Can the wedding couple keep the disc of photos from a professional wedding photographer? Back with negatives, the couple would have to pay for the negatives, what are the traditional terms now with digital images? If they charge, how much usually. Does anyone have a general contract that the photographer uses for this? Can the couple demand the disc or ask for it? Will teh photographer offer it to stay competitive in light of new competition in among all the digital photographers? Any info you can give me on what is traditional or how the trend is moving during this time of transition from film to digital surrounding wedding photography, discs and film. photobooks etc would be much appreciated!
2006-10-03 20:43:57 · 13 answers · asked by Jason P 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
It depends on the package that you purchase. Most photographers will charge a fee for the images on a cd. But not all do. Mine isn't charging me for it. You have to negotiate that in the beginning. Remember, EVERYTHING is negotiable when you're getting married. Tell the photographer what you want to spend and what you want to get for it. Normally they'll agree, maybe with a little negotations.
2006-10-04 09:56:14 · answer #1 · answered by texas y'all! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy, a new can of worms has been opened. According to the DRM law, niether the Camera Operator or the Wedding Participants are entitled to claim ownership of the Intellectual Knowledge that made the Digital Images.
The owner of the Marketing Rights and the Manufactureing Rights of the Hardware and Software are the owners of anything that the Hardware and or Software is used to create.
Next time you google a picture on the web search part, look at those hyperlinks that say "Some media displayed is owned,,,yad yada yada......." , now take this concept and Law one step further, Are the photographs Public Domain, or have the Rights to use the Intelectuall Property that gathers and accesses the digital data been bought and protected by an idavidual or corporation.
Its allways darkest just before the nuclear dawn steams out the eyes of Bambi.
2006-10-03 21:05:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of what you have heard about wedding photographers, either film or digital, is a hard-and-fast rule.
There ARE film photographers who will let you keep the negatives. Packages are flexible. For some, it's part of the package price. Or you get the negatives but no prints and have to print them yourselves. Or you can get the negatives if you buy a certain amount of photos. All of this is true with digital photographers as well.
Many photographers, both film and digital, are reluctant to part with the source files (negatives or CD). This is because they make most of their money with the reprints, and they know that they won't get much money out of you and your loved ones if you have the source files. That's why they charge for the negatives and CD.
I had a friend who went with digital for their wedding. They got the CD and had to make the prints themselves. It was a LOT of work for them to get everyone's picture orders and print them. And people ordered more pictures than they otherwise would have, because the couple charged the price they were charged to print the pictures. But they didn't factor in the time they spent on this. My advice is to save yourself the headache, and just order the pictures from the photographer. It doesn't save THAT much money.
Also, digital pictures do not look as good as film. I'm a photographer myself, so I can spot the differences where a lot of people can't. Film pictures capture light more effectively. That, and digital cameras can sometimes shut off automatically for no reason, and a good moment might be lost. The trend has slowly moved to encompass digital cameras, but they are by no means overtaking film as the preferred method of wedding photography.
When I was planning our wedding, I heard a lot about how I just HAD to get the negatives. I didn't, and I don't regret it. What do I want them for? It's not like I'll need new pictures every year. And I didn't want a picture of every single shot taken...why would I need dozens of pictures of people sitting at dining tables? But, that's just me.
My advice to you is to find a photographer whose style you like and who will be good to work with. Don't be so worked up about the negatives. Usually the photographers who offer them for no cost, or a low price, are not as good creatively and need to offer such deals in order to get business, because their photographic talent is not enough on its own.
2006-10-04 03:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by Pink Denial 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time the disc comes in the package. You have to pay a lot extra for it but in the end you have the disc. No the couple can not demand the disc. Before anything, a contract should be signed stating who owns the rights to the photos. Very often it is not the couple.
Most charge between $100 - $300 for two to three hours. But rates very of course.
2006-10-03 20:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by DutchApplePie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My neighbors do full-time photographer for weddings. All there cameras are digital.
I don't see them giving away the disc of pics. They have clients go to there house a week or so after the wedding and they pick out which ones they like/dislike. Then my neighbors make prints and send them off for the appropriate sizes the customer selected.
I don't see them selling the disc for anything cheap, IMO.
Might wanna check out - http://www.weddinginformer.com
2006-10-07 12:29:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sara I 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother just got married over the weekend, and the photographers used digital. They have a website set up where we can order all the photos that we want. I didn't hear anything about keeping a disc, but then we can scan all the photos that we want after we order them.
2006-10-03 20:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by L96vette 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I got married, my photographer had several "packages" to choose from and one the options was to get the original disc of images (assuming you would have your own prints made from the disc). My photographer was also expensive and very protective of his work, so even if you brought the CD of negatives, all of the negatives has watermark seals across them, so there was not way of reproducing them on your own. If you choose to order the CD of negatives, make sure you ask if they have a watermark seal on them or not!!
2006-10-04 04:33:05 · answer #7 · answered by ataman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got married 4 months ago and our photographer had our pics put on disc and sent me 3 copies of it to keep (one for us, one for each set of parents) and we had to pick our pictures for our album off of the disk (they were numbered on the disk). She actually took the pics with a regular camera, not a digital. Our photographer cost $1200 and we had her at the ceremony/reception for 3 hours, got the 3 disks, and an album with 50 of our pictures in it (4x6 prints). Pretty pricey for what we got, I think.
2006-10-04 00:37:56 · answer #8 · answered by bluez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally this would be an extra charge, as there is not usually a "disk" involved in the process.
The pictures are stored on memory card, then transferred directly to the print station / computer.
2006-10-03 20:46:28 · answer #9 · answered by shoby_shoby2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will cost you a lot of money. I know some photographers charge $35 per [1] high-def photo. If you have 500 of them, then......
2006-10-07 12:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by belverana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋