Professional Photography Etiquette

[tlapinski]

They should send you copies since you asked, but the photographer retains ownership, not the subject. Since you agreed to pose, they can pretty much do what they want with the images. If they are worried about you selling the image they could put an electronic watermark on it to prevent. Hopefully they are just slow on the turnaround. Next time be sure to get their contact info as well.
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[GregW]

I was in a bit of a similar , yet different situation and I will try and shed some light on it that might be the issue going on.

I was in the newspaper and a few magazines, due to some things with school (long story). My school sent out a photographer who was an actual professional. A couple weeks later they asked me to be in a modeling like photo shoot for the schools publications, and one of the big Boston papers came out and did a quick story and photograph.

Same as you I asked for copies. They said no problem. A few weeks went by , so I went up to the PR department in school and asked the deal. Long story short one picture can take hours just to work on. They photoshop any imperfections etc. And they needed other people like designers to get involved.

Maybe all will end well. Real professional photography does take time.

[bart]

Thanks for the replies. I fully understood when I posed for the pic that it was ultimately their property, but I figured out of courtesy the least they could do would be to send me a copy.

I guess I will hope for a not-so-quick turnaround. Next time I will definitely get the contact info.

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

Originally Posted by GregW

I was in a bit of a similar , yet different situation and I will try and shed some light on it that might be the issue going on.

I was in the newspaper and a few magazines, due to some things with school (long story). My school sent out a photographer who was an actual professional. A couple weeks later they asked me to be in a modeling like photo shoot for the schools publications, and one of the big Boston papers came out and did a quick story and photograph.

Same as you I asked for copies. They said no problem. A few weeks went by , so I went up to the PR department in school and asked the deal. Long story short one picture can take hours just to work on. They photoshop any imperfections etc. And they needed other people like designers to get involved.

Maybe all will end well. Real professional photography does take time.

Must have took months to photoshop the imperfections

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by WESTPORTMAFIA

Must have took months to photoshop the imperfections

The picture published in the Herald looked like he was making time with a hot coed. He had his arm around her and it looked like he was trying to go low on her.
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[bart]