Is this Real!

[RecceDen]

Hi all I got an email today and its contents was this.

Dear Dennis Keene <------ me lol

I am contacting you from Photography Monthly magazine and Archant Publishing.
We are launching a new bookazine this autumn which will solely feature all of our favourite images uploaded to the gallery on www.photographymonthly.co.uk. Over 1,000 images will be considered, each image will be credited to the photographer and the location and the camera / lens used for each image will also be featured.
We would like your image ‘ Jurrasic Coast ‘ to be considered for inclusion. There will no payment for image usage and the copyright will remain with the photographer but a model release form must be available on request.
If you would like to be considered please email your image towop@photographymonthly.com, high resolution (300 dpi, A4) named in the below format and with the following information provided on the email:
Image name_photographer name.jpeg
Location shot or why the image was shot:max 40 words
Camera:
Lens (including make):
Please confirming you are willing to grant us permission for the use of your image, with the correct information supplied.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Jessica




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Now I subscribe to this magazine online and have uploaded images to the site. I don't think my email is visible to other users (will check in a little bit).

I would love to have one of my images published even if it is among 1000 others lol.

Is this a genuine offer to publish?

RD

[Jim Poor]

Please confirming you are willing to grant us permission . . .

That right there is enough to make me ignore them at best, or set scam bells a ringing at worst.

So, they want to make money on your photos, but don't want to pay you to do so?

Why bother?

Yea it's real... a real scam.

Getting a photo published will not instantly help you get more business, sorry.

~Eric

[RecceDen]

Originally Posted by maxharvard

Yea it's real... a real scam.

Getting a photo published will not instantly help you get more business, sorry.

~Eric

Hi Eric.

Im an amateur, with about 4 months experience behind the camera. I take photographs as a hobby and no ambition at the moment to create a business, let alone look for more,

My photographs are generally for me to enjoy. I do post online though to try and get critique so I can Improve.

If it were real I would even if i was only credited for taking it.

RD

[sk66]

It looks legit...you get "published", they get images for free...you keep the copyrights.
The only real negative I see is that this kind of thing makes it hard for people to actually sell thier photos.

[TheDarkReaver]

Think of it as saying:

"Hi, we're making a book for as little money as possible to maximise our profit margins. Would you let us use your image for free so we may achieve this goal? We're not offering you a percentage but a credit is enough, right?"

[jsherp]

I see this as a twist on the old "Who's Who" scheme. While not an actual scam, it is a sort of come-on. When our son was in high school, he was "honored" to be included in the "Who's Who in American High Schools" book all four years. Each year, we were given an "opportunity" to purchase a copy of the book for some ungodly sum, just so we could look up our son's information and then put the book on a shelf.

I think what they are trying to do is publish about 1,000 photos hoping that a percentage of those whose work is included will buy their book. How much are you willing to pay to see your name in lights, as it were?

Just my opinion.

[WooD]

Originally Posted by RecceDen

Hi Eric.

Im an amateur, with about 4 months experience behind the camera. I take photographs as a hobby and no ambition at the moment to create a business, let alone look for more,

My photographs are generally for me to enjoy. I do post online though to try and get critique so I can Improve.

If it were real I would even if i was only credited for taking it.

RD

Photography isn't all about the money for everyone.

If you want to submit your image, then you should,

[CheaperKings]

Originally Posted by TheDarkReaver

Think of it as saying:

"Hi, we're making a book for as little money as possible to maximise our profit margins. Would you let us use your image for free so we may achieve this goal? We're not offering you a percentage but a credit is enough, right?"

Haha! That about sums it up!

[TheDarkReaver]

Originally Posted by jsherp

I see this as a twist on the old "Who's Who" scheme. While not an actual scam, it is a sort of come-on. When our son was in high school, he was "honored" to be included in the "Who's Who in American High Schools" book all four years. Each year, we were given an "opportunity" to purchase a copy of the book for some ungodly sum, just so we could look up our son's information and then put the book on a shelf.

I think what they are trying to do is publish about 1,000 photos hoping that a percentage of those whose work is included will buy their book. How much are you willing to pay to see your name in lights, as it were?

Just my opinion.

Yeah, they do that sort of thing over here too.