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December 4, 2006
WSJ's Cranky Consumer Rates Portrait Studios
Newsline International's December 1st edition summarizes a recent Wall Street Journal column that reviewed popular portrait studio operations. The Cranky Consumer took a detailed look at several chain studios and some independent businesses. The result is something that most Nikonians already know - with today's digital, consumers can create their own good portraits without having to put up with the hassles or the price of having someone else do the work.
Posted by covey22 at December 4, 2006 2:43 AM
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Well it's no wonder when you consider the policies of some of these places. I got pictures taken for my daughter's senior portraits last year. I called the studio a couple of months ago to see if it would be possible to get those images (shot digitally) but all they would sell me is reduced resolution, unprintable files.
I don't mind paying someone for their time to do the shots. They have better lights, props and backgrounds plus the skill to get the best shots. But that's where it should end. I should be able to pay them for their time and skill, then take those images home with me.
Posted by: AndrewMcDonald at December 4, 2006 7:24 PM
Maintaing the rights and source files to a photographer's images is the only way for a photographer to have a career. It's analagous to buying a CD and feeling you should be able to print and distribute the CDs to whoever wants to enjoy it.
Any photographer worth his/her salt will not sell you the rights to his/her images--regardless of who is in the image. It's bad business.
Posted by: spguyer at December 5, 2006 12:25 AM
