The "Do's and Don'ts" about Stealing Images
I get asked a lot by both photographers and clients what my policy is on letting my
clients post their images to their blogs and facebook account.
I personally love it when my clients post their family pictures on their
blogs, facebook, etc. It shows me that they truly love their images! I
encourage my clients to "steal" their pictures from my blog to use on the
internet. Here are a few do’s and don’ts that you should think about when reposting your images:
1) DO ask your photographer what their specific policy is on taking pictures off of their blogs.
Some photographers encourage it and some don’t allow it. If this is important to you this is
something you should ask BEFORE you hire your photographer!
2) DO include your photographer’s name and website under the images (a link
would be super nice!). That’s just the polite thing to do!
3) DON’T crop out their logo. Unless you have paid for the digital negatives don’t
alter the files in anyway. Most photographers use their blogs to advertise
their work and do so as a courtesy to give their clients a sneak peek. If
a client crops out the logo then how will other people know who took the picture?
4) DON’T edit the picture in any way. Taking the pictures is only half of a photographers job.
The other half is editing. If you think you can do a better job or want to edit out some of your
wrinkles or use selective coloring please don’t show and/or tell your
photographer. That is super insulting. If you don’t like your photographers
editing enough to want to edit it yourself than maybe you need to find
another photographer next year.
5) DON’T try to print from the files on the blog. For me specifically I know that the files I upload
to my blog are too small to be printed in a 4x6 size. It’s not cool to invest
in a family session and then print the images off of the blog and not pay for
prints. Make sure you know how much the prints cost before the session to
avoid sticker shock. Same goes for scanning prints that you already
bought. Not cool! Some of my family members are guilty of printing images
off of my blog. It makes me cringe when I see them FRAMED in their homes
with my logo still on there! To be fair, I’m also not great at emailing
them the file when they ask for it!
Thank you to all my clients for understanding and giving the courtesy and respect to the above posting!
Thank you to In Your World Portraits for the Posting! It was said the way it needed to be said!
clients post their images to their blogs and facebook account.
I personally love it when my clients post their family pictures on their
blogs, facebook, etc. It shows me that they truly love their images! I
encourage my clients to "steal" their pictures from my blog to use on the
internet. Here are a few do’s and don’ts that you should think about when reposting your images:
1) DO ask your photographer what their specific policy is on taking pictures off of their blogs.
Some photographers encourage it and some don’t allow it. If this is important to you this is
something you should ask BEFORE you hire your photographer!
2) DO include your photographer’s name and website under the images (a link
would be super nice!). That’s just the polite thing to do!
3) DON’T crop out their logo. Unless you have paid for the digital negatives don’t
alter the files in anyway. Most photographers use their blogs to advertise
their work and do so as a courtesy to give their clients a sneak peek. If
a client crops out the logo then how will other people know who took the picture?
4) DON’T edit the picture in any way. Taking the pictures is only half of a photographers job.
The other half is editing. If you think you can do a better job or want to edit out some of your
wrinkles or use selective coloring please don’t show and/or tell your
photographer. That is super insulting. If you don’t like your photographers
editing enough to want to edit it yourself than maybe you need to find
another photographer next year.
5) DON’T try to print from the files on the blog. For me specifically I know that the files I upload
to my blog are too small to be printed in a 4x6 size. It’s not cool to invest
in a family session and then print the images off of the blog and not pay for
prints. Make sure you know how much the prints cost before the session to
avoid sticker shock. Same goes for scanning prints that you already
bought. Not cool! Some of my family members are guilty of printing images
off of my blog. It makes me cringe when I see them FRAMED in their homes
with my logo still on there! To be fair, I’m also not great at emailing
them the file when they ask for it!
Thank you to all my clients for understanding and giving the courtesy and respect to the above posting!
Thank you to In Your World Portraits for the Posting! It was said the way it needed to be said!