Wedding Photographers and Copyright?

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? Reply # 849956 5-Jul-2013 22:37
Yes, that is the norm and always has been. We were very lucky as our photographer was retiring about the time we had ours taken and so he agreed to give us all our negatives, without anything extra being paid! I do think that the fees charged by most of these guys is completely over the top, especially when they also usually make a lot off the printed photos also!

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? Reply # 849966 5-Jul-2013 23:27
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? Reply # 849974 6-Jul-2013 01:18
Photographers dont make alot of money. The average one would be lucky to get a job a week in most parts of NZ. They need to buy expensive software (adobe $$$) and seem to think they need a top gaming level good computer. So there are huge costs involved. So couple those huge costs with a lack of work and the fact they cant do it full time means they need to charge to pay for their hobby.

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? Reply # 849988 6-Jul-2013 08:22
This is normal. It's so we can make display albums and use them in competitions, though a few may use them for other things that's very rare. Note that retaining copyright is generally irrelevant to the customer. While I retain copyright I give customers high res images with a license to do anything other than make a profit from them, or allow anyone else to make a profit from them. Photographers may seem expensive, but consider the $20K of equipment most have (multiple cameras, spares, many lenses, lighting, power, etc), the replacement equipment as stuff gets dropped or wears out, the maintenance, assistant cost, the two full days of processing for each wedding, vehicle, fast computer, expensive software, nice clothes that get destroyed quickly, etc, etc. take away gay, tax, some photographers charging $3000 May be losing money. Don't forget album costs, which at wholesale are very, very expensive for nice albums. Don't go into photography if you want to make money. Asus eee pad transformer iPod 2G Windows 7 PC Lots and lots of Nikon camera gear

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? Reply # 849994 6-Jul-2013 09:00
$3k with album is quite cheap. Providing all the images is almost a disservice, culling and editing is a valuable service and a specialist skill. Asus eee pad transformer iPod 2G Windows 7 PC Lots and lots of Nikon camera gear

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? Reply # 850015 6-Jul-2013 10:32
timmmay: $3k with album is quite cheap. Providing all the images is almost a disservice, culling and editing is a valuable service and a specialist skill. Very happy with the result. Naturally we picked our own 200 for touchup and print and the 100 for the album. We regularly look at the originals and provide to family members / get them printed off.? "Dreamlife Photo and Video - Auckland"

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? Reply # 850016 6-Jul-2013 10:33
Yes this is an interesting one. I am a freelance cameraman in the broadcast industry where everything I shoot on a daily rate belongs to the client (TVNZ, TV3 etc). Not only do stills photographers charge way more that professional video operators, they also have arguably less gear. I know they say they will have a Canon 1D plus lenses, plus Adobe, but that stuff is quite inexpensive compared to a video guy. We supply lighting, radio mikes, tripod camera etc plus download/ upload to the network server etc. I have employed stills photographers in the past where I keep copyright of the material. I think its only fair, but hey we are in a negotition style world now.

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