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I came across this today - I am wishing I lived closer to Nottingham but this job wouldn't be practical for me otherwise I'd go for it. Look at the first item on the web page.

Anyone in the area should take a look - £5000 for 20 days shooting? And it's all official. Good luck - whoever gets the job - I hate you ;)

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/leisure/arts/artsnews.htm
 
Well it is in the Nottingham area and should be limited to the county so I would think it's a good deal. Just too far for me to drive from Bedford
 
if i was still at uni i would do it, or at least apply ;), but ive moved back to bournemouth :( sounds like a great opportunity...
 
Christ thats not far from me at all. I used to live in West Bridgford too :(

I just dont have the experience :(:(
 
Betty how do you get experience? If you are that close you shoud go for it. Bite the bullet. At the end of the day you're not going to have anyone watch you take the pictures so you take your time and learn from mistakes. You give them the pictures you are happy with. And there's plenty of people here to give advise if there is a particular event you're nervous about.

Don't waste the opportunity.
 
But I work full time, I doubt it would work :(

I promise to have another read later and think about it though, nothing ventured and all that :)
 
Ah I didnt realise it would clash with a day job. It might be you could fit it around your work though anyway. Most events would be weekends and you could take time off for anything else if you needed to.

I want a full report of what you decide to do and a bloody good excuse if you don't apply :nono:
 
It looks like night and weekend work, I could always ask the question :)

Ill keep you posted, thanks for letting us (read, me) know ;)
 
Not wanting to put to much of a damper on this but the 20 days (or equivalent) phrase is one to watch out for - it could mean 2 hours here, an hour there. And add on processing time. You could find yourself shooting many many jobs and the £5K suddenly doesn't seem like so much ...

Make sure expenses (petrol, etc) are additional to the fee.

Could be good experience for someone starting out though.
 
I think it's worse than that, it's a minimum of 20 days :thinking:
 
And a lot of images used in a library and for PR that are going to be credited - according to the text. It's worth doing either way providing they are clear on how much is needed.
 
Looking at this it does seem reasonable if you can get away with doing the 20 days and get the 5 grand.

will have to read the pdf and see if there are any tricks:suspect:
 
There is a portrait photography job in Sheffield as well but its only £15k a year so not a lot of money and you need your own transport :thinking: they will train you though so no experience necessary :lol: unusual for them to come up though.
 
the pdf clearly says mileage/travel costs will not be paid. It also mentions a number of site links for the event dates, which go on into late 2009. So basically you commit to 20 days spread over a year, and pay for your own travel.

Hmm... so rather than a condensed £250/day it's a variable which probably works out at around £50 per gig or less. They make no mention of supplying any gear, which means you are looking at pushing a 40D into replacement territory at the end of 2009, not to forget other accessories. Add on travel costs (true costs, not just fuel), and suddenly this looks like a crap deal. But then wasn't the sheriff of Nottingham a baddie anyway? :D
 
it looks like it would be a good (even if fairly low paid) portfolio builder and could open a few doors with the fully accredited pictures being fairly widely spread.

Copyright might need a bit more exploration - the photographer retains it but they don't state what uses they wish to have.
 
Aggreed. This might not look like a big earner in the end but there is more to it than the money. Its something that might fit n with a day job so any money you do make is lens money. You come out of it with a very large and varied portfolio and credit for any pictures used. It also states they will not be taking your rights - as a tog you retain the copyright which means you can still use the images for your own purposes.
 
"Copyright
Nottinghamshire County Council is committed to supporting creative people’s
commercial success and we take intellectual property issues seriously.
The successful contractors will own the copyright on any images generated.
Nottinghamshire County Council will license the images it wishes to use
according to the terms of a contract, specifying ownership, crediting, specific
use of the work including internet usage, duration of licence and terms of
further use."

If I've read this correctly, they'll pay you for your time "upto £5000" and then will license the photos off you. So there may be paying you for your time and will then license each individual photo, so the income looks like it will be on going and not just the flat fee.

It also states "terms of a contract" i.e you set/agree the figures for usage in advance.

Sry excuse my nievity as its the 1st time I've ventured into the business area of photography.

Gerald
 
They are looking for a professional photographer with relevant experience - they are not going to give it to an amateur or part timer. There is a huge range of subject matter so the photographer needs to be pretty competent all round, with appropriate professional equipment to produce a portfolio of really high quality images.
 
awp said:
They are looking for a professional photographer with relevant experience - they are not going to give it to an amateur or part timer.
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Not for 5K ... no established pro is going to work 20 days for that.
 
welcome to the real world!
Someone will do it.
 
awp said:
welcome to the real world!
Someone will do it.
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Of course they will, but not someone meeting the criteria you outlined in your previous post. It's way below normal commercial rates.
 
It's way below my rates too - but they do expect to get a full time pro I expect. Rates have to be flexible these days - don't look at it as £250 a day - just look at £5K
 
susie said:
There is a portrait photography job in Sheffield as well but its only £15k a year so not a lot of money and you need your own transport :thinking: they will train you though so no experience necessary :lol: unusual for them to come up though.
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Hey Susie is the application for this job on the same site as the op posted or on a different site as i would be interested in looking at the job. Any chance of a link to the application?

Many thanks
 
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