[Leica] There are honest people out there :-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (TED GRANT)]

This isn't just about a fine photograph. 
It has far more to do with an honorable and fine gentleman photographer with 
his attitudes towards? life and other human beings!!!!!! 
So many shooters of the day would carry on about the value of their 
photograph on the cover? selling the book etc. etc.. demanding a huge "cover 
fee!" Illustrating just another overblown twit with an overblown attitude of 
themselves and their photography.

Then we have Nathan! Thank God for this one! A fine photographer, a first 
class gentleman with a pure sense of manners towards others. Not to forget 
his photographic talent he constantly shares with us.
He did the absolutely correct approach to this cover request. It isn't for 
us to give the photograph away for free, certainly when it's a request. 
Because part of that is a"nice feel good" thing that comes along in praise 
we have shot a neat photo someone wants to use on the cover of a book! 
Nathan offered: >>>>I decided to propose a symbolic fee of ?50 (license for 
this particular use only) and a couple of? copies of the book. They happily 
accepted, and the price does not seem? out of line when I look at Alamy for 
this type of usage.<<<<<<<<

A kind and simple gesture in this case! 
Good on you Nathan, well done mon ami!
ted





----- Original Message -----
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:09 pm
Subject: [Leica] There are honest people out there :-)
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>

> Back in 2005, I posted this image among my PAWs:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_47alt2.jpg
> 
> The bridge is called Martinus Nijhoff bridge, and until a couple 
> of? 
> days ago I had no idea who this chap was. But now I know that he 
> was a? 
> Dutch poet. How do I know? Well, I received an e-mail from a 
> poetry? 
> publishing house in the UK:
> http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/
> 
> They told me they were going to publish a book of his 
> poems,? 
> translated into English, and wanted to know if they could use 
> the? 
> image for the cover, even enclosing a PDF showing what it would 
> look? 
> like. I replied that yes, they could use it but I was not giving 
> away? 
> my work for free. On the other hand, realizing that a book of 
> poetry? 
> by a Dutch poet is not exactly going to make JK Rowling worry 
> about? 
> being bumped off the bestseller list, I decided to propose a 
> symbolic? 
> fee of ?50 (license for this particular use only) and a couple 
> of? 
> copies of the book. They happily accepted, and the price does 
> not seem? 
> out of line when I look at Alamy for this type of usage.
> 
> Nice people, and I even have a UK bank account to make it easy 
> for? 
> them to pay me :-)
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> 
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
> 
> 
> 
> 
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