[NUJ.LFB] NUJ Rate for the Job:
Photography / mags

Updated: 30 September 2008

These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.

^ Photography / mags

Photography - whether paid by the day, the hour or per picture - whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) Completists may want to see the older rates for some publications listed here.
* Tell us what you've been paid for Photography / mags * Freelance Fees Guide
Publication/Programme - details & terms        Group Year ¤ Basic fee Extras
Allegra stock half-page _Springr 2000 GBP 170 -
Allegra (Axel Springer) stock pic half page 1999 GBP 170 - O
Argentina day ($230) 1996 GBP 148 -
Ariel (BBC) day _BBC 2008 GBP 160
Athletics Weekly 1 photo repro rate _Descart 2004 GBP 25 XXXX
Autosport small pic _HM 1995 GBP 30 -
Autosport pic _HM 1995 GBP 150 -
Bella day _Bauer 1994 GBP 200 -
Bella half-day _Bauer 1992 GBP 100 -
Best half-day+exes _GJ 1994 GBP 120 -
BETA news pic 2006 GBP 150
Big Issue 1/8 page single use _BI 2004 GBP 80
Big Issue half day, 1/3 page photo FBS _BI 2004 GBP 120
Big Issue use of 5 pix _BI 1998 GBP 120 - X
Big Issue Scotland; per agreement, each _BI 1997 GBP 30 - HA
Big Issue South-West stock photo _BI 2002 GBP 35
Bikesport News freelance submission price per image regardless of size - you have to find the image has been used as they don't tell you 2007 GBP 10 GR XXXX
Bikesport News 4 photos used 1/8 page FBS 2004 GBP 40 X
Bikesport News 4 photos used 1/8 page FBS 2004 GBP 40 X
Bizarre Magazine one pic FBS _Dennis 2003 GBP 600 O
Bizarre single image, DPS FBS _Dennis 2006 GBP 600 O
BMT Journal 1 stock photo FBS _TU 2002 GBP 90
Boyz (PP & B Ltd) one-off fee for job up to eight images in magazine, on website and as thumbnails in future publications; extra for full-size re-use 2004 GBP 60 30 GR XXXX
Broadcast pic 1995 GBP 30 -
Building Worker (UCATT) day _TU 2004 GBP 400
Building Worker (UCATT trade union) eighth-page pic FBS _TU 2001 GBP 60
Business 5/50 cover photo FBS 2006 GBP 50 XXXX
Business a.m. second use of pic - up to four columns 2001 GBP 40 HA
Business a.m second use of pic - five or six columns 2001 GBP 60 HA
Business a.m day 2001 GBP 140 HA
CA half day 2008 GBP 250
Chronicle of Higher Education half page stock photo - plus $20 for contact sheet First American Serial rights $388 2005 GBP 194
Classic Rock one pic (small) _Highbur 2005 GBP 50
Collect it commissions for article illustration FBS _Essent 2005 GBP 150 XXX
Community Care half day FBS + expenses/materials _RBI 2002 GBP 130 O
Community Care half-day _RBI 1997 GBP 120 -
Community Care cover commission+exes _RBI 1994 GBP 250 -
Community Care half-day _RBI 1992 GBP 90 -
Conde Nast Traveller double page FBS _CondN 2006 GBP 400 GR
Construction News front page stock photo FBS _EMAP 2006 GBP 100
Construction News stock photo FBS _EMAP 2006 GBP 75
Construction News stock photo for front page FBS _EMAP 2005 GBP 100
Construction News stock photo _EMAP 2004 GBP 75
Construction News 1 pic FBS _EMAP 2003 GBP 75
Construction News use of pic _EMAP 2002 GBP 70
Cosmopolitan per day _NatMag 1997 GBP 350 -
Cosmopolitan day _NatMag 1996 GBP 300 -
Country Life day, shooting double-page; all rights; £50 exes _IPC 2002 GBP 300 0
Country Smallholding small reproduction _ECN 2003 GBP 10 XXXX
Country (A+D Media) per pic FBS 2003 GBP 25
Creative Review half day _Centaur 2008 GBP 150
Crops half day commission FBS _RBI 2004 GBP 70 XX
Dance Express model shoot, half day 1998 GBP 200 -
dazed and confused full page portrait upfront 2007 GBP 50 XXX
Dazed+Confused (no exes) 2000 GBP 0 - XXX
Dazed+Confused commission 1999 GBP 0 - X
Dentist colour pic (like extracting...) 1998 GBP 10 - XXXX
Digital Camera DPS stock pic FBS + foreign editions _Future 2006 GBP 280 280 O
Direct (GMB union journal) half-day _TU 1995 GBP 125 -
Drapers pic _EMAP 2006 GBP 100
Eastern Eye day 1994 GBP 25 - XXXX
Eastern Eye pic 1994 GBP 25 -
Echo de Paris pic 1994 GBP 50 -
Economist day _Pearson 1996 GBP 290 -
Elle pic commission _Hach 1998 GBP 200 -
Environmental Health Guide (Charter of Environmental Health) 1 stock photo 2004 GBP 90
Environmental Health News half day - plus £20 digital processing FBS _Chadw 2007 GBP 150
Esquire 1 week photo shoot FBS _NatMag 2000 GBP 2200
Estates Gazette 1 photo _RBI 2007 GBP 50
Estates Gazette shoot+exes _RBI 1998 GBP 125 -
Euro under 26 pix 1996 GBP 50 -
Euro under 26 job 1996 GBP 85 -
Eventing 1 photo (2nd printed and following) FBS, single use, copyright retained by photog, exes? _IPC 2004 GBP 20 XX
Eventing 1 photo (1st printed) FBS _IPC 2004 GBP 30 XX
Farmers Guardian coverage of a social event FBS 2005 GBP 120 20 XX
Farmers' Weekly day+exes _RBI 1997 GBP 170 -
Farmers' Weekly day+exes _RBI 1996 GBP 120 -
FHM half day _EMAP 2005 GBP 200
Focus half day shoot FBS 2003 GBP 150
Four Two Four (?=FourFourTwo) day _HM 1996 GBP 275 -
Frank travel pix page, no exes! _EMAP 2000 GBP 100 - XX
Frank page (no exes) _EMAP 1999 GBP 100 - X
Freedom half-day (circ. 1000) 1997 GBP 25 -
Freelance front page B/W pic - 'a great feeling of self-worth' + _TU 2001 GBP 0
Gente (Argentina) day 1998 GBP 200 -
Geo (Germany) day _GJ 1998 GBP 130 -
Geographical per page 1997 GBP 100 -
GMB direct half day _TU 2000 GBP 130 GR
GMB direct half-day _TU 1993 GBP 125 -
GMB direct day _TU 1993 GBP 250 -
Golf Monthly day rate 0.45p mileage, full subsistence, general expenses, parking, etc _IPC 2006 GBP 400 200 GR XX
Good Housekeeping day _NatMag 2002 GBP 450
Good Housekeeping photos per day in studio _NatMag 2001 GBP 550 GR
GP (General Practitioner) half day _HM 1998 GBP 85 -
GP (General Practitioner) half-day _HM 1996 GBP 85 -
GP (General Practitioner) half-day+35p/mile _HM 1994 GBP 90 -
Grazia per pic one time print licence for one issue - FBS _EMAP 2007 GBP 300
Grazia two pics 1/4 page and 1/8 FBS _EMAP 2006 GBP 175
Guitarist Acoustic one pic 2005 GBP 120
H+E Naturist per pic 2008 GBP 80 GR
HA Weekly half-day 1996 GBP 95 -
Health Visitors' Weekly photo 1996 GBP 65 -
Hello! photos _Hola 2003 GBP 300
Hello! 0.167 col _Hola 1998 GBP 100 -
Hello! (B+W) _Hola 1993 GBP 80 -
Hello! (day, plus 1000 words) _Hola 1993 GBP 2500 -
Hello! (day, plus 1000 words) _Hola 1993 GBP 3000 -
Hello! (5 photos, colour, 2pp spread) _Hola 1993 GBP 800 -
Hello food photography, 6 images _NS 2008 GBP 450 O
Heritage Magazine (Romsey Publishing) repro fee First World 2005 GBP 20 0 XXXX
Horse + Hound photo 2 day rate FBS _IPC 2004 GBP 220 X
Horse +; Hound day rate FBS _IPC 2004 GBP 135
Horse +; Hound 1 photo 1/4 page rate FBS _IPC 2004 GBP 60
Housing Today 1 stock photo, 1/3 page FBS _Builder 2004 GBP 70
Huck 1 photo 2007 GBP 100 X
ID page, commissioned or not, no exes for the non-nepotistic 2000 GBP 50 - XX
Index on Censorship pic 1997 GBP 40 -
Inside Housing 1 stock pic FBS _TMG 2004 GBP 60
Inside Housing 1 stock photo FBS _Builder 2004 GBP 60
Inside Housing 1 stock photo _TMG 2003 GBP 60 X
Inside Housing 1 stock shot FBS _TMG 2003 GBP 60
International Boat Industry per pic _IPC 1997 GBP 80 -
Investors' Chronicle pic _Pearson 1993 GBP 45 -
Investors' Chronicle 0.25 page _Pearson 1992 GBP 35 -
Investors' Chronicle 1/4 page _Pearson 1992 GBP 45 -
Jane (New York) with exes US$ 350 2000 GBP 222 -
Jane (New York) portrait session, with exes ($350) 1999 GBP 218.75 -
Jewish Chronicle per pic 2001 GBP 60
Jewish News photogallery - 30 pix 2004 GBP 50 XXXX
Jewish News stock photo 2004 GBP 40 X
Karting photographs - all sizes 2007 GBP 6 GR XXXX
Labour Research 1/2 page _TU 2007 GBP 100
Labour Research stock pic first use 2000 GBP 60 -
LBS (=? London Borough of Sutton) 10 pix _HMG 2003 GBP 550 O
Living Marxism per job+exes 1997 GBP 60 -
Loaded DJ shot _IPC 1996 GBP 100 -
Local Authority day 2002 GBP 180
London Planner stock pic inside 2000 GBP 35 -
London Planner stock pix to cover 2000 GBP 75 -
Management Today half-day _HM 1997 GBP 150 -
Manchester United Football per day FBS incl exes _Future 2000 GBP 270
Middle East (I C Pubs) photo 2002 GBP 15 XX
Middle East 4 pix+caption 1997 GBP 75 - X
Midweek (2nd use) _INM 1995 GBP 45 -
Money Marketing 5 prints 1994 GBP 150 -
More pic _EMAP 1993 GBP 300 -
Motor Boat Month pic 2004 GBP 40
Museums Journal 1 photo FBS 2008 GBP 80
My Weekly food photography, 12 images _DCT 2008 GBP 600 O
N8 (Angel Magazines) pic 2006 GBP 120
Nature (Macmillan) pic _Holtzb 1994 GBP 60 -
New African B+W repro 1997 GBP 25 - XXX
New Internationalist one pic 2004 GBP 50 X
New Internationalist 1 photo one use 2003 GBP 50
New Scientist pic _RBI 1994 GBP 60 - X
New Times one pic 1999 GBP 25 - X
Newsweek per day with exes 2000 GBP 350 - O
Non League Paper football assignments (they have dropped their rate this season...) 2003 GBP 80 30 X
Non-League Paper Match coverage + ISDN after match - called to say they aim to increase to £200 2001 GBP 100 0 X
Nursing Standard assignment _TU 2004 GBP 160
Nursing Standard half-day (processed film 15, 25p/mile) _TU 1996 GBP 95 -
Nursing Standard day _TU 1993 GBP 130 -
Nursing Times half-day first print use only _EMAP 2003 GBP 150 GR
Nursing Times half-day first print use only _EMAP 2003 GBP 150 GR
Nursing Times per day FBS _EMAP 2000 GBP 250
Nursing Times half day _EMAP 2000 GBP 120 GR
Nursing Times Single Pic reqested from stock single 1/2 page use _EMAP 2000 GBP 100
OK pic _NS 1996 GBP 50 -
OK four pix _NS 1996 GBP 100 -
Open Mind journal half-day 1993 GBP 90 -
Pink Paper (PP & B Ltd) one off fee for job all rights 2004 GBP 75 GR XXXX
Planet 1 stock pic 2005 GBP 0 XXXX
Pregnancy step-by-step pix _Highbur 2001 GBP 50 X
Press Gazette stock photo _Quantum 2004 GBP 60
Pulse half-day+29p/mile _MF 1994 GBP 120 -
Pulse half-day _MF 1992 GBP 90 -
Rail per day _EMAP 2002 GBP 125 X
Real Magazine 1 hour photo shoot 2007 GBP 150 GR
Recycle print+design 1 hour 1994 GBP 65 -
Red Pepper stock pic 2004 GBP 35 XX
Red Pepper one pic 2004 GBP 30 XX
Red Pepper 1 pic FBS 2003 GBP 35
Red Pepper 1 stock photo 2003 GBP 50
Red Pepper 1 pic FBS 2002 GBP 50
RMT News half-day photo assignment FBS + web use _TU 2006 GBP 190
Roof per day, B+W 1998 GBP 155 -
S.I.D Magazine per photo 2008 GBP 75
Safeway Magazine photos per day Bought outright 2001 GBP 600 GR
Saga Magazine half day FBS + expenses/materials 2002 GBP 250 O
Scene headshots 1995 GBP 50 -
Scene day of 8 1995 GBP 400 -
Scuba World a 1200 word feature complete with pictures -- '20,000 leagues under the going rate' 1994 GBP 90 -
Searchlight front cover photo FBS 2004 GBP 100
Soc. Work (?) photo 2002 GBP 35
Solidarity Action 2 pix 1999 GBP 60 -
Sounding stock photo for cover 2006 GBP 230
Sport Free Attitude stock sale, single shot non-exclusive print edition _Score 2004 EUR 60 XXX
Stage pic 1998 GBP 70 -
Televisual full page bleed image - exes on top _Centaur 2006 GBP 180
Televisual full page pic FBS _Centaur 2005 GBP 180
The Agility Voice event coverage, 2 days FBS 2005 GBP 200 XXX
The Ecologist 1/4 page photo 2005 GBP 50 X
The Networker (NGO magazine) 1 stock photo 2003 GBP 50 X
The Socialist set of 3 2001 GBP 30 XXX
Time Out restaurants _TOut 2003 GBP 50 X
Time Out portrait/single job _TOut 2003 GBP 150
Time Out per restaurant _TOut 1998 GBP 50 -
Times Educational Supplement use of unsolicited photo from Uganda _TSL 2006 GBP 25 X
Times Educational Supplement day _NI 1996 GBP 160 -
Times Higher Education Supplement 1/4 page stock photo FBS _NI 2004 GBP 100
Times Higher Education Supplement quarter page _NI 2003 GBP 100
Times Higher Education Supplement per pic _NI 1997 GBP 150 -
Times Saturday Magazine, 'contacts' one use dps one pic and contact FBS _NI 2004 GBP 400 GR
TNT full page image 2005 GBP 90 X
TNT 2-page spread 2003 GBP 200
Top Gear 150 words and a half-page colour pic _BBC 1994 GBP 200 -
Trendi day 1998 GBP 200 -
Tribune six photos 2001 GBP 180
Truck+Driver one-page pic plus a few hundred words of text _RBI 1994 GBP 200 -
Truck+Driver one-page pic plus a few hundred words of text _RBI 1994 GBP 300 -
TUC magazine 4 photos _TU 2008 GBP 1600 O
TUC magazine 2-hour portrait job _TU 2008 GBP 150
Universe day 1997 GBP 125 -
Universe any job all-in 1996 GBP 65 -
Venue stock images for features prepared to go with one time non-exclusive licence, but not to pay! 2006 GBP 0 XXXX
Vogue two photos _CondN 2006 GBP 500
Wanderlust third of page illustrated travel article 2006 GBP 180
watercraft Photos for feature FBS 2002 GBP 300
Welfare State Action pic 1999 GBP 30 -
Welfare State Action one pic 1999 GBP 30 -
West Africa day 1998 GBP 100 - X
Wild About Animals single column pic+caption 1994 GBP 100 -
Wild About Animals pic+caption story 1994 GBP 100 -
Women's Realm day _IPC 1998 GBP 150 -
Women's Realm fashion day _IPC 1998 GBP 450 -
Workers' Liberty 1999 GBP 30 -
Workers' Power five pix 1999 GBP 55 - XXX
Workers' Power five photos 1999 GBP 55 - XX
World's Children per pic 1997 GBP 60 -
Young People Now Front cover feature, one day's work no expenses; processing and film to be paid but if using digital some discrepancy over how much extra to pay. Turned down the job because too badly paid. After turning down job, editor said "well you won't be getting any work from us in the future".... think he missed the point, somehow! _HM 2003 GBP 150 XX
Yours photos short portrait job London FBS _EMAP 2007 GBP 300 GR O
BBC Sky at Night photos of Sir Patrick Moore + Brian May, 1 day licences not discussed, but used, not too happy _Origin 2007 GBP 450 X
Camera Press sale to Polish magazine 2005 GBP 10 XX
Emap Motorcycle News Photos for MCN extra for MCN website _EMAP 2000 GBP 120 60
Future Publishing page _Future 1994 GBP 105 -
Haymarket publications day+exes _HM 1995 GBP 100 -
Inside Communications stock photo FBS _TMG 2006 GBP 70
Newsletter (Prospect trade union) quarter page photo _TU 2008 GBP 70
PHOTOshoot 3 hours 2007 GBP 160
Reed day _RBI 1998 GBP 200 -
Trade magazine one image FBS 2008 GBP 45
UCATT half day photography _TU 2002 GBP 280
Unison Focus full page photo (lost first invoice, paid promptly on second!) _TU 2002 GBP 180

The above are the rates for Photography / mags notified by members up to 30 September 2008.

 
Key to the rates, by column:
1 Publication/Programme, any details of work and licence
2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where knownGroup
3 The year in which the rate was reportedYear
4 Currency: either GBP or EUR¤
5 Amount paid for basic licence - e.g. first use in print: Basic fee
6 Paid for extra licences - web use, database resale... (no data pre Jun 2000) ...Extras
7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: ......GR
or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement (more will be made soon): ......HA
8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:GBP500X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:EUR1500300O
 

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Words, per 1000 News Local Mag online Book PR Other writing, paid per 1000 words
Words, other News Local Mag online Book PR Other writing, paid per page, per item, etc
Photography News Local Mag online Book PR Other pix whether paid by the piece or the day
Broadcasting News Local Other including podcasting all sorts of radio & TV work
Shifts News Local Mag online Book PR Other work paid by the day; e.g. sub-editing
Other: Cartoon | Crossword | Illustration | Punditry | Retainer | Teaching | Tip-off | Translation
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