 Tonya Cozart |
What About Proofs? I was wondering what you pro's are doing nowdays about sending out proofs of poitraits you have taken? How do you cover your copyright if they leave the studio for "desision making". With scanners and these photo machines and such, people can put a deposit for the proofs, take them out, have them copied, enlarged, whatever and back to you in a couple of days. I am looking into doing some freelance work and am wondering how to handle this area.
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Laljit S. Sidhu |
One way to handle this is to not allow the proofs to leave the studio. This is my preferred approach and I haven't had anyone really resist. The photographer who shot my own wedding did the same thing and we really didn't question it either (before I got into photography myself and came to learn of copyright issues). Another approach is to have proofs textured by your lab. This generally limits the ability to scan or copy the proofs and make decent prints in return. Hope this helps.
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Wendy Ham |
Hi. I always feel kind of cheaty doing this, but it has seemed to work so far. I stamp all of my proofs with a stamp that says "proof", and I am sure to place it a location that would make it hard to remove on the computer. The ink I use is removable, so when they return the proofs, I am able to "clean" them back up and nobody knows! I got my stamp, ink pad, ink, and remover from B&H for about $15 - $20 I believe. It's been very helpful to me thus far!
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Tonya Cozart |
Well thanks to both of you for answering, I love the stamp idea, I was wanting to do something like that but did not know how to keep from ruining the photo, or wasting ink printing up my own with some kind of protection on them. That is a wonderful idea. And I don't think it is cheaty at all, it is your photo you are protecting after all.
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Cindy K. Bracken |
Have you thought about just showing online proofs? This works well for me. I use a site called PhotoReflect (you can sign up at www.expressdigital.com). It is free to use, but they do take a small percentage of your sales. It might be worth checking into. Hope this helps,
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