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I've never liked how I look in pictures, and I'm guessing that has a lot to do with Aunt Bertha's artistic skills with her disposable camera. I'm considering goint to a professional photographer for my headshots. I looked at the packages of a few pro's in the area and thought about doing a portfolio session where a portion of the shots were done of me for the book and the rest my FH could do together for engagement pictures.
I inquired after basic information for such a shoot from two different photographers, and both told me that I would have to buy the copyright of the photos from them before being able to slap them on the backcover of a book. A CD with all the photos bought under copyright would cost about $500.
As a complete n00b, this is pretty shocking. Let's say hypothetically that my book does get published and goes on to garner some success -- if that happens, the little subtitle to the pic saying "Photo by Hoity Toity Photographers, Inc." will basically act as free advertising, right? As a photographer, wouldn't you want people to reproduce your image (so long as it is credited) in this kind of medium? Also, for the amount of money a person pays to have a pro shoot you, I'd think that copyright would be included in the original cost.
I guess I'm just naive and very ignorant about this copyrighting business. I wonder if you have to buy the rights from JC Penny Photography...
I inquired after basic information for such a shoot from two different photographers, and both told me that I would have to buy the copyright of the photos from them before being able to slap them on the backcover of a book. A CD with all the photos bought under copyright would cost about $500.
As a complete n00b, this is pretty shocking. Let's say hypothetically that my book does get published and goes on to garner some success -- if that happens, the little subtitle to the pic saying "Photo by Hoity Toity Photographers, Inc." will basically act as free advertising, right? As a photographer, wouldn't you want people to reproduce your image (so long as it is credited) in this kind of medium? Also, for the amount of money a person pays to have a pro shoot you, I'd think that copyright would be included in the original cost.
I guess I'm just naive and very ignorant about this copyrighting business. I wonder if you have to buy the rights from JC Penny Photography...