Dramatic 8 vehicle fire & explosions caught on DVX

kramergfy said:
I'm going to start carrying my DVX everywhere now.
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Me too (HVX). I was getting coffee a couple days ago early in the morning, and two geese were trying to eat the bread off a picture in the window of a Subway. Not having the camera I almost screamed. No one died, though.
 
Justin Marx said:
I was like ok, "so you don't get paid for yapping about my shot that you didnt pay for? (silence), $1500 and it's yours.. and you gotta come get it"
They did..
:-)

- - Justin
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That was a classic answer, love it. I'll try to remember that one for later on :)
 
that is how the news game works. If you go something you know no one eltse has and every one wants. You name your price no matter what it is. I have had CNN pay 2,700 for exclusize footage. There is money in a news game. I have also had CBS buy a tape from me for $750 and pay a helicopter piolet $5,000 to pick it up in the middle of no where. So you can pay off your camera fast.
 
I guess just contact the network that you would like to sell the footage to.....
call them all and try to sell the footage with a non exclusive agreement amd sell to all of them...

That just might work
 
I would also like a little more information on how to go about contacting networks/selling your footage. I've recorded newsworthy footage in the past, but had no idea of how to go about selling it to news organizations. You just call 'em up "Hey yea...I got stuff blowing up on my camera...'tis pretty cool. Gimme money"
 
Whoa, San Francisco no like fire! All those stick frame buildings. Thank God they got it under control. And thank God my car was parked 3000 miles away from that dude who lost control of his car!
 
I don't know if I can sell some old footage, but back in October I captured some Police officers beating an individual in the face with clubs. His face was really bloody and I found out later he had some broken ribs. I kept the footage away in fear of the police offices coming after me for the tape.
 
RGB said:
I don't know if I can sell some old footage, but back in October I captured some Police officers beating an individual in the face with clubs. His face was really bloody and I found out later he had some broken ribs. I kept the footage away in fear of the police offices coming after me for the tape.
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If you think that their beating was a crime you have to report it.

Of course, selling the tape to your local media outlets would also be away to get the truth out and get you paid.

Best of luck.
 
I work in local TV news as a photographer. You CAN make money selling your video, but it must be an extraordinary piece of video. We buy video off the street all the time but rarely does a local station pay huge amounts of money. The average we pay is 75 bucks, but if your video is truly spectacular you can ask much higher prices. You may not get it but it's worth a try. Most tv stations would rather have you give your video for free. Don't do it. Be smart and strike a deal, even if you need to spend a bit of time getting offers from different stations.

If you shoot some great video and you're still on the scene your first contact will most likely be the news crews who arrive too late to duplicate your stuff. Tell the reporter or the photog you have some video they might want. You'll know if they're interested pretty quick. You can also call the newsroom assignment desks who will tell the producers you have video to sell. Calling the national network newsrooms would only be for video which is incredible and one-of-a-kind. Your local stations are your first best bet for selling video AND keep in mind your rights. If you don't state up front and in writing you are selling them the video for "local use only" they will make the content available to their national network affiliation. Your video will also end up on the web via the station's web site. Think about this before you sell your video. But a word of warning, news crews have very little time to make deals while they're working. If you think your stuff is better than they can get on their own , tell them.

Also, don't forget about selling your news worthy video to lawyers and insurance companies.

BTW, our news operation has been shooting with P2 technology for the last year. If you shot a news event and it was on a P2 card you might just get a job on the spot! ;-)
We edit in the field via Dell laptop and feed our material back for air via microwave.
 
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