Delivery options for wedding photos
To print or not to print, and who owns the negatives?
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Today’s wedding photographers
give you a range of choices in how your photos are delivered.
Traditionally, the couple chooses a package that includes a specified
number of prints of various sizes, and may include framing and finished albums. Typically the
studio owns the digital images (or film negatives) and any additional prints must be bought
from the studio.
The modern variation on that theme is for low-resolution digital copies
to be displayed on the photographer's website, where friends and relatives can order prints.
The typical approach is for the bride to be given a code or password,
which will give her access to electronic proofs. She can share that code with anyone she wants
to be able to see the pictures -- and order copies.
Often the online proofs are protected so that, unlike many images on
the internet, they can’t be downloaded without authorization.
An alternative approach takes the photographer out of the business of
selling prints. Instead, the photographer’s work is sold in its “raw” form, as digital files
on disk.
In cases where the wedding is shot using traditional film cameras,
the photographer may give the negatives to the client. They usually come with a set of 4-by-6
prints. You can have as many prints, big or small, made from your negatives as you like. You
pay low photo-lab prices.
The digital equivalent is to have high-resolution image files burned
on a CD or DVD, which is given to the client. These can be viewed on a computer or DVD player.
The files can also be transferred to a computer or sent to a lab for making prints or electronic
duplicates.
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