Prospective Contributor Guidelines

Introduction
Cut and Deal are always keen to here from photographers and designers that can contribute content. We're interested in anything related to sports betting and gambling. While that may sound a little narrow in fact it encompasses quite a lot, see below for examples.

We pay 50% commission on all sales.

What are we looking for?
It is important for potential contributors to think a bit outside the box when looking through their existing imagery. It is worth remembering that sports betting and gambling covers quite a large area, some examples are provided below:

• Sports that people bet on such as Horse racing, Soccer, NFL, Basketball, Tennis, Cricket, Formula 1, Dog Racing, Golf, Rugby etc. So images such as horses jumping, a basketball hoop, a golf ball close to the hole are all of interest.
• Shots of people happy/sad (having won/lost)
• Money (including all different currencies)
• Lottery-related images and Bingo
• Locations (e.g. Bookies, Las Vegas)
• Games of fun such as domino's
• Chips, cards, dice, roulette, dealers and everything else found in a casino

Designers - In addition to photographic images we are interested in receiving the following content:

• Manipulated digital images
• Original work provided and Photoshop files or Illustrator
• Sound/music files
• Video
• Animations

Take a look at our 'Designer Resources' sections within each category for examples.

What are the terms?
If you are accepted as a contributor we will send you a contract containing all our terms. However in brief:

• We will pay 50% commission on all sales
• We do not require exclusivity
• All our images are sold royalty free
• You must have at least 25 images to submit
• We do not charge any joining fees, membership fees, hosting fees etc.
• Payments are made monthly

What is the process?
If you would like to be considered please email 5 examples images (or a link to a website containing your work) to as well as some more detail on how many other images you might be able to provide. If accepted we'll send you a contract and more detailed submission guidelines.

If you are a designer follow the above process but send JPEGs of your proposed design work.

Contributor Resources

Property and Model release
If your images include people or non public property you will most likely require signed model and/or property release forms in order to make them available for commercial use. If you do not have model or property release the images can still be used for editorial use (for example images to support text in newspapers, magazines, etc.) but this clearly limits the usefulness and potential sales.

For any images supplied that contain people or non public buildings please provide a separate document stating whether you have in your possession the required release(s).

Please be aware that if you claim that you have a model/property release when you do not, then you risk litigation.

Contributors should seek their own advice on model and property release, however general guidelines are included below:

Model Release:
Required for any person in the shot who is identifiable in anyway. This includes silhouettes, sport players, crowd scenes and body parts.

Click here for an example model release form in pdf format

Property release:
The following types of building do not require release, anything else does:

• Public buildings, such as Government buildings, public schools.
• Locations with no identifiable features
• Building (s) in an image whose central focus is not these buildings. For example landscapes and skylines

A Monument or historic home may be exempt, the best cause of action is to check with Property owner.

A photograph of a property/landmarks/logo may require a signed property release if it is to be used for commercial purposes. If in doubt remove all identifiable logos and trademarks from your images.

Click here for an example property release form