Highly upset!!

[hesaias]

By the way, the ones that are posted are lo-res. They are not watermarked though.

[livin4lax09]

i would watermark all of them. but that won't keep people from stealing them. Some people just don't want to pay. They'll take an image even if it is watermarked. ANy possibility whatsoever that it was another person's image?

[JSPhoto]

Scott,

We all learn some hard lessons in this business. I walked into a business once and found a copy of a photo I took in 8x10 size. Problem was I never any 8x10's of that photo. I told the guy he had two choices, pay me $15 or I'd remove it. He paid, and told me where he got it copied at. I went straight to the place that copied it and filed a complaint, I also notified the home office and followed it up with letters from my attorney to all the stores in a 5 county area that had similar equipment. This was a CVS Pharmacy, WalMart also got a letter at it's 10 area locations. A month later I filed a complaint with one of the Wal Marts, the manager was replaced ASAP and I have not had a problem since.

Giving photos away, or illegally copying them hurts every pro photographer, or semi pro, or anyone who legally sells photos.

On another note:
You may want to make sure you have the right to sell photos from a state finals game. Most states athletic associations control the rights to state finals games. The schools booster club could get sued for selling the photos as well!
If you remember I had mentioned this in a thread during the football season.

JS

[hesaias]

JS
Your mention of rights is exactly why I did not sell any of them. I do not want to cause anyone grief, I even tried to work out a deal to sell a season long Photo CD of the shots I have on the net for a fee that everyone could afford, and I could make some money to invest in the photography stuff I want (A good printer, lenses and a flash, so i can sell prints that are worth buying) but the school (Principal and AD)gave me the cold shoulder.

I have come in contact with some guys in the media since the football season, who have said my shots are good. I may even start freelancing for a paper (For money this time). I want the kids I shoot to be able to get thier pictures, thats why I figured a Photo CD would be a good idea.

I dunno. I cannot print them right now, so I really do not know what to do.


Livin

Its my pic, unless someone was sitting on my shoulder. Every other image i saw of the score board shows 00:00.

[JSPhoto]

Scott,
Apparently the booster club doesn't realize this. You should talk to them, tell them you can't sell the photos, and they cannot use them to make a profit either - but first check with the association on it, then talk to them.

Take a CD of your photos to a few papers and see if they will use you for freelance. You won't make a living but you can do OK. Some days now I will shoot for 3-5 papers at the same event.

Hey liven,
Want a good laugh? check out my photos here (top 4) of Tony Stewart, they adjusted the color...wrong, sure don't look Orange to me! They were when I sent them in

http://www.therepublic.com/main.asp?...451&TM=75944.3

And they can't get the info right either....it's Indiana Ice, not Indianapolis and the fans are Tony Stewart fans, not Ice fans....

JS

[srobb]

JS
Your mention of rights is exactly why I did not sell any of them. I do not want to cause anyone grief, I even tried to work out a deal to sell a season long Photo CD of the shots I have on the net for a fee that everyone could afford, and I could make some money to invest in the photography stuff I want (A good printer, lenses and a flash, so i can sell prints that are worth buying) but the school (Principal and AD)gave me the cold shoulder.

I have come in contact with some guys in the media since the football season, who have said my shots are good. I may even start freelancing for a paper (For money this time). I want the kids I shoot to be able to get thier pictures, thats why I figured a Photo CD would be a good idea.

I dunno. I cannot print them right now, so I really do not know what to do.


Livin

Its my pic, unless someone was sitting on my shoulder. Every other image i saw of the score board shows 00:00.

You really need to talk with OT, OldTimer. He could help you a lot on this. He does the same thing as you shooting his local hs's football games. He has a site which he puts the pics on, low-res and watermarked and the parents are able to go to the site and decide on which images they want. Sounds like somethig that would work for you.

I may not have sold much, but giving away is one thing I don't do. I will be doing my nephew's wedding in March, but it will be for a reduced price of what it would have cost him by getting someone else.