How do professional photographers put their name or logo on their pictures? What is the easiest way?

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I've been trying to use my Photo Studio (ver. 5.5) to add text to my pictures when i take them. I can get it to do what i want, but i cannot get it to make the text a macro. i was wondering how pros put their logos and names on photos. i would imagine that they dont do it manually every time. anyone know?

Answer 1

try designing a logo using photoshop CS2 or Paintshop Pro then print it out on a piece of transparency film. Next scan the pic by sandwiching the transparency with the photo in your flatbed color scanner. Poof!! mission accomplished

good luck

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Names Of Professional Photographers

Answer 4

If you're asking about digital photography then you have some good answers but if you're wanting to print the photos out or are using film based photography then maybe this will help.

Studio portrait photographers use a gold foil hot stamping machine. The process uses a hot brass die that is pressed onto a film of gold foil on top of each photo. Studios use a discrete copyright and their name across the corner of the photo (usually bottom right). This is the same process used to put the title of book on the spine or the cover. Wedding photographers use the technique to personalize wedding albums with the names of the bride and groom on the cover (and the studio's name discretely in the corner).
The equipment isn't cheap however. You can even buy them on eBay.
Do a Yahoo! or Google search for "foil stamping" or "hot stamping" and you will find lots of information.

I used to use a tool that printed my logo on the corner of each print while it was still on the enlarger easel. It used a small piece of camera film. You took a photo of your signature, name, logo, whatever and when the film was developed you had the logo clear and the surrounding area black (a simple negative). The film was cut to fit the front of a little black plastic box. Inside the box was a small flashlight bulb wired to a switch and a battery. You placed the film end of the box (which was open to the film, of course) over the print and held the switch on for a few seconds sufficient to expose the paper with the logo. This obviously wouldn't work on a photo with an already black area in the corner but was great for portraits and wedding photos. I haven't seen one of these in years but it would be easy to make one.

Pros who are submitting photos for publication often will rubber stamp the back of the photo with copyright info giving limited publications rights with their name, address, phone, etc. If you're using RC paper not all rubber stamp ink will work without smearing. On fiber paper you have to be careful to let the ink dry before stacking the pictures together.

Answer 5

Yes, you will probably have trouble getting back the money, especially if you paid cash. I doubt this photographer will have a change of policy for you. You need to find someone else and will probably have to go to small claims court to get back your money. The logo on the pictures is to try to prevent you or whoever you want to have pictures, from copying them without going through that photographer. If they didn't do that, you could easily scan whatever you want and print it up anywhere. With the mark or logo, if you took the pictures to a business anywhere to be copied by the staff, they wouldn't do it.

Answer 6

In adobe photoshop you can resize and rotate your signature/logo to your heart's desire. If you don't have that program try the trial version of paintshop pro.

http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CorelCom/ProcessLayout&lc=en&ppg=CorelCorp/Trials/Login&pid=1156169694605&cid=1156169693940

It is in many respects superior to photoshop and cheaper too.

Some proffesional photographers have their names embossed on their photographs with gold/silver foil and a heat pen. The more mass produced photos are stamped, but the larger photos are actually each hand done. I know because I used to do them. I worked for a professional developer and I have an uncanny knack for forging signatures. I was paid to hand sign large scale mounted wall prints for various photographers around the country. Many of the more famous ones simply use a gold gel or paint pen. You'd be surprised at just how many proffesional photographs are individually hand done all the way through the process.

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