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[westernind]

An email to all University staff rooted out the photos!
It would have helped if the wedding planner hadn't addressed them to 'Rosalind English'. A nice enough name, but it ain't mine.

[Edited to add: Nice to have them because there are some shots, e.g. the ceremony and signing the register, that we didn't already have. But in my opinion maleghast, nyarbaggytep and Chiara are all better photographers, and the photos I'll cherish come through their lenses. This doesn't bother me - I just find it amusing.]

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[maleghast.livejournal.com]

*flabberghasted*

*grin*

While I think about it, I'm going to post an "anyone want prints?" sometime today and once I've given people a chance to respond... *wink*

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[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

We paid our photographer a grand in total for 3 albums + the right to own the full set of photo's in softcopy.

That kind of money's a fair chunk towards the next coveted camera, yeah?

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[maleghast.livejournal.com]

Certainly would be!

In all seriousness, what I am thinking of doing is trying to position myself as a slightly cheaper alternative specialising in reportage style photography for events in general, including weddings, christenings, birthdays as well as corporate work. If I can manage to do that, I reckon I might be able to afford to live and pursue the notoriously profit-free world of fine-art / art photography with access to very high quality kit that I would normally use for "work" jobs.

I reckon we all need goals :-)

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[scary-lady.livejournal.com]

The key thing that made us happy to shell out the money was that we got the right to own the full set of photo's in softcopy. Absolutely no-one sells this option as it is perceived as taking away the photographers future sales, but I have always seen it as objectionable to pay 4 figure sums to a photographer, who takes 200 photo's and then tells you to pick 30 of them for the album and won't let you have the rest. It's archaic!

I want to (1) own the full set even though I don't have them as prints and (2) know that if I have a fire in 20 years I don't have to start tracking down my photographer in order to get new copies.

The only reason I was given this option in the end was that I knew the photographer in question, and she trusted us to give her the order for all our initial albums despite the fact that we have all the photo's on our computer.

I suggest that selling youself this way would give you a substantial edge over competitors, and provided your initial fee included initial albums the long term loss would be trivial.

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[maleghast.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the insight.

My view would be that as long as someone pays for my time, then they can have the photos in digital format for a nominal fee (my time to convert and burn them + cost of media). I would assume that the reason they are paying for my time is that I would not retain the rights to the photos - if I did I could sell other people's wedding photos as stock art, and that does not seem right.

Yeah, I reckon there has to be a niche here - of course it will get a conspiracy of pro snappers wanting to kill me... *shrug*