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Had an amazing shoot yesterday with Julia a model we've worked with before. We had wanted to do an outdoor shoot but the Wisconsin weather was not cooperating. It was well below freezing, and while we managed to get a few outdoor shots we thought it best to pack it all in early rather than freezing poor Julia to death. Thanks to some great advise we did find an amazing indoor location that we made great use of earlier in the day. I fell in love with this location..... such great light and details. While I'm excited to shoot there again... I don't want to over use it either. I have a couple of projects in mind for Julia in the future too. Can't wait for winter to be over so we can start to shoot more!
Tonight I get home from a long day at work only to find out a band we photographed a week ago at a local gig was using one of my photos for a poster for their next show. Now this I have no issue with. Granted wish they would have asked... but still my watermark is still on the photo right smack in the middle. Can't miss it. My problem is with another local photographer who put this poster together for them. You're a photographer yourself, maybe you should be using one of your own photos for the poster since your company name is all over the dang thing! I guess I just don't want our photos associated with her company, even if it's mistakenly happening because her company logo is screamingly large on the poster. To me it feels like complete disrespect.... we've always been pretty open to bands we photograph at shows using our photos for facebook and for posters and the like. Just give us credit or leave the watermark on the photo. Simple. I think I have such an issue with it because the photos this other photographer takes and just not what I would consider good concert photography. She uses a flash for one thing, you lose all sense of being at a live show by doing this.... Plus her attitude at shows has not been great. There are tons of people at these shows, but she acts like she is the only person there who matters. And maybe the band did ask her to snap a few shots for them... Doesn't matter, the people in the crowd are the ones who matter. You can't piss them off if you are associated with the band, or if you are a photographer trying to make a name for yourself. Because people will remember the nasty photographer. And you will lose respect and business. More than once I've had to dodge beer and avoid fights at shows while shooting, it's part of a live show. But this person acted as if people should stay clear of her, and not block her shots. Come on you're dealing with people who have been drinking and are out to have a good time. You have to learn to deal with it. But back to the topic at hand, seems like I may have to speak politely with the guys from the band about them using our photos in the future because we don't want our name associated with this other photographer. At the very least they could have put our studio logo on the posters or some type of photo credit on it. But since another photographer put it together for them, I'm sure they don't want to admit it's not their photo.
In case you can't tell I'm a photographer in Wisconsin. I own a studio with my husband. We both work "regular" jobs during the week, but our real passion is our studio. And someday we hope to transition to working as photographers full time. Most of this blog will be photography related.... now and then I may stray away photography based posts.
