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> It's now scarcely possible to make a proper living and most > of the old-timers are shooting commercial work or weddings. Strange you should say that, as we

> It's now scarcely possible to make a proper living and most > of the old-timers are shooting commercial work or weddings. Strange you should say that, as we actually hired an ex photo-journalist to do our wedding photos as we didn't want any posed nonsense, just genuine photos of people as they naturally were. The photos that we received were amazing and we were really happy with the results. I spoke to him on the day of the wedding and he gave me almost the exact same story you've just posted. It seems to me that every industry that relies on technology gets seriously disrupted when the technology becomes cheap enough - printing, publishing, photography and I'm sure there are many more.

dalke 15y ago
We did the same thing, and were also really happy. Plus, he didn't keep the copyright to the results and he gave us a DVD filled with photos.
bad_user 15y ago
That's because people doing weddings are NOT selling photographs. They are selling their time and expertise, which will always be in short supply.
- davidw 15y ago
  Bingo - if something's being sold, it's because it's scarce: http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity If what you sell is not scarce... watch out.
- nphase 15y ago
  Kind of. Let's not forget that most wedding photographers explicitly own the rights to the photos they take of your wedding, and have print and digital packages they explicitly push both to you and to your friends and family as part of their offering. Some wedding photographers don't even offer the digital pictures as part of their base packages.
  - pilom 15y ago
    Our wedding photographer gave us a DVD with everything and an explicit release to do anything we wanted with them. She was very forward thinking and she seemed to be doing very well for herself.
  - mrcharles 15y ago
    If you push the issue, you can get your full res digital photos. If nothing else, find a photographer who is trying to break in to the business, and who is still small time. That's what we did for our wedding, and we got really great photos (both posed and candid, as the photographers were actually a husband-wife combo, one doing each), as well as a full dvd with every single photo they took, and the rights to do whatever we wanted with them.
  - 286c8cb04bda 15y ago
    most wedding photographers explicitly own the rights to the photos they take of your wedding Like most things, that's negotiable. When I went looking for a photographer for our wedding, one of the first questions I asked was "How much extra do you want for a copyright assignment?" The additional charge varied from $0-500. The ladies we chose -- though primarily for other reasons -- were in $0 group.

dalke 15y ago

We did the same thing, and were also really happy. Plus, he didn't keep the copyright to the results and he gave us a DVD filled with photos.

bad_user 15y ago

That's because people doing weddings are NOT selling photographs. They are selling their time and expertise, which will always be in short supply.

davidw 15y ago
Bingo - if something's being sold, it's because it's scarce: http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity http://journal.dedasys.com/2007/02/03/in-thrall-to-scarcity If what you sell is not scarce... watch out.
nphase 15y ago
Kind of. Let's not forget that most wedding photographers explicitly own the rights to the photos they take of your wedding, and have print and digital packages they explicitly push both to you and to your friends and family as part of their offering. Some wedding photographers don't even offer the digital pictures as part of their base packages.
- pilom 15y ago
  Our wedding photographer gave us a DVD with everything and an explicit release to do anything we wanted with them. She was very forward thinking and she seemed to be doing very well for herself.
- mrcharles 15y ago
  If you push the issue, you can get your full res digital photos. If nothing else, find a photographer who is trying to break in to the business, and who is still small time. That's what we did for our wedding, and we got really great photos (both posed and candid, as the photographers were actually a husband-wife combo, one doing each), as well as a full dvd with every single photo they took, and the rights to do whatever we wanted with them.
- 286c8cb04bda 15y ago
  most wedding photographers explicitly own the rights to the photos they take of your wedding Like most things, that's negotiable. When I went looking for a photographer for our wedding, one of the first questions I asked was "How much extra do you want for a copyright assignment?" The additional charge varied from $0-500. The ladies we chose -- though primarily for other reasons -- were in $0 group.