LOGO - Would you remove it.

[Kajuah]

I am newer to owning and running my own studio and have had two people ask me to remove the logo from the photos I took and person demand it.

I have put my foot down so far and actually banned one person from the studio who proceeded to throw a chair across the room saying they paid $50 for their CD and they want the logo gone.

Is this customary to remove the logo if the customer wants it??
I'll add a photo of a model I shot to show you what the logo looks like.
This is not one of the people who threw a fit, just a example of my logo.

Well we really do need to see the example of the logo.. I think it's proper for web-based images and CDs to be used on websites to have a small signature at the bottom right-hand corner. I trust you did have a laugh at that person, I know I would. I see you're new to studio work..what kind of shoot did you agree to do with the person and what was decided beforehand in the preliminary meetings with them? It's a good idea to have a written document outlining what you do, what you will do, what your price is, the justification of that price, how much you charge for hardcopy prints, how much you charge for framed prints, how much you charge for a CD or DVD slideshow...etc. etc.

This way your customers cannot come back to you and say you didn't deliver what you promised for the price that you did initially agree to. It also does look great in court if they were silly or rich enough to take it that far out of spite (for a 50 $ cd i cant see that happening, but i have heard of people taking photographers to court who **** up their 5000 $ pre-paid wedding shoot).

This is merely to protect you further in the future, after the shoot is over you can opt to have them pay a bit less for you to include your signature at the bottom of the CD optimized for web use...though...you are selling your photos of their special event or day or picture, and you aren't selling yourself or your company.

Picture this; you buy a car and the dealership insists on slapping on a massive "BOUGHT FROM 9420 st. CARSRUS" on the hood - would you buy another car from there? Uh...I wouldn't..

If they are buying a CD from you filled with images I suggest you do not watermark because they have bought those images. Like i said, we do need to see that logo, however, an example (are you talking about a dinky little thing in the corner or a massive thing that covers the entire photo? the latter i can see as being inappropriate, but it all depends on what you agreed to initially with the customer).

50 $ is extremely cheap..hell I charge 200 $ for family/birthdays and that includes at least 3 prints of each photo that they choose as well as a CD optimized for any online blogs they have and that's at bare minimum...gotta make a living please charge higher !!there's no need to cheap yourself !! It will come back to you if you start charging low then rise to high...people will expect that you can deliver what you say for cheap and that's never a good thing.. goodluck