Stock: Purchasing Stock
What We Offer
How To Purchase
Image Delivery
Pricing
Quote Request Form
Terms of Delivery
What We Offer
We don’t have everything under the sun and are not trying to compete with the large corporate agencies. We offer a specialized, rights-protected file, highly focused on imagery of muscle powered adventure and fitness, Alaska tourism, landscapes and wildlife. At MDP here’s what to expect:
- Searchable on line data base-new images added regularly.
- Custom research-we can search images not yet on the site, scan and display them.
- Personal attention and service-we remain unencumbered by corporate infrastructure.
- Expertise- direct contact with creator, detailed knowledge of our subjects and locations.
How to Purchase
We opted not to offer automated “shopping cart” purchasing. Often, rights requested from our clients are too broad to fit automated pricing structures.
Please contact us directly for all stock requests. There are three easy ways:
Call us direct at: (907) 360-3609
Email us at: michael@mdphoto.com.
Use our on-line quote request form (temporarily disabled).
You can search our site and create a light box, or, we will research our files for you (research fee may apply) and post a selection via light box, web gallery or email attachments (if only a few images.) Film is sent via overnight courier, usually FEDEX or UPS. All submissions and deliveries whether digital or film are subject to our Terms and Conditions on our Delivery Memo.
Upon finding an image, we can quote a fee for that use. We will send an Invoice and Grant of Rights. The invoice serves as your license and will state the fee and the usage rights granted for that fee. Use fees must be paid in full before actual use is authorized.
Image Delivery
Film Delivery: Submissions of film are only sent via trackable and bonded courier. Client is responsible for shipping costs both ways when film is requested from us.
Scans: 35MM original transparencies are scanned at 4000 dpi at the office. Largest size available with out interpolation is approximately 11 X 17 at 300 dpi. Professional drum scans are also available upon request. Scans are cropped, cleaned, corrected and profiled in Adobe RGB 1998 with “pleasing color” match.
Digital Capture: Our 35mm cameras produce 8 or 13 megapixel RAW images that are more than suitable for most commercial stock uses. In many ways they are superior to an equivalent sized scan from a 35mm transparency. Digital images also provided in Adobe RGB 1998 color space.
Digital Delivery: Scans or digital capture are usually delivered at requested size(s), minimally sharpened, in RGB mode in either TIFF or JPEG format on a CD-R, or by FTP. Digital production charges apply for this service. See charges in Pricing section.
Pricing
Stock pricing is most accurately termed a “License Fee” where you are paying for a specific use for a specific fee, outlined in our Invoice and Grant of Rights. Our license fees are based on exact use, size and placement, and distribution. We use industry standard pricing programs to calculate license fees. In order to give a fair and accurate quote for a usage license, we first need the following information:
- Size: relative to the piece, i.e. 1/4 page, full page, etc, not the actual dimensions of the image
- Placement: inside, cover, etc...
- Press Run or Circulation: 5,000 brochures or an ad in a 250,000 press run magazine.
- Duration of the Use: One-time, use for a year, etc.
Written quotes can be immediately e-mailed or faxed.
The following sample price table is ONLY for reference and meant only to give a close approximation of our fees for a few typical stock uses. Each use is still individually priced. Please contact us for an exact quote for your use.
Commercial
Print Catalog Use (one year), print run 50K-75K
| ¼ page: $450 | ½ page: $560 | ¾ page: $675 |
| Full pg: $800 | Cover: $1180 | Spread: $1000 |
(Web use, secondary page, as image appears in catalog, additional 25%)
Consumer Print Advertisement, regional magazine, circulation 100k-250k
½ page: $720
full page: $1150
Corporate Trade Show Display, (up to 7 sq. feet)
1 show: $500
2-3 shows: $760
Website, national corporation, secondary page:
| ¼ screen | ½ screen | |
| 6-month: | $280 | $370 |
| 1-year: | $330 | $450 |
| home page use: | add 25% |
Editorial
Retail Greeting Cards
One-year use, up to 5000 print: $450
Consumer Magazine, one-time, non-exclusive, no electronic, resale or promo use:
| Circulation | 100k-250k | 250k-500k |
| ¼ page: | $200 | $275 |
| ½ page: | $260 | $340 |
| ¾ page: | $315 | $400 |
| full page: | $350 | $450 |
| spread: | $575 | $785 |
| front cover: | $825 | $1100 |
Small Business/Home Office Use:
We offer special prices for simple uses by small business/home office clients. Fees are competitive with hi-res Royalty-Free images. You get the same professional service and personal attention and a better image. Typical uses may include: brochure and web use by local outfitters & guiding operations, B & B’s, restaurants, company newsletters, sales & motivational presentations, etc. Our qualifying criteria for this category is:
- Must be a local business only
- Print run of 2000 or less and, media distribution in ONE Metro area only.
- Images chosen from site - no additional research on our part.
- Use is one-time, non exclusive only, no longer than one year.
- Digital Delivery only up to 3Mb compressed.
- No manipulation, derivative use, or third party use allowed.
Sample prices below.
Brochure/Catalog
¼ page: $75
½ page: $100
¾ page: $125
Full pg: $150
Cover: $200
Web Site (1 year)
| ¼ screen | ½ screen | |
| Home: | $175 | $250 |
| Secondary: | $125 | $150 |
For other uses such as ads in local papers, posters for local trade shows: please call or use on-line request form.
Stock Digital Production Charges:
Research Fee: $75-$100 for large submissions that take substantial office time. Fee is usually waived if an image is licensed for greater than our minimum fee of $150.
CD burning: $25
FTP uploading: $25 for 1-2 images, $50 for 3-5 images
Photoshop post production retouching, alterations, compositing charges: $85/hr