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Sketchy freelance photography event?
Goshinga
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I recently posted on craigslist offering to photograph any events for free so as to build references and obtain images for my portfolio. I was contacted by a party that wanted me to cover a celebrity charity birthday event.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the person in charged asked that I shoot on THEIR cf cards so as to insure that they receive the images (they supposedly have had problems with photographers in the past). I would have to give them the CF cards before i left the building. They then stated that i could pick up a dvd with the images a few days later.
My main concern is that after I give them their CF cards I am in a completely powerless position as they could simply decide to drop all communications with me afterwards and even worse, not credit me at all when using the images.
What can I do to ensure I don't get screwed?
Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the person in charged asked that I shoot on THEIR cf cards so as to insure that they receive the images (they supposedly have had problems with photographers in the past). I would have to give them the CF cards before i left the building. They then stated that i could pick up a dvd with the images a few days later.
My main concern is that after I give them their CF cards I am in a completely powerless position as they could simply decide to drop all communications with me afterwards and even worse, not credit me at all when using the images.
What can I do to ensure I don't get screwed?
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Thank you, Rubacava!
A hard-drive based netbook and a card reader, since they don't come with CF card slots, and you can do this in a jiffy.
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If it's a celebrity event, as you indicated in your OP, the organizers may want to review the images before releasing them to you to ensure you don't have any potentially embarrassing or otherwise damaging images of anyone that you may do bad things with. Essentially, they are probably simply protecting their contributors (money) which is a smart thing. I work at a couple of facilities where, when we bring in an outside photographer, they have to go through the same deal as it's illegal to take photos on the premises. The photographers always piss and moan about it, but thems the breaks. I would say that a contract is a very smart thing, but I don't think this is as shady as it may initially seem. Good luck!