Contests to get work.

[Techman]

I am reading posts on another forum supported by a supplier in another industry. The supplier called for photos to be used for their marketing.

A number of people responded with one photo selected as the winner.
The winning photo will be used for the cover of their new catalog and will use the photo as inspiration and render it as a painting for use by the company. The entire package will be used for marketing their products for the next few years.

The photographer got a zero for compensation. He did it because he will get some "exposure" for his work.

I think he was ripped off to the max.
What do we the users of this forum think of this concept of giving away our work just to get some "exposure"?

 

[The Vector Doctor]

Don't companies do this all the time - pro bono?

 

[njshorts]

as long as you know what you're getting yourself into... no problem with it.

 

[The Vector Doctor]

The problem i have is contests which go to the lowest bidder. If you do something for $25, someone will do it for $24, and then outbid again for $23, and so on. You rarely win when competing because in this case someone will be willing to do the $25 job for $1 because they want the "exposure"

If you know from the beginning you won't be compensated then at least you aren't being beaten up on price

Not too much different then when someone comes on here and posts their logo design and 20 people respond by providing free design work by posting their ideas