Wedding Photography Contract Is It Normal For Photographer To Keep All Rights To Photo?

Ours has a wedding package that includes the rifts to all of the photos! =)

Our photographer besides releases the rights to our photos for downloads and printing, simply what she does non release is the right to basically profit from the photograph(s). So we cannot sell the photos(via the Internet/download/or impress). I don’t know who would, but I guess I could see that happening. Once upon a time, photographer would accuse an additional $200+ for the release, but I haven’t seen that for a few years. Not in Phoenix at least….

You are probably confusing usage rights with copyright holding. I personally grant shared usage with clients, just every bit Alexis said, they cannot employ them for commercial use (why would anyone do that anyhow) without consent / buy rights to. And that’due south a mighty handsome fee.

As much equally I hate information technology, clients may print from those files. I also provide spider web sized for social media and other online employ. Studio retains intellectual rights to utilize for their marketing etc. You don’t need sectional ownership, which excludes any usage by the image creator.

I retrieve information technology really depends on the lensman. All of the ones I’ve looked at give you the rights to reprint as y’all come across fit

I refused to hire whatever lensman that kept the rights to MY pictures. Afterwards a long search I found one and I didn’t have to pay extra. They’re a younger couple who sympathize how important it is for couples to fully own their photographs.

Some photogs will definitely charge you a ton more than to get the rights to your ain pictures. They will send y’all small files, or low-res files that yous tin “run into” simply not employ because they will look bad on Facebook or printed. And then you’ll have to either impress them via the gallery they set up for you lot, or buy the rights to the ones you want.

But that is a pretty rare thing present (thank goodness).

Information technology’due south apparent some in this word still don’t understand that the photographer volition ever own copyrights. Most today share usage / print rights with the client, which is ALL y’all need. This just means the photographer can nonetheless employ the photos for spider web and print marketing / trade show marketing etc.

If you have shared usage / right to impress, yous nevertheless do non own photos. You don’t need to. But that gives you everything you need, there is a shelf life for the photographer’southward use for marketing obviously.

The general rule nether copyright police is that the creator of an image (the photographer) owns all rights to it. However, that dominion can be modified by contract. Modifications could include restrictions on what the lensman can practice with the photos (e.g., is it okay if they are on his or her professional person site?) and permission for you to utilise the photos (e.thousand., to make prints or albums yourselves). Only yous definitely want to wait at the contract closely.

My package includes the rights to all our pictures. This is a MUST!!! It’s absolutely worth it to pay a little more to own the rights and so y’all can beget your pictures.

Delight re read Jay’s and Carol’s posts again. This is what my photographers tell their clients too.

You need to specifically ask the photographer if you are given the rights to the photos and double check what the contract says before yous sign one. About photographers these days will give yous the high res photos on a USB or CD and requite you the rights to make y’all own copies. This is every bit opposed to having to buy any copies through them. As Jay and Celia said, the photographer owns the copyright. All you lot need is the rights. My photographer included the rights as part of his packages. And then no information technology’southward not true that information technology’s specifically $20 for each photo.

Our package with our photographer includes all of the photos on a USB stick and the rights to post and impress the photos however we want. She just requests that if we post them online for people to come across that nosotros tag her as the lensman to give her credit for her piece of work. She retains the rights to utilize the photos for marketing and still owns the photos.

The photographer created the epitome, then he or she owns the rights unless you buy them. Many wedding photographers include the rights to the images in their packages, but non all exercise. Nosotros chose a wedding package that includes all digital photos and the correct to print them, but we bought the rights and digital files for our engagement photos a la carte du jour. I think we paid $350 for them (after paying $250 for our engagement session), and if we bought rights individually it would have been around $fifteen or $20 per photograph. Your photographer’s prices audio pretty normal.

As Jay said, you lot do not need to Own your photos (copyright) and rarely will a photographer provide that to you without a very hefty toll tag. You just demand to ensure that your contract allows y’all the right to print and share the images every bit you wish. Most pro photographers at present will provide press rights as part of their packages.

DRGCAS – they are not YOUR photos from an buying perspective. Y’all didn’t create them. The lensman created them on his/her equipment, therefore he/she owns them.

Love this thread! Jay explained the state of affairs pretty well.

The photographer is the creator of the image and volition always be his/her paradigm. Clients simply need rights to print and share.

Give thanks you Lord.

It depends on the photographer and contract. We made sure to choose a photographer who issued us all rights to print and share, just we asked our family and friends to support her by ownership prints through her website.

Ok CatsBoninCats… once again… your heart is pure gilt! This meant a lot to your photographer for sure!

ETA: The contract that I signed with photographer states that I ain the copyrights to MY photographs. They do not/volition non have my permission to use as promotional materials, on their social media page or anywhere else without my consent. I volition fully ain them. This is why it took me a very long time to notice a photographer that agreed to this without charging actress for information technology. Company has been in business for about 10 years, young photographers who understand how important it is for couples to own the rights to their pictures. Visitor asks couples for permission. I was told most couples agree because they like to see their images posted on the company’s website.