Licensing your fine art photography can be one of the most exciting and rewarding experiencing in your photography business.

But like any aspect of your business, it will come with its ups and downs as well as hard lessons.

I've been selling my fine art for book covers for nearly a decade now, and I still learn new things about the ever-changing market everyday.

Now I want to share those lessons with you.

Selling fine art photography for book covers can be a sustainable source of income, but there are a lot of mistakes that photographers who are new to the market make.

Oftentimes, when they make these mistakes, they give up too early and never end up seeing any sales.

I’ve even made some major mistakes. Which is why I want to help you avoid them so that your path to making licensing sales can be much smoother!

Having a model release is so important, especially if you want to sell or license your fine art photography!

Before I became a photographer, I had no idea how much legal documentation and how many photography contracts I would have to have!

But I quickly learned that whenever you are photographing a model or private property, and you want to use these photographs in any way that might bring you profit, you need legal documents giving you permission!

Model and Property Releases are legal documents, essentially contracts, granting you the use of a likeness in your photos.