It's true that copyright violations are a concern for photographers, however some online photographer communities really need to take a chill pill regarding cop

It's true that copyright violations are a concern for photographers, however some online photographer communities really need to take a chill pill regarding copyright. I've seen some photographers wanting to sue clients because they cropped or modified their wedding pictures when posting them online. "It doesn't reflect my style" is the argument I've seen excusing this behaviour. I understand that there's a creative aspect to photography, but in my opinion it's mostly linked to subject choice and overall aesthetic. In wedding pictures, the subject is pretty obvious and non-novel, the artistic choices around background / decoration are not made by the photographer, and (this is IMO the crucial point) the photographer is paid for their time while they create the pictures. This makes it pretty clearly a "work made for hire" in terms of copyright, which should be pretty familiar to everyone here. Now, a photographer that goes out on their own, sees something that nobody else saw, captures it in an interesting way, makes a beautiful edit of said capture, and finally sells that picture on their website; that absolutely is creative work and wholly deserves copyright protection.