To be honest, I don't know.

          I was looking at doing an unauthorized biography of a specific celebrity, and the fees associated with using images in books is sometimes a lot more expensive.
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  • Profile picture of the author SuzanneH
    Try istockphoto: iStock Photo: Royalty Free Stock Photography, Vector Art Images, Music & Video Stock Footage | iStock They have celebrity/sports figure images.

    Suzanne
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  • Profile picture of the author Leslie B
    I use PR Photos - Exclusive Celebrity Stock Photos For The Press! It costs me $10 for an image that I can use on websites/blogs. I only use them on a TVshow fansite that I have, so that works for me. Depending on what you need them for the cost might be higher though, way higher even for some licenses.

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    • Profile picture of the author tpw
      Originally Posted by Leslie B View Post

      I use PR Photos - Exclusive Celebrity Stock Photos For The Press! It costs me $10 for an image that I can use on websites/blogs. I only use them on a TVshow fansite that I have, so that works for me. Depending on what you need them for the cost might be higher though, way higher even for some licenses.

      Leslie

      Maybe I need to select my celebs better....

      The picture selection is much better, but the celebrity that I want is $605 per photo here....

      Mind you that if I was just using this person on a website, it would only be $10, but if I used the image on a book, the licensing fee jumps to $605.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenJ
      Originally Posted by Leslie B View Post

      I use PR Photos - Exclusive Celebrity Stock Photos For The Press! It costs me $10 for an image that I can use on websites/blogs. I only use them on a TVshow fansite that I have, so that works for me. Depending on what you need them for the cost might be higher though, way higher even for some licenses.

      Leslie
      That's more like it. $10 ismuch nearer what I was looking at. Thank you for that most usefull link.

      The people I will be focusing on may not be "A" list celebs. Some of them will be politicians and public "official" figures. I am hoping that their images will not be at the top end in terms of cost.

      Thanks for the input so far

      KenJ
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  • Profile picture of the author Leslie B
    Yup, told you it could be way higher depending on what you needed it for. But the images are better then regular stockphoto sites have when it comes to celebrities, I think.

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  • Profile picture of the author Kurt
    Originally Posted by KenJ View Post

    I am working on a new project which will require quite a few images of celebs, sports people and other people in the news. So I am expecting to pay for these images as the rights will be monitored closely.
    But being a cheap skinflint I do not want to pay over the odds for each one. Has any warrior used these sort of images and what is your source.
    Thank you in anticipation of your help

    KenJ
    Sign up for the www.AllPosters.com affiliate program. Not only can you use images of celebrities and athletes for free legally, you can also make some money from the images.
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    • Profile picture of the author KenJ
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      Sign up for the www.AllPosters.com affiliate program. Not only can you use images of celebrities and athletes for free legally, you can also make some money from the images.
      Thank you Kurt

      That is a gem of a link

      KenJ
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  • Profile picture of the author frambles
    I have never used them but know that at $29 per image and over 4 million celeb images, Celebrity Pictures and Celebrity Photos | ImageCollect seems a good resource. Like I say, I have not used them but have used other sites owned by the parent company which are good!
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