I've done this a few times. What I did was either go to the greeting card company's site where there might be guidelines for submission or call the company. That's the first step. It also helps to know what the card companies are looking for ... some prefer humorous subjects, others B&W photos, and so on. Make your presentations appropriate. Hallmark, BTW, was not a company a wanted to show my work to.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Igor Roshchin > I know that there are several professional photographers on PDML. > So, I was curious, - if you have done such thing, - how do you > talk with a greeting cards printing company (e.g. Hallmark, or their smaller > comptetitors)? > > Say, I have an idea for funny card that is based on a photograph > image taken by me, and I want to try to offer my design to a card-printing > company. Since it is more than just an image, the idea can be used by > somebody else who can take his own image. > So, how would you disclose your image+idea without getting scooped by > the company or somebody else in the chain? > > So, to make it a more universal question: > I know that in a similar situation, in case of inventions, > it is possible to apply for a patent; have an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) > signed by the company; one can register a trademark design, > but what can be done with the artwork? > > Thanks in advance for your responses. > > Igor >
