I covered a mountain bike race this past weekend, for the promoter and Cyclingnews.com. From Cyclingnews I have a request from a sponsor of one of the riders for a shot of her winning the womens race. I'm new to the business end, I have no idea what is normal to charge for a photo/file.
Any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Jack

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Do you mean just a print for her, if so the usual rate here in the UK for a 10x8 is usually about £12.50 mounted.

If it's for some kind of commercial use you'll need to get more details.

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If you covered the event as a hired photographer, then the event promoters own the images, unless you've got a written contract that says you can sell them individually. At least in the US and Canada, though I'm not sure about other places.

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I actually covered the event for the promoter as a favor to him, he is a very good friend, and I would much rather shoot than help setup, cleanup or stand at an aid station which I seem to do anyway. As a cyclist I do it also to help in some way to make the event larger, it is now on the national ultra endurance MTB series, so even though I shot it for no pay I do have ulterior motives. Anyway we already agreed any I sold would be mine.
In a response from the company, it is a one time only in a small trade magazine so I'll work from that. Boy, stock is much simpler.

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Jack,
In that case my advice would be look up on Alamy how much they would charge for a photo in that sort of magazine/size/circulation and base your price round that, I'd also request that they add your credit to the image.

Whatever you choose a sale is a sale.

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