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Try posting this in the Photo Marketing forum. I've generally gotten good responses over there, from a bigger audience than you might get on CNP.

I would definitely think you could charge for it. How much, I have no idea. But you won't get an exact answer over at Photo Marketing either, since we're really not supposed to discuss specifics regarding prices in the forums.

I wouldn't know what to charge, either, but I wouldn't say you could charge for it. I'd say you should charge for it.

Darren, I really don't know what your prices should be, but I do think that you should charge. Other forms of intellectual property and creativity are rewarded by funds that further encourage the very efforts that created them. A bunch of individual decisions affect the industry as a whole and decide the norms. If photographers are to make any money, the industry norm ought to be to charge. My only exception is if you want to give your photography rights for the purpose of supporting something that you support with your beliefs and/or finances. If she won't pay, she might go to somebody else. Either way you won't make any money, and you might send a small message about industry norms.

Darren - depending on where she is publishing the cost of publilcation comes from their own grant money. I have published a numbler of images in science pubs and there payment is not very good.

I would think that some of the numbers listed above are much higher than I have ever seen - assuming a science pub. I am thinking that I would be happy with one tenth of what was listed above. I am one of those science guys that publishes from time to time. (if you want to see what I do just google my name!) The science publishing world uses the royalty free market a lot. About two years ago a publication would not use theimages I had for an article and used a royalty free image instead . . .

Darren, I don't want to discourage you from asking for payment. However, looks like you are dealing with a grad student, academic, or gov't researcher. Nobody is making money off of scientific articles. The best I would expect is a credit line and preprint of the article.

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Darren, my numbers were for the presentation, not the publication. While somewhat contradictory, all the posts above are 100% correct. If you want to allow her permission to use your images in the publication without charge, that is your perogative, but don't expect to get business from a photo credit. As the saying goes, the only thing anyone ever got from exposure is a cold. I'm not trying to discourage you in any way from allowing her to use your images, just saying not to expect additional business beyond what (if anything) you are paid from her.