Author: Bernard O'Sullivan Inside Out Photography

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When you are looking for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot out there, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up selling your image short and costing you more money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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To use a food analogy, you can budget for a high-street burger, bought and eaten in 20 minutes or allow more time and go for restaurant meal. But which restaurant do you choose? and how much should you spend? 

The point is, quality takes not just experience and skill, but also time. A burger from a Michelin star chef is likely to be wonderful quality, but will not be the same experience as relaxing over a three-course meal the same Chef has taken 45 minutes preparing.

So, try to be realistic, if someone gives you a significantly cheaper quote and more importantly tells you that a shoot will take a matter of hours while others are quoting a couple of days! Alarm bells should be ringing!

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

https://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

COMMERCIAL  – INDUSTRIAL  –  PRODUCT  –  ARCHITECTURAL  –  AERIAL  –  PR-STAFF

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

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As the Uk starts the journey to getting back to where we all were 18 months ago, Inside Out Photography is looking forward to welcoming back our established clients and prospective clients.

We thought we would re-run our advice series on painlessly commissioning commercial photography.Ti view ALL of our FAQs and advice page please click HERE!

Commissioning photography Tip 01 – How do you select a professional photographer?

When you are looking around for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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Anyone earning their living as a photographer is by definition, a professional! Unfortunately, it is all too easy for someone with no professional experience or qualifications, to trade as a professional photographer. 

A cheaper quote for your photography project may seem appealing, but is it needs consideration, choosing the wrong photographer could end up costing you a lot more!

Verifiable client endorsements must rate amongst the most reliable reassurance that you have found a trust-worthy photographer.   

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

https://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

COMMERCIAL – PRODUCT – INDUSTRIAL – ARCHITECTURAL – PR – HOSPITALITY – AERIAL – FOOD

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

In common with the rest of the world we at Inside Out Photography are counting the days when the world returns to normal and we can start working with present and future clients.

In the meantime, if you have a photography project pending for 2021, please consider contacting us on a no-obligation basis, to discuss and plan your project to enable us to move quickly once we are free to.

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

http://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

COMMERCIAL – PRODUCT – INDUSTRIAL – ARCHITECTURAL – PR – HOSPITALITY – AERIAL – FOOD

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

COMMERCIAL  – INDUSTRIAL  –  PRODUCT  –  ARCHITECTURE  –  AERIAL  –  PR-STAFF

When you are looking around for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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Assuming you have found a suitably qualified photographer. The next most important criteria is that they are professional in the way they conduct themselves,

Inside Out Photography believes that while working for you, we represent not just ourselves, but you the client. This is especially important when working at third party client’s premises. We also believe that ‘communication is king’ and will keep you informed regarding the progress of a project with appropriately regular updates.

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

https://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

In line with many other service industries Inside Out Photography (IOP) are reopening on the 2nd of August 2020, and will continue to operate according to government advice and restrictions. 

In the meantime IOP hope that ALL of our past, present and future clients plus suppliers remained safe and well during this crisis and we look forward to working with you again in the near future.

Warm Regards Bernard O’Sullivan

When you are looking around for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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No matter what service you are buying, some businesses might be tempted to give you a very attractive low quote, and then load the invoice with ‘extras’ once you are halfway through a project and therefore committed.

Whether it is a one-off PR head shot for Facebook or a larger scale commercial, industrial or architectural photography project, it is fundamentally professional and essential to supply a written quote before work starts. This should clearly outline exactly what you will get based on the information you the client has provided.

Inside Out Photography have always felt passionately about providing an accurate and realistic quote. If during the course of a project additional work is requested, we will inform you of any further costs before proceeding.

Once again if the price seems ‘too good to be true’ then your instincts are likely to be accurate.

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

http://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

When you are looking for a commercial, industrial, architectural or product photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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Some photographers may choose to exercise their statutory legal rights as the ‘author’ of an image to impose what is called an ‘image use licence’. This can legally restrict where, in what form, and for how long images can be used by clients. Further fees may then apply if you wish to continue using the images, in addition to the original settled invoice. It is important to clarify these copyright issues before you commission any photographer.

Inside Out Photography grant time-unrestricted copyright. For our full terms and conditions please follow this link.

It is also important to be assured that images commissioned by you, are not re-sold to competitors without your knowledge and permission, and that any commercially sensitive images remain confidential. 

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

http://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

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Inside Out Photography are Manchester and Buxton based

commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West

and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield,

Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

When you are looking around for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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Photographers specialise in particular types of photography often  closely connected with a particular sector of industry and manufacturing. It is therefore quite likely that they will have other clients in your line of business.

Commercial photographers are regularly privy to future business expansion plans, product releases or new contracts. It is essential that YOUR privileged information remains private, if your chosen photographer is willing to give you information about your competitors; it is very likely that they will also discuss your plans with others!

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

http://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

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Inside Out photography are Manchester and Buxton based commercial photographers covering all the major centres of the North West and Midlands including, Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, and UK wide.

When you are looking around for a photographer you will soon discover that there are a lot to select from, commissioning an inexperienced photographer could end up costing you money!

The guidelines below will hopefully help you to ask the right questions and make an informed choice of photographer.

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Some photographers may exercise their statutory legal rights as the ‘author’ of an image to impose what is called an ‘image use licence’. This can legally restrict how long, where, and in what form images are used by clients, even after the original invoice is settled.

This often results in a photographer issuing a subsequent additional invoice 12 – 24 months following the date of the original invoice if the images are still being used by you, the client.

It is important to clarify these copyright issues before you commission any photographer.

Bernard O’Sullivan of Inside Out Photography (IOP) has been a qualified professional photographer for forty-years and is ‘Old-School’. IOP grants time and platform un-restricted copyright once the invoice has been paid in full.

NB: As originating author IOP also retains shared copyright unless agreed in advance. 

Caveats: IOP does request that you do not share or sell on images to image libraries, or other contractors whose products and services may have been feature but whoa were not part of any commissioning agreement.

Safeguarding Your Copy-Rights: IOP does request that you do not share or sell on images to image libraries, or other contractors whose products or commercial services may have been feature but who were not part of the original commissioning agreement.

It is also important to be assured that images commissioned by you, are not re-sold to competitors without your knowledge and permission!

For our full terms and conditions please follow this link.

Regardless of what you pay for something, if you end up not being happy to use it, it was expensive!

Your image is your future: trust it to a true professional!

Bernard O’Sullivan ABIPP

http://www.insideoutphoto.co.uk

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Inside Out photography are commercial photographers covering
Manchester, Buxton, Liverpool, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Nottingham, 
Bolton, Doncaster, Derby, North West, Midlands and UK wide.