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Photography Copyright info

Copyright is a confusing issue. I don’t claim to have legal training and this is not to be taken as legal advice, but it is my understanding that the photographer has automatic copyright over their work. If you have been paid (commissioned) to take photos; for example if you work for a newspaper or magazine and it is part of your job to take photos the company hiring you will generally own the copyright of the pictures.

If you are just taking pictures for yourself you will have automatic copyright. You can but don’t have to register it anywhere. 

 

Copyright is not transferred to someone when they purchase a digital image. They are paying for the use of the image and they can’t onsell the digital form or the image, just the product they create. 

Here is an excellent article on what you can take photos of and what you can’t and your rights as a photographer by Andrew Kantors   Legal Rights of Photographers

When I find a resource  to help clarify issues on Copyright and Photography, I add them here :

 

 

Cherry Blossom in Spring

Calling all photographers- sell your photos online!!

We want you - Be a BotanicPhotos Bloomographer!

Our sister site, Botanic Photos is looking for contributors. If you’re like the millions of photographers out there with images stored why not sell through an online royalty-free image dealer. We are interested in all botanical images. It’s ok to have insects & birds as long as the image fits into the theme of “botanic” (Think botanical gardens!)

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The Book- High Tea in the Garden is back in print!

Our book

“High Tea in the Garden, inspired by Camellias”
ISBN 9780646475691
is back in print.

Mastering Flower photography- watch the video!

A picture is worth a thousand words.

With so many web sites being developed daily, this statement is as true today as it ever was. Adding photography to your site is a valuable resource for any web business. Why?:

 

• Photos enhance the look of a website.

 

• Photos communicate so much more than words, they communicate emotions.

 

• Photos can be customized for borders and backgrounds.

 

• Photos have more impact than clip art. They give your site a more professional look.

 

• Stock photography is a big business and affordable stock is out there.

 

If you have a web business you’re most likely a small business and have a limited budget. Stock photography can be great resource for you. You can spend as little as a dollar or two or as much as $200.00 plus on one image. (Consider that if you hired a professional commercial photographer to your specifications it would cost you thousands and thousands of dollars.)

 

So remember to add that extra touch, say it with photos!!
 

Bloomography and me

Botanic Photos was born from my love of flowers and photography.
Like everyone, friends and family are constantly asking where I am now and what’s new, so I’ve linked my twitter page to Bloomography.
Bloomography was created as a centre for fabulous articles and resources for photographers as I find them. If you are looking for great tips and tricks of the trade why not subscribe for updates! Better yet sign up for the free eBook and use the invite someone to recommend the site to some friends and get access to our 5 part email course for free!
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x Karen

How to effectively Manage your Photo files

Whether you’re emailing photos of your grandkids or putting images of your latest product on your online store, many people don’t optimize their photos for the web. We’ve all been on too many web pages where it seemed that the photos would never load, and sometimes they didn’t. So here are some steps to make sure that your photos always show up on your site as you intended.

1. Make a back up of the original format of your image. Never, ever alter the original! Believe me you will regret it. Burn it to disc and file away. (I use rewritable discs  so I can keep adding to them)

 

2. Copy the image to your computer. This is the one you will make the changes to. Open the image in your photo editing program

3. Crop to size. Make sure that you crop out any extra information that isn’t needed. Remember the larger the photo the longer it takes to load or send.

4. Resize to reduce pixels. There should be an option to resize according to pixels. You’re going to want the largest size to be no more than 250 pixels or you can reduce the dpi to no more than 96. (If you’re using Photoshop you can create actions to automate this process, more on this in the Photoshop tips & techniques category)

5. Reduce the colour palette. This is a great idea for images intended for web viewing only. Many images have millions of colours so you can reduce the colours to 256. You will lose some depth with this, but for viewing on the web it shouldn’t matter. If you keep the images small in size the smaller resolution will not be as obvious.

6. Save the file in a standard format. JPEG is the most common for photos and you can compress the image with a JPEG for further reduction in file size. It’s not unusual to see GIF or PNG as well.

If you’re creating a web page remember every photo that you add will add to the time it takes to download all of the images, so don’t make the image larger than it needs to be for your intended audience.

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