Photography Business Forum

Every photographer who ever published a picture on the web probably can sing a song about this, the dreaded copyright violation. However, since this happens very often, its important to know when to react, when to ignore and when to make some money out of it. Over the years,...

I am getting ready to copyright my photos for the first time. Let's say my name is Ann Marie Smith but for photography purposes I am only known as "Ann Marie".   Let's then say that I register my photos and refer in the "Author" section my 1st name as "Ann" and my last name...

i am new to the "portrait" or "family" photography business. i want to know what is an average rate that i should be charging for a session and what the customer should expect when it is all done.  also, i am still confused as to worrying about copyright or retaining the...

I am curious to see what the general sentiment among everyone here is in regards to a photographer's images being used in a motion demo reel for a grant application. The situation is that someone that I work with from time to time is applying for a grant to create a short film...

Wah, legal stuff. I know it's a necessity, but I've been burying my head in the sand for too long now.... For a wedding shoot I guess I need to protect myself against equipment failure, photographer failure, copyright infringement (anything else?). I'm going to have two bodies...

I am negotiating the details of working for a visual media production company as the primary still photographer and director of the still photography department. I understand that an employee of a company is creating works made for hire and that the production company owns the...

We've finally joined the ranks for the rest of the civilized world - Canadian photographers now automatically own the copyright to their work, whether it was commissioned or not! http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2012/2012-11-07/html/si-tr85-eng.html

A recent post on Rob Haggert's Photo-editor-blog summarizes the Haiti Twittpic image licensing squabble Morel vs AFP and Getty - the end of the post: "I’ve argued here before, that sitting on the sidelines as these new technologies develop is bad news for photographers. The...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArrYx0cHP7MChinese VO with English...