Lee - I have negiotated with a couple of different photographers for using their photos on websites. Generally I go into the meeting knowing what I want to use them for so we do a phootshoot for the purpose of using the photos for promotions. Generally the copyright stays with the photographer and I acknowledge this under the picture, sometimes you can negociate price by offering advertising on your website etc. On two occassions I have purchased the entire copyright of the photos but these were from photography students so they were more happy to have the money :-)

oh did you mean a commerical website or a photo sharing website?