Originally Posted by spot1:
Congrats, this is the post that finally made me decide to join this forum after several years of lurking. I am a media photographer at the races I go to. However, I am not there to profit. I am there to record the action the best that I can. There are a lot of times I will give photos to various drivers or just burn a photo cd for them. I'm simply not out there to go around peddling photos. I don't have the time. I know it yanks my crank that there are photographers out there that do nothing more than post photos on their own website to sell after getting in free at the track. These are the ones that should pay.
A lot of times, I have sent photos, by e-mail or on a cd, to the tracks I hit so they can use the photos as they wish, too.
BTW, a photographer would not have to ask permission to shoot your car in action because you are at a public event as long as they are just shooting it as part of a report on the event in a newspaper or magazine. It could get touchier if it's used as an advertising campaign. You may have a case then.
spot1- Thank you. People like you are what helps this sport continue to have a heart beat and hopefully grow. There are so many out there that just flat out don't get it.