So my cousin had her wedding plastered all over blogs and as well as lavish dulhan but she was so upset because she never gave her photographer permission to do so. Not only that, her wedding was featured a few days later all over the photographers blog so it has been all over facebook and now I am seeing her pictures pop up around on these clothing peoples pages. Have had to do a bit of damage control by sending messages to those fb vendors, so far everyone has removed them.
But that got me wondering, would you be okay with your pictures being published online?? I am indifferent. Its a Yes and No for me. Mostly No.
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I dont condone what the photographer did specially since she/he didnt have an agreement/contract form signed with the client, but at the same coin I’m sure her friends n family have pictures up on social media so why should the professionals suffer cus they r professionals.
Did she sign a agreement form? or a contract? If so it would have contained a model release which doesn’t require permission separately for blogs. Also blogs/social media is the digital portfolio these days . Most brides spend hours going through blogs/portfolios online to choose their vendors yet have an issue when it comes to their pictures being online.
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I'm not sure how the law works in other countries....but for U.S. brides, this is exactly why they need to make sure that they (bride/groom) have the copyrights for the photos/videos taken at their wedding. This needs to be stated in the written contract. A lot of photographers are reluctant to do this b/c they want the freedom to use the pictures for advertising. But if you keep looking, you'll find others who don't care. If it doesn't say in the contract that the bride/groom own the copyrights....then it means that the photographer owns it. And as a result, legally he doesn't need anyone's permission to make all the pics public.
If the photographer has copyrights to the pics, other than complaining and hoping that that pics get taken down out of courtesy, there really isn't anything else the bride can do.
Personally, my hubby and I were adamant about obtaining copyrights to all our pics/video. We turned down several photographers b/c they wouldn't agree to it. Finally we found one that did. I do have my wedding pics up on FB and have even posted some here. The photographer asked us permission to put a few pics up on his FB page and we agreed to it. Hubby and I don't mind a few pics being out on the internet....but we liked the idea of having control over which pics are publicized. Also, we made it very clear to the photographer that the pics released must be ours only taken during reception. We didn't give consent to release any pics that has our family members or other "behind the scenes" pics such as me getting ready.
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I wouldn't mind it on ONE blog where the pics are such that you can't right click and copy (like Garima Singh I believe). A BIG thing is READING the contract... some people just blindly sign like it's nothing and then get upset later.
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In North America, most photographers have a claw where they state that they have the right to distribute your pictures on social media. One of my friends didn't want that and the photographer told her that he could not accommodate them ... he said that the best he could do was limit the number of pictures he posts from their wedding - so instead of doing a feature on them or an album, he would only upload 4-5 pictures of them on his Facebook page.
Even if you have copyrights to your pictures, your photographer/videographer also has copyrights to them... so unless you clearly state your intention from the start, there is not much that can be done. They have every right to post your pictures because it normally says it on the contract.
I told our photographer that I was okay with our pictures being up, but I was not okay with pictures of guests and/or family members being posted. Our photographer used our pictures for an AD for one of the magazines in Toronto aswell as during the wedding shows... but he asked out permission for these and let us know which ones he'd be using.
I'd be okay with it - when we plan our weddings, we spend endless hours on the internet stalking pictures of every bride out there. I don't see why we can't inspire other brides when it's our own wedding... but then again, I have a blog that I post my own wedding pics to sooo I guess I'm biased! :)
Just make sure you tell your photographer whatever you're comfortable with... then it doesn't matter!
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A BIG thing is READING the contract... some people just blindly sign like it's nothing and then get upset later.
^ This!!! People need to read every-single-line in those long/boring contracts and understand exactly what they're signing.
Vendors will make plenty of promises in order to get you to sign that contract and receive your $$$. But once the wedding is over and that check is cashed.....the only thing that matters is what was written in the contract. Assuming that every vendor out there is a "good person" and will honor the words that came out their mouth when they were trying to win your business is not a good idea.
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Completely agree with you guys! I personally don't think it was that big of a deal because her wedding was gorgeous and agreed, we put so much into it, why not show it off a little. I would of loved to if I hadnt had an annoying experience with my photographer lol. I had told her the same thing about the contract, shes just aloof and didn't realize the kind of attention it would get I guess and that made her uncomfortable because we live in a small city with a hater pakistani community lol.
These days its a huge trend, but I can also understand those brides who would rather keep things private for only their close family and friends. I still get people in the community (gossip aunties) harassing my mom, saying i was discussing with so and so, can you tell S&S to add our daughters on fb, we want to see her wedding photos, puri duniya nai dheki thi aur humay nahi dhekaya. my moms just like ??? come to my house, if you care that much ill show you myself lol. ... its THAT kind of attention i feel indifferent about lol.
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I'd mind. I have my own blog so would put (edited) pictures on there, but otherwise would be strict with photographers, and definitely wouldn't want it on other blogs.
Right now I'm considering using a friend who does wedding photography cos I know I could trust him with images of me
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If the pictures come out good then I wouldn't mind ! Blogs are one if my main inspirations right now for preparing my wedding so if mine can inspire someone then why not
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In professional blogs, I wouldn't really mind, but my fear would be finding them on facebook groups/albums. Frankly, I've seen the idiotic comments girls post so....the risk of that is too high.
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So my cousin had her wedding plastered all over blogs and as well as lavish dulhan but she was so upset because she never gave her photographer permission to do so. Not only that, her wedding was featured a few days later all over the photographers blog so it has been all over facebook and now I am seeing her pictures pop up around on these clothing peoples pages. Have had to do a bit of damage control by sending messages to those fb vendors, so far everyone has removed them.
But that got me wondering, would you be okay with your pictures being published online?? I am indifferent. Its a Yes and No for me. Mostly No.
