Recent content by chenwherry

Hi All Thanks for such an informative debate. Just a pity I find out all the info after the wedding! Oh well such is life. cheers cw

Thats pretty much the conversation.. except I expected prints and negatives. I only expected this as I had no knoweldge to expect anything other than this.. I dont think the general public (i.e. me) expect to require a lawyer when having some photos taken.

I suspect that you are very much a more professional and skilled practitioner than the person I have an issue with. The shots we have been presented with are not of exceptional quality.. for example: 1): The group shots have part of a overhanging tree branch in the foreground just above...

I agree that this is buyer beware.. and i failed no one but myself here. No argument at all.

This is one of my issues with this guy.. Weddings are his business, they are not mine, This is the only time I have ever engaged a "professional", he at no point managed our expectations over what we would receive and how or fully explain the copyright issue. His level of service is not up to...

Well yes.. the biggest issue here is my naivity in the legal aspects of this and not getting in writing what i would be getting. It is good to hear that he can't use the images for any commercial purpose without us releasing the image rights. It has already occured to me to just buy a copy...

Hi All Thanks for the feedback that you have all given. To answer the questions that you have put: 1): Being not knowledgable about photography copyright and also never having got married before we assumed that we would pay the photographer and would own the copyright to our wedding photos...

just found this everyone: http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/protect/p16_photography_copyright I guess this explains it. So what would people say would be a fair amount to pay someone to transfer the copyright for 60 photos?

So he owns the copyright to the photos even if we were paying him to take them? I work in software, if i pay a contractor to write code for me then as he is being paid by me I own the copyright.. Is the same not true of photography copyright?

Hi First time poster and new to the forum. I am not a photographer I just need some advice of people who are! I recently got married, we hired a photographer we paid him a fee (no contract was signed but we did get a receipt), he took some pictures at the wedding (he used traditional...