Photographers Question...

[Dana]

If you do someones photos for whatever reason and they pay you for the services should the photos be for them to do whatever they please with them? I see a lot of photographers, mainly doing them same style photography posting photos to their Facebook pages with copyrights and saying "You may use these photos as your profile pics but do not crop or alter". If I got my photos done by someone and I paid them I'll do whatever I please. I mean these people PAID to have them done. If they're on the original site in original format then no harm no foul.

 

[darkcgi]

They must give you the right to have the photo.
I've been there about it before. However they can be counter sued for taking your picture without your consent if you do not sign for it.
Best way to do pictures is to get consent to take give consent for them to do what they will with the pictures except display them as their own work.
and get consent for you to use the pictures for your own work
The way I will say no to a photographer is if they will not give me high def digital copies of the pics
a lot of them want you to always come to them to pay a fortune to get hard copies made
and they want to own the rights of the pics so you can never legally use them

 

[fuel1316]

If you do someones photos for whatever reason and they pay you for the services should the photos be for them to do whatever they please with them? I see a lot of photographers, mainly doing them same style photography posting photos to their Facebook pages with copyrights and saying "You may use these photos as your profile pics but do not crop or alter". If I got my photos done by someone and I paid them I'll do whatever I please. I mean these people PAID to have them done. If they're on the original site in original format then no harm no foul.

lols. thats the photogrpher using that photo to sell their wares. they give unmarked sets to the customer.. the customer cant use the one the photographer posts on Fb

 

[Natasha]

If you did graphic work for someone, Dana, would you want them to crop and alter it??? It's the exact same thing, LITERALLY.

 

[darkcgi]

Natasha that makes perfect sense until you learn about that stuff it just seems like because its you in the photo that you have some right to it
but not so
You do have the right to not be photographed but verbal agreements sometimes hold up in court
its your say against theirs

 

[Francis]

If you do someones photos for whatever reason and they pay you for the services should the photos be for them to do whatever they please with them? I see a lot of photographers, mainly doing them same style photography posting photos to their Facebook pages with copyrights and saying "You may use these photos as your profile pics but do not crop or alter". If I got my photos done by someone and I paid them I'll do whatever I please. I mean these people PAID to have them done. If they're on the original site in original format then no harm no foul.

But they usually paid for one copy of them. When you do a graphic art project, do you give away the template to the artist so he can make a bunch more prints or do you lock the template for them to be able to use it only once in PDF format with password ?

Also what are the "whatever reasons" ?

Wedding ?
Still Photography ( Professional Family Photo's ) ?

Each has it's own Copyright set of guidelines and it differs in each country.

Wedding Photos

Some photographers are also including high resolution files in their packages. These photographers allow their clients limited rights to reproduce the images for their personal use, while retaining the copyright. Not all photographers release files and those who do will most likely charge a premium for them, since releasing files means giving up any after wedding print or album sales for the most part.

The owner of the pictures' copyright is often explicitly stated in the contract for photographic services. Without such explicit statement, the owner of the pictures' copyright will depend on the country involved as copyright laws vary from country to country. Photographers who do not retain copyright of the images often charge more for their services. In these cases, the photographer provides the client with the digital images as part of the wedding package. The client then has unrestricted use of the images and can print any that they may desire. Similarly, there are some photographers that offer joint copyrights of the digital images so they can also have unrestricted use of the images for reasons such as advertising.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_photography

Portrait Photography

Picture proofs are usually available to view online the next day which are lower quality, not edited and often with a watermark of the studio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_photography

Because the Photography Copyright laws are complicated by human rights, privacy rights, artistic rights and contractual rights it really depends on where you are and what was taken as picture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography_and_the_law

It would be unwise for a Photographer to give away his rights to any picture he takes but some they do to make money. If you happen to take a picture of Madonna and she offered you $1,000,000.00 for that picture of her in a regular shot ( nothing special ) would you give away the digital rights or blow her away and tell her to take a hike and you end up with nothing but her picture ?

Many young photographers starting to do weddings, portraits often give up the right to keep digital copies and include them in the contract as a bonus to attract new customers, not realizing they could make more money if those people ever lose their originals.

All depends on your view..

 

[Dana]

I never thought of it like that