New answers tagged copyright
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I'm not sure if your camera supports it or not, but another alternative to visibly watermarking an image is to embed your name and a copyright message in the EXIF data of the image. I know my camera automatically does this for me, but I also have a high end DSLR.
I'm not sure if it is possible for your camera, but if it is, it would put information in ...
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It is possible on certain Canon point and shoot cameras which can have their features extended via the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK).
This example outlines some ways in which a watermark might be useful at the time of recording and shows how a perceptual coding / hidden watermark being added to captured images in near real time. With a bit of work this ...
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I took a quick look thru the Sony W690 user manual, and it looks like there's no option for freely chosen text (your name) being added on the photos.
But you can do it with a photo editor, only it happens in computer, not in-camera. The word "watermark" sounds a bit too fancy, when at its simplest form it could be just plain text drawn over the photo, ...
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The related questions that Esa Paulasto gave links to them are great to understand what is a watermark and helps you understand the cons and pros.
If you want to know if it is possible to add a watermark automatically via your camera like the date that was added, then NO. Moreover, even if it was possible it would probably be a bad idea
It might cover ...
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I will answer your questions as you proposed them:
Is it reasonable to ask for copyright, or at least a non-exclusive
license to the photos if we are paying for the service? (We are not
asking a lower price, and her price is about the same as most other
photographers here in Australia)
It is reasonable to ask for whatever you want, but to expect ...
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There was actually a really good discussion on this in chat last week. Personally, I do event photography as a side business and view customer choice as paramount, but I do also understand the quality concern. For my top level package, I still maintain copyright but also grant a non-exclusive complete license to the work since I view my work at the most ...
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The photographer is not asking for the copyright; she's informing you that she holds it. There are a few backwards jurisdictions (and until last year, Canada was one of them) where the copyright would naturally belong to the commissioner of photographic work and a clause in a contract was the only way for a photographer to retain copyright, but in most of ...
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My personal opinion on this is that, while I understand the photographer's position, your wedding album is not her portfolio, even if you want something hideous it's your right as the one paying for the job - I wouldn't agree to her terms.
I believe, that for a full price job the service provider can't put his/her own interest above the client's.
You can ...
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