Pro Image said:Those photographers who wants to fully give up their copyright, please make sure you give the model a contract that you are surrending the full copyright.
Oh by the way, fees for nude artistic shots and give up full copyright?
Photographer fees will be at a minimal $3,000 per shoot for 4-6 hours. Just to shoot without make-up artist, studio rental and so on.
Add another $1500-$2000 Per photo to retain full copyright.
The above is the market rate.....for ARTISTIC nude shots.
If model is not interested in retaining FULL copyright, then terms and conditions is negotiable.......
I hope that the rates you've given here are just your own rates. From what I know, that is not the normal market rate which is charge by most working photographer. A normal rate which some of my friends ( all working photographers ) and I charge will first depands on what is required by the client, ie: full and total copyrights, concepts, locations, set props, etc. For a normal artistic nude shoot with min. props, with MUA and which last 1/2 day, it will cost between $600.00 to $1K. This is just a gauge amount some of us and most of us have been in this line shooting commercially for at least 6 years. The rates which you have quoted when including the $1.5K to $2K release fee per photo, is something which is new to me. Maybe the very top photographers, maybe the top 1 to 2 percent will charge that rate, but than again, why should they shoot this kind of jobs where no one will get to see them.
Not trying to flame anyone here but I think we should give the readers here another view and not let them get the idea that all photographer are all very well paid.