Being asked to print another photogs picture??

[Michael_Lambert]

Hey guys,

As some have read in previous threads of mine my sister in-law got married a couple of weekends ago and i did stay out of the hired pros way and was a good little boy!

However the one shot they truly wanted they did not get from the hired pro, He rushed them through all the staged shots and formals and then due to a mix up with the seating arrangements ( The hall forgot to setup a table for the photog, DJ, MC and wedding planner and her staff) the hired pro was really irritated and seemed to get the bride flustered something i had not know about until this weekend. So the one shot they did want i ended up getting for them later in the evening well after the hired had left for the night.

The problem is now she wants that shot used for there thank you cards as i don’t think its the greatest shot in the world she feels it captures all the essences of her wedding and what she wanted it to mean. So she wants to use my picture however she already bought and paid for the package from the hired pro which includes thank you cards.

I have explained to her that i did not think it was right to take my picture to her photog and have him use it for the thank you cards. However she seems insistent on doing this.

I am looking for input from our pros here on what you would do, ideally you want them using your shot however if they provide a shot that you did not capture would you use it? Or am i thinking its not as much of a taboo as i think it is.

Just for wondering this is the shot she has fallen in love with.

http://www.michaellambertphotography.com/sankawedding/8.jpg

[picturecrazy]

no way!! I wouldn't do that. That would be copyright infringement. Same reason I will absolutely not put any guest pictures in my albums. It just opens up many legal issues to profit from someone else's work. Not that I think you'll go in and sue him, but he doesn't know you from an unidentified boil on his butt so really he has no reason to trust that you won't pull any funny business.

Anyhow, if that is the situation, I'd just tell the couple to see if they could exchange the thank you cards for an 8x10 or something else, and just get the thank you cards made right from you.

[Michael_Lambert]

Well i have no intentions of doing the thank you cards, I would not even know where to begin but i guess it would not be that hard.

As for the image being used, she paid for thank you cards.. nothing specifies she has to use the supplied images :D But i can see where the concern could be and me signing a image release for that purpose would really resolve that concern.

[Rubi Jane]

If the bride asked me to use a guest's image from when I wasn't at the event, I would consider it if it were really important to the couple. I would require that the other photographer issue a one-time license for me to reproduce the image to up the cards that are part of the purchased package. I'm not so hung up on my work that I wouldn't consider making them happy even if it meant using someone else's image. I would refrain from putting my logo & website on the back of the card though. Customer service is paramount for me.

Michael, you can make up cards using www.picturesimple.ca and they are printed locally in Oakville. Given that the other photographer got irritated previously I wouldn't be surprised if he wants no part of using your photo on the thank you cards.

[OdiN1701]

Reading your other thread - I bet he won't even do it.

Probably have to make your own. Maybe don't even tell the hired photog about it - and ask him if they can instead get some extra prints in lieu of the thank you cards? Then do your own cards.

I would try to clone out those other people and traffic cones in the background of that photo though :P

[Michael_Lambert]

Yea i told her i would have to do some work on the photo.

I have also told her not to bring up the photo just to ask for a change in the package.