HI! I'm Daphne! I just joined the site today in hopes of gaining some knowledge about the world of photography. I am a painter but photography has been a hobby of mine for years. I recently was talked into submitting some of my photographs to a small local gallery and, much to my suprise, they were accepted. To be quite honest and risk looking like a total idiot, i have no clue of what i am doing when it comes to the selling of original photos.
I'm desperately hoping some of you can answer a few questions for me. Can more than one copy of a photo be sold, if so, should they be numbered? If I sell a photo, can I still show another print of it?
Also, I recently had some work printed at a place that uses an Epson Ink Jet Printer. I'm a color fanatic and love the extra punch of color on these prints that traditional processing lacked. Are they still considered photographs since they don't go through traditional chemical processing or should i label them as prints? Are they as archivally sound as traditional photographs? Should I sell them cheaper?
I also want to display some of my older work done on 35mm film that i had transfered to cd. Are they now considered digital since i'm editing them or should i lable them as computer enhanced 35mm?
Also, at what point do i need to involve a copyright attourney? Is this something that even needs to be done.
These are all issues i never had to deal with while showing/selling paintings. I'm at a lose here....please help!
Thanks
Daphne
Painter Turned Photographer With Soooooo Many Questions
Started by daphne14, Jun 15 2008 04:02 PM
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HI! I'm Daphne! I just joined the site today in hopes of gaining some knowledge about the world of photography. I am a painter but photography has been a hobby of mine for years. I recently was talked into submitting some of my photographs to a small local gallery and, much to my suprise, they were accepted. To be quite honest and risk looking like a total idiot, i have no clue of what i am doing when it comes to the selling of original photos.
I'm desperately hoping some of you can answer a few questions for me. Can more than one copy of a photo be sold, if so, should they be numbered? If I sell a photo, can I still show another print of it?
Also, I recently had some work printed at a place that uses an Epson Ink Jet Printer. I'm a color fanatic and love the extra punch of color on these prints that traditional processing lacked. Are they still considered photographs since they don't go through traditional chemical processing or should i label them as prints? Are they as archivally sound as traditional photographs? Should I sell them cheaper?
I also want to display some of my older work done on 35mm film that i had transfered to cd. Are they now considered digital since i'm editing them or should i lable them as computer enhanced 35mm?
Also, at what point do i need to involve a copyright attourney? Is this something that even needs to be done.
These are all issues i never had to deal with while showing/selling paintings. I'm at a lose here....please help!
Thanks
Daphne
I'm desperately hoping some of you can answer a few questions for me. Can more than one copy of a photo be sold, if so, should they be numbered? If I sell a photo, can I still show another print of it?
Also, I recently had some work printed at a place that uses an Epson Ink Jet Printer. I'm a color fanatic and love the extra punch of color on these prints that traditional processing lacked. Are they still considered photographs since they don't go through traditional chemical processing or should i label them as prints? Are they as archivally sound as traditional photographs? Should I sell them cheaper?
I also want to display some of my older work done on 35mm film that i had transfered to cd. Are they now considered digital since i'm editing them or should i lable them as computer enhanced 35mm?
Also, at what point do i need to involve a copyright attourney? Is this something that even needs to be done.
These are all issues i never had to deal with while showing/selling paintings. I'm at a lose here....please help!
Thanks
Daphne
Hi Daphne, Hope I can help with some of your questions.
Any amount of copies of a photo can be sold as you own the copyright to that image. As this is the case you can use the image for whatever you like and sell a copy to anyone. You don't have to number the photographs, but it could make your work seem more exclusive by doing limited editions or something.
Epson Ink Jet Printers are fantastic in my opinion, depending on the model of the printer and the ink used the photographs can be as archivally sound as traditional photos. For example with a printer such as the Epson Stylus Photo R800 the prints have a life in excess of 80 years.
With regards to the film transfer, I would imagine its up to you how you want to label them, if its a good photo I wouldn't be bothered how it was taken. However there are probably others that would disagree.
The company I work for sells the copyright to the images to our clients so they can do what they want with them. And we have never used a copyright attourney (this is in the UK) don't know if there are any rules etc where you are.
Hope this helps
Karl
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