(Services / Photography)
Photography Licensing
Stills made for a purpose and licensed for a stated use. Portrait, event, product, and campaign photography from Chicago and Minneapolis, with terms that say where the image runs and for how long.
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(06)Shoot planning
Shot list, locations, and the use the images are for, agreed before the day.
Production day
Lighting, direction, and capture. Portrait, event, product, or campaign.
Selects and edit
Culled, colour corrected, and retouched to the standard the use demands.
License terms
Where the image runs, in what size, and for how long, written down.
Delivery
Web and print files, named and organised, ready for the channel they were made for.
Extensions
New placement later, or a longer term, added to the existing license.
The Single Image License is the entry package: one photograph, banner and digital use, copyright retained by ROQA. Built for market vendors and small businesses that need one strong image rather than a shoot. A Community Partner Rate exists for vendors at market scale.
Where the work runs
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Chicago News Weekly
Cover story photography, licensed for editorial use
University of Minnesota Foundation
A portrait studio built on site, inside a live event
University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Photography delivered alongside the legacy film
Cover story photography for Chicago News Weekly, September 2026, credited to Raji Vela, ROQA Productions. The sitting, the selects, and the licence terms are written up in the Chicago News Weekly case study.
Common questions
(FAQ)01.What am I actually buying?
A license to use specific images in specific places for an agreed period. ROQA retains copyright and you get the use you paid for, in writing.
02.Do you ever sell the copyright?
Not as standard. Buyouts are possible on request, priced separately, because a buyout ends the image's life everywhere else.
03.What is the Single Image License?
The entry package, built for market vendors and small businesses that need one strong image: one photograph, banner and digital use. A Community Partner Rate exists for vendors at market scale. Ask for the current rate.
04.Can you license stills from a shoot you already did for us?
Yes. Stills captured alongside a film can be licensed on their own terms, without shooting again.
05.How is this different from commercial spots?
Commercial spots are the ad, directed, shot, and cut as film. Photography licensing is stills, priced by the use rather than the day.
(Other services)
One image, licensed properly, outlasts the campaign.
Strategy, commercial spots, and photography licensing for organizations that move culture. Booking Q4 2026 and Q1 2027.
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