When clients play with your photos

Mangelwurzel

Mangelwurzel

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I'm still learning the ropes but i've had a few clients. Most have been great but i've had my first experience of them editing the photos i've provided themselves before publishing them.

I've got quite a good sense of humour so i see the funny side of some hopeless photoshopping but something niggles away at me as to why they feel the need to do it :thinking:

After spending hours checking exposure, sharpness, skin tones etc i'm completely lost as to why someone would run the photo through every filter photoshop has to offer and adding ott contrast and yellow skin tones before sharing it to the world?

My two concerns:
1. Maybe i as a photographer haven't supplied what the client wanted.
2. I really hope i'm not credited as a photographer on those images (something i never thought i'd ever say :lol: )

I'm sure this happens all the time. How do you experienced togs handle it?
 
You should make it clear to them that the copyright of the pictures resides with you (unless of course you have sold them the copyright) and they may not alter them in any way without your permission.

If they are not satisfied with the pictures as supplied then they should let you know and you should do all the editing etc.

Personally in this situation I would get them to sign a contract with all these clauses written in.

Don't forget that in business getting a good name takes a very long time, but losing it is much quicker.

And for a professional photographer a good name is always allied to his pictures.

Bad pictures can ruin a photographer's name very quickly indeed.
 
The other side to this of course is as "I" am paying for these photos they will be how I want them.
 
Keith W said:
Try this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights_(copyright_law)
Click to expand...

Thanks Keith.
I'd be interested to hear how pro togs handle this.
I've noticed some of my female facebook contacts have had professional photoshoots done. They look great, but a couple days later after they've been playing they start posting some hideous sepia toned images or completely over the top photos that have come straight out of Microsoft Paint.
These images link straight back to the poor photographer who i'd expect be horrified if they knew.
 
It's a complete no-no in my book, though it does happen.
I always supply images to the Press un-cropped as the PicEds will always crop them to fit the newspaper/webpage layout...
As to actual manipulation, I'd consider that to be tampering with a copyright image and would have a very polite but firm chat with them at the earliest opportunity...
 
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